If you’ve been following the rankings of offensive lines from Pro Football Focus this year you already know that they’ve been very high on Notre Dame’s offensive line, but just how high they are on the big uglies for the Irish compared to anyone else might surprise you.
In their most recently updated rankings that were released late Wednesday, Notre Dame didn’t just get the top overall offensive line grade for the season, but did so by an extremely large margin.
College Football's highest-graded Offensive Lines (power five):
1. Notre Dame – 96.9
2. Georgia – 80.9
3. Clemson – 76.1
4. VA Tech – 76.0
5. Louisville – 76.0 pic.twitter.com/eECqu8qhsW— PFF College (@PFF_College) October 7, 2020
It’s worth noting that Duke has a decent defensive front but that the competition Notre Dame has faced isn’t going to threaten for too many accolades this fall.
That said, up front the Irish haven’t just handled their business but entirely dominated it.
Yesterday we looked at how both Liam Eichenberg and Jarrett Patterson were called two of the best non-quarterbacks in all of Power Five football so far this season and without much surprise, the entire offensive line falls in line with those rankings.
It almost goes without saying at this point but as excited as we are for how well they’ve played so far in 2020, we’ll let the performances against the likes of Pitt and Clemson’s star-studded defensive lines decide just how good this offensive line ends up being, but clearly early returns have been outstanding.