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I have four OL prospects right at the top of my prospects liked list in Ronnie Stanley, TJ Clemmings, Brandon Scherff and La'el Collins, all of whom I consider fairly equal in terms of how I would grade them. Stanley* and Clemmings project better to OL whilst Scherff and Collins project better to OG (although can play OT well). That four quality OL will all go before the twenties seems ambitious to me. I think there's a real chance one lasts until we are in a position to get them. It's a good position to be in if we are looking at OL in round one.
I mention those four because I think all represent very good first round value. Of course Andrus Peat, Cedrick Ogbuehi, Jack Conklin, Ty Sambraillo and Jake Fisher are all round one/two possibilities too.
FWIW, the slots at which the top 4 OLs were taken in the previous grafts:
2014: 2 (Robinson), 6 (Matthews), 11 (Lewan), 16 (Martin); Ja'Wuan James went at 19
2013: 1 (Fisher), 2 (Joeckel), 4 (Johnson), 7 (Cooper); Chance Warmack and DJ Fluker went at 10 and 11
2012: 3 (Kalil), 23 (Reiff), 24 (DeCastro), 27 (Zeitler)
2011: 9 (Smith), 15 (Pouncey), 17 (Solder), 22 (Costanzo); Danny Watkins went 23 and Gabe Carimi at 26
2010: 4 (Williams), 6 (Okung), 11 (Davis), 17 (Iupati); Maurkice Poune went at 18 and Bryan Bulaga at 23
2009: 2 (J. Smith), 6 (A. Smith), 8 (Monroe), 21 (Mack); Michael Oher went at 23 and Eric Woods at 28
Though it's very early, I think the odds are pretty high that all 4 guys you mention will be off the board by the early 20's. It's possible that we may be in a position to move up for one, but not a given.