Green Bay Packers NFL Scouting Combine Preview: Offensive Line
Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst's specialty may be on the offensive line.
He was instrumental in helping identify David Bakhtiari. He drafted Elgton Jenkins and Zach Tom, both of whom are foundational pieces of this team.
He might be looking to replenish that group during next week’s NFL Scouting Combine.
Three-year starting guard Jon Runyan Jr. is set to hit free agency. Whether the Packers want to re-sign him is unclear. Veteran offensive tackle Yosh Njiman depart after a disappointing 2023 season.
Then there's the $40 million question. Is David Bakhtiari going to be back, or will the Packers find themselves unable to trust his knee can withstand an entire season?
Gutekunst is likely to be knee-deep into an offensive line class that will be 70 strong at the Combine. Here are some of those prospects, with a full list of workouts here, with their ranking by Dane Brugler of The Athletic.
Joe Alt, Notre Dame
Resume: PFF 90.7 overall grade; 91.2 pass blocking grade, 86.5 run blocking grade; 2023 unanimous All-American; 2023 Team Captain. A three-year starting left tackle, Alt allowed zero sacks and eight pressures in 2022 and one sack and five pressures in 2023. Impressively, he was guilty of four penalties in three years.
How He Fits: Alt would immediately be the best offensive line prospect the Packers have had since Bryan Bulaga. Because of that, he's unlikely to be available when the Packers are on the clock barring a significant trade-up by Gutekunst.
Alt would be a starter from the day he walked into camp and help solidify the left tackle position beyond Bakhtiari for years to come.
Brugler Ranking: 6
Kiran Amegadjie, Yale
Resume: PFF 89.5 overall grade; 79.9 pass blocking grade; 87.9 run blocking grade; 2022 First-Team All-Ivy. He allowed two sacks in 14 games at left tackle the past two seasons.
How He Fits: Amegadjie may not find his way into the first-round conversation, but he could slot in to Green Bay nicely where they're picking in the second round.
His size and athleticism are worth developing. There is just a question when it comes to medicals as he missed most of 2023 with a quad injury and how quickly he can adjust to NFL competition.
If the Packers were willing to be patient with his recovery, Amegadjie could be another steal for them on the second day of the draft.
With Amegadjie's size, it's not out of the question that he could play guard, as well. There are plenty of options, it's just a matter of where the Packers see him fitting in the best.
Brugler Ranking: 58
Karsen Barnhart, Michigan
Resume: PFF 63.7 overall grade, 57.0 pass blocking grade; 63.2 run blocking grade. Two-time All-Big Ten selection (2022, 2023). He allowed four sacks and 24 total pressures in 2023, when he started four games at left tackle, eight games at right tackle and three games at right guard.
How He Fits: Barnhart has tackle experience in college but was much more comfortable when Michigan moved him inside to guard, where he started in the Rose Bowl and National Championship Game for the Wolverines.
The Packers have typically liked for their interior players to have experience playing tackle. Barnhart would need to improve his pass-blocking ability, but that was much better when he was playing inside as opposed to tackle.
He'd likely be in competition with Royce Newman for a backup swing position along the interior.
Brugler Ranking: Unranked.
Graham Barton, Duke
Resume: PFF 75.9 overall grade; 78.2 pass blocking grade; 71.2 run blocking grade; 2022 First-Team All-ACC; 2023 First Team All-ACC. Playing left tackle, he allowed a total of four sacks and 21 total pressures the past two seasons, though he was penalized 13 times.
How He Fits: Barton has played tackle before but has shorter arms, which makes it seem as if he's destined to move inside in the NFL.
The Packers could give him a chance at tackle and hope for similar success that they found with Zach Tom, who does not have the preferred measurables to play tackle. Tom is still pretty good despite that.
If Barton were to move inside, he could start at guard or center. Whether the Packers want to give Josh Myers any competition for his spot is unclear, but there is a spot at right guard that is wide open for the taking.
Brugler Ranking: 27
Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
Resume: 83.9 overall grade; 90.4 pass blocking grade; 79.9 run blocking grade; 2023 consensus All-American; 2023 Lombardi Award semifinalist; 2022 First-Team All-American; 2021-2023 First-Team All-Big 12. Beebe allowed zero sacks in 2021 and 2022; in 2023, he allowed two sacks and nine pressures.
