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Players previously mentioned..off the top of my head...
OC: Kyle Young, Fresno State
LT: Jake Long, Michigan
LT: John Greco, Toledo
LT: Ryan Harris, Notre Dame
Fresno provided the Pats with Mankins and Toledo provided Kaczur, Notre Dame's Stevenson is on the Practice Squad. This article discusses Purdue's O-line, noting they may be as good as the 2001 Rose Bowl boys who provided the Pats with Light, Gorin, and Mruczkowski...
Boilers’ engine driven by line: Purdue brings together formidable, hungry group to win ‘the trenches’
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/sports/colleges/15562549.htm
Edit: plugged in the correct names for players previously mentioned. I've seen televised games:
Oregon @ Fresno State - Young was very noticable in the middle.
Kansas @ Toledo - Greco appeared to dominate his end of the line.
Notre Dame each week - I haven't been paying close attention to their line, but before Michigan, the line as a whole seemed capable.
Hopefully, some of the rest of you will have your observations to flesh out my impressions.
OC: Kyle Young, Fresno State
LT: Jake Long, Michigan
LT: John Greco, Toledo
LT: Ryan Harris, Notre Dame
Fresno provided the Pats with Mankins and Toledo provided Kaczur, Notre Dame's Stevenson is on the Practice Squad. This article discusses Purdue's O-line, noting they may be as good as the 2001 Rose Bowl boys who provided the Pats with Light, Gorin, and Mruczkowski...
Boilers’ engine driven by line: Purdue brings together formidable, hungry group to win ‘the trenches’
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/sports/colleges/15562549.htm
Through the first three games of the season, Otto rates the line’s performance as good but nowhere near where it can be.
Run blocking must get better, he said. There have been some missed assignments in pass blocking, too.
But Purdue’s offense is one of the highest-rated in the nation, averaging 475 yards a game (No. 8) and scoring 45.3 points a game (No. 3).
Though Otto would like the run blocking to improve, Kory Sheets hasn’t gotten off to a shabby start. In three games, Sheets has 245 yards rushing and eight touchdowns.
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Tom Dienhart, who covers college football for The Sporting News, said he expects Grimes, Otto, Sester and Nwaneri to play at the next level.
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Black and gold line
Left tackle
Mike Otto
Notes: Fifth-year senior; 6-foot-5, 304 pounds; from Kokomo
Left guard
Uche Nwaneri
Notes: Fifth-year senior; 6-3, 300; from Garland, Texas
Center
Robbie Powell
Notes: Senior; 6-5, 297; Roanoke, Va.
Right guard
Jordan Grimes
Notes: Junior; 6-3, 325; Plainfield
Right tackle
Sean Sester
Notes: Junior; 6-8, 309; Fort Thomas, Ky.
Edit: plugged in the correct names for players previously mentioned. I've seen televised games:
Oregon @ Fresno State - Young was very noticable in the middle.
Kansas @ Toledo - Greco appeared to dominate his end of the line.
Notre Dame each week - I haven't been paying close attention to their line, but before Michigan, the line as a whole seemed capable.
Hopefully, some of the rest of you will have your observations to flesh out my impressions.
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