1. cody mauch • north dakota state

#19 overall // style comparison: quinn meinerz

Grade: 8

RAS: 9.32

Strengths: 🦒🦶 🦡 🧱 🚜 🛰 ⚖️

Reminds me, at least a little, of Quinn Meinerz from Wisconsin-Whitewater a few years back. Just a throwback personality, all toughness and grit and goofball offensive lineman who will tear your head off then laugh through the gap where his front teeth used to be. Mauch has experience up and down the line, so while he may not stick outside at tackle in the NFL (though I’d try him there first for sure), he is going to find a starting spot on a professional OL while providing flexibility and depth across the front. Arms are short, and you want him to get a little stronger, but he has excellent technique and brings a nastiness you want in your blockers. I’d take him in the first.

2. joe tippmann • wisconsin

#29 overall // style comparison: max unger

Grade: 7.5

RAS: INC

Strengths: 🦒🦶 🦡 🧱 🚜 🛰 🏋️

One of the savviest blockers in this class, and maybe in the past few classes. From a mental standpoint, has everything you want in a center. He knows the defenses better than most quarterbacks, and he’s able to anticipate where defenders will be, as well as where his running back is headed. That allows him to play with great positional leverage and keep himself from ending up in no man’s land. He’s strong, and for a super tall center (6-6), he doesn’t play high, maintaining the right bend to allow him to unload into blocks without sacrificing his base and center of gravity. He’s fluid, deft at moving in small areas, and gets off the ball in a hurry. He’s exponentially additive to an offensive line and will hear his name called night one.

3. o’cyrus torrence • florida

#48 overall // style comparison: robert hunt

Grade: 7

RAS: 5.98

Strengths: 🦒 🦡 🧱 🚜 ⚖️ 🏋️

Mountain of a man who was damn near immovable in pass protection. Probably the highest ceiling of any interior lineman in this class, but I saw him rely too much on raw upper body strength and not enough on proper technique which worked well against smaller interior rushers but is going to allow more refined, strong NFL DL to get under his pads and extend himself over his backside. He needs to get better about relying on footwork and trunk strength while creating a stronger base to maintain his balance and keep his streak of zero sacks going, but he’s powerful up top, has great length, and looks like a long-term starter inside.

4. john michael schmitz // minnesota // grade: 7 // #51 overall

5. chandler zavala // nc state // grade: 6 // #73 overall

6. olusegun oluwatimi // michigan // grade: 6 // #85 overall

7. steve avila // tcu // grade: 6 // #96 overall

8. andrew voorhees // usc // grade: 6

9. luke wypler // ohio state // grade: 5.5

10. emil ekiyor // alabama // grade: 5.5

11. jordan mcfadden // clemson // grade: 5

12. jarrett patterson // notre dame // grade: 5

13. ricky stromberg // arkansas // grade: 4.5

14. juice scruggs // penn state // grade: 4

15. anthony bradford // lsu // grade: 4

16. nick broeker // ole miss // grade: 4

17. mcclendon curtis // chattanooga // grade: 4

18. brent laing // minnesota duluth // grade: 3

19. alex forsyth // oregon // grade: 3