How He Fits: Beebe would be an interesting departure for the Packers for their usual preferences on the interior. Beebe does have experience playing tackle, but projects as an interior-only player when he reaches the pros.
Beebe is someone who moves bodies with a vengeance on the interior but needs some polish in pass protection. He's also heavier than they typically prefer with him listed at 335 pounds.
If they were to take him, he could compete for a starting job at center or right guard.
Brugler Ranking: 47
Tanor Bortolini, Wisconsin
Resume: PFF 65.9 overall grade; 80.3 pass blocking grade; 61.1 run blocking grade; 2022 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten. He allowed one sack and 11 total pressures at center in 2023.
How He Fits: Bortolini is well known in the area as he's from Wisconsin and lived out every kid's dream of playing for the Badgers.
Bortolini likely fits best inside in a zone-blocking scheme, which the Packers employ under Matt LaFleur. With Bortolini playing at Wisconsin, physicality is a requirement, so he'll bring that to the table as well. The big question is whether he has the requisite athleticism to fit the Packers' typical preferences on the offensive line.
Brugler Ranking: Unranked
Javion Cohen, Miami
Resume: PFF 59.4 overall grade; 75.8 pass blocking grade; 55.3 run blocking grade; 2023 Honorable Mention All-ACC; 2022 Second-Team All-SEC at Alabama. A three-year starter, he allowed one sack during that span.
How He Fits: Cohen's quickness jumps off the page, so he should excel in the short-area quickness drills that the Packers have typically valued under Gutekunst.
Cohen is set to play inside in the NFL, so that initial quickness should help him get off the ball and get his hands on opposing defenders as quickly as possible.
Cohen needs to add some play strength, but that will be the case for most offensive linemen in the first season in the NFL. Once he gets an NFL body, there is a good chance that he can stick inside and prove capable of holding off defensive tackles from getting into the backfield.
Cohen potentially adds some depth to an interior that is going through some attrition with Jon Runyan Jr. headed to free agency.
Brugler Ranking: Unranked
Brandon Coleman, TCU
Resume: PFF 58.0 overall grade; 64.5 pass blocking grade; 56.1 run blocking grade; 2024 Senior Bowl; 2023 Second-Team All-Big 12; 2022 Honorable Mention All-Big 12. He allowed zero sacks and 20 total pressures while being penalized six times in 2023, with four starts at left guard and the final seven at left tackle. Only two of those pressures came in the games at guard.
How He Fits: A former offensive tackle who also plays guard? That sounds like a Green Bay target on the offensive line.
Coleman split his time between tackle and guard for the Horned Frogs. Coleman's size is intriguing at 6-foot-6 and 330 pounds, but there are questions as to whether he'll stay at tackle when he gets to the NFL. That question may come down to his athleticism, and whatever team selects him believing he could stay in that spot.
The Packers have not been shy about adding talented offensive linemen and cross-training them to play all over the offensive line.
Brugler Ranking: Unranked
Olumuyiwa Fashanu, Penn State
Resume: PFF 78.5 overall grade; 88.4 pass blocking grade; 70.5 run blocking grade; 2023 Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year; 2023 First-Team All-Big 10; 2022 Second-Team All-Big Ten. He allowed zero sacks and 10 pressures in 2023; six of the pressures came at Ohio State. He didn’t allow any sacks as a starter in 2022, either.
How He Fits: Fashanu, like Joe Alt who was mentioned at the top of this list, is unlikely to be available without a significant trade-up in the first round. If he were, all the same things said about Alt apply to Fashanu. He'd be the team's preferred left tackle of the future.
Fashanu may end up being the first tackle selected. That will just be a matter of what a team prefers between Fashanu and Alt.
Brugler Ranking: 9
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Troy Fautanu, Washington
Resume: PFF 75.1 overall grade; 88.1 pass blocking grade; 61.9 run blocking grade; 2023 Third-Team All-American; 2023 First-Team All-Pac 12; 2022 Second-Team All-Pac 12. A two-year starting left tackle, he allowed two sacks and 23 total pressures with six penalties in 2023 and zero sacks and 15 total pressures with eight penalties in 2022.
