Pro Football Focus (PFF) recently named the top offensive lineman at each position for the 2021 season and Georgia football is represented at right guard by senior Justin Shaffer.
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— PFF College (@PFF_College) June 28, 2021
After seeing action in six games in 2019, Shaffer started every game at left guard in 2020 before moving to right guard versus Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl.
Shaffer will be a huge part of Bulldog line that lost All-SEC talent to the NFL draft in center Trey Hill and guard Ben Cleveland.
Shaffer showed he can be a solid contributor with his performance last season and paired with senior Jamaree Sayler, Georgia should be able to fill in the gaps with guys like Sedrick Van Pran, Warren Ericson, Warren McClendon and Broderick Jones.
Here’s what PFF had to say about Shaffer’s All-American selection,
“Shaffer finally earned a starting spot in 2020 after three years of limited game action. While he was rather inconsistent, his high-end play earns him a spot on this list. He was the fourth-highest-graded Power Five guard in 2020. Shaffer finished with the seventh-best positively graded run-block rate in the Power Five last season, performing well on true pass sets for a first-time starter in the SEC. He ranked eighth in the Power Five and second in the SEC in true pass set blocking grade.”
PFF preseason All-American offensive line:
- T Thayer Munford, Ohio State
- G Cain Madden, Notre Dame
- C Tyler Linderbaum, Iowa
- G Justin Shaffer, Georgia
- T Darian Kinnard, Kentucky