2. The offensive tackles rocked
These things go in cycles. Last year was about all the great defensive tackles, and this year the offensive tackles have turned into the massive stars in the recruiting season.
It’s a glamour position, and it’s one of the areas that hardest to figure out. If you’re going to run a high-powered precision passing game, you need the blockers.
Alabama might have landed big-time superstars for every spot, but the offensive tackle combination of Tommy Brockermeyer and JC Latham was amazing even for Nick Saban.
Wisconsin’s class jumped up a whole other level by getting Nolan Rucci away from any big-name school you can think of, and JP Bezschawel and Riley Mahlman will be future starters somewhere up front.
Georgia’s Micah Morris and Amarius Mims have all-star upside, Oregon landed Kingsley Suamataia, Jonah Miller and Bram Walden, and Iowa, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M were others whose classes might be made with their tackles.
And again, the best went to one spot …
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