How He Fits: Fautanu was the linchpin of Washington's Joe Moore Award-winning offensive line, given to the best line in the country. Fautanu was their left tackle, but could move inside to guard at the next level.
If he were to move inside, the Packers could look at him as either a guard or a center. The Packers could also look at him as a right tackle if they wanted to move Zach Tom to left tackle or inside to center.
Where Fautanu plays at this point is unknown, but no team ever has too many good offensive linemen. The Packers could use Fautanu wherever they feel he will fit the best.
Brugler Ranking: 19
Zach Frazier, West Virginia
Resume: PFF 74.5 overall grade; 77.9 pass blocking grade; 73.2 run blocking grade; 2023 First-Team All-Big 12; 2022 First-Team All-Big 12. A three-year starting center, Frazier in 2023 allowed zero sacks and seven pressures.
How He Fits: Frazier would be a pick looking toward the future. The Packers used a second-round pick on Josh Myers three seasons ago, but he has yet to establish himself as a long-term answer at that position. The upcoming season will be his final under contract.
Frazier would certainly help in that regard. The Packers have not been shy about adding good interior offensive linemen early in the draft under Gutekunst. Gutekunst's second draft class saw him take Elgton Jenkins 44th overall. He may have to take Frazier with the 41st pick if he wants to add him as some competition for Myers.
Brugler Ranking: 36
Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State
Resume: PFF 88.2 overall grade; 80.2 pass blocking grade; 90.9 run blocking grade; 2023 First-Team All-Pac 12; 2022 Second-Team All-Pac 12. A two-year starter at right tackle, he allowed zero sacks and 23 pressures during that span. He was penalized eight times in 2023.
How He Fits: Fuaga might be the best run-blocking offensive lineman in the class. The Packers could add him, plug him in as their right guard, and try to build off the strong finish to the season they had running the football.
Sean Rhyan may have something to say about that, but he has yet to show he can be relied on to be a full-time starter.
Fuaga could be an option at right tackle, as well, if the Packers wanted to move Tom to left tackle or have him play center, where they experimented with him for one day in training camp.
Brugler Ranking: 16
Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma
Resume: PFF 63.7 overall grade; 72.9 pass blocking grade; 60.5 run blocking grade; 2023 Honorable Mention All-Big 12. A two-year starter at right tackle, Guyton allowed two sacks and four pressures in 2022 and zero sacks and 12 pressures in 2023.
How He Fits: Tyler Guyton is massive. Literally. That alone would make him an interesting pick. The Packers have not picked an offensive lineman that was heavier than 315 pounds to play tackle since they drafted Derek Sherrod in 2011.
Guyton is listed at 6-foot-7 and 328 pounds. His size likely makes him an option at either tackle spot, though he played right tackle at Oklahoma. He'd have to be a first-round pick with the Packers banking on his upside.
Ted Thompson used to always say the good Lord only made so many talented big people. Guyton's size is going to catch plenty of eyes, and might cause Gutekunst to do something he has not done since taking over as general manager in taking a tackle as big as Guyton.
Brugler Ranking: 18
Christian Haynes, Connecticut
Resume: PFF 80.2 overall grade; 82.5 pass blocking grade; 80.1 run blocking grade; 2023 Third-Team All-American; 2024 Senior Bowl. A four-year starting right guard, Haynes allowed one sack and 12 pressures in 2023 and zero sacks and three pressures (but nine penalties) in 2022.
How He Fits: Haynes was the right guard for Uonn and more than held his own for the Huskies against some better competition. He's sure on his assignments and has enough athleticism to get him by against players at the second level of a defense.
Haynes would give the Packers another option on the interior to add some competition, which Gutekunst is always looking to do.
Brugler Ranking: 71
Ladarius Henderson, Michigan
Resume: PFF 55.0 overall grade; 44.7 pass blocking grade; 58.0 run blocking grade; 2023 First-Team All-Big Ten. After playing left guard at Arizona State the previous two seasons, Henderson started at left tackle in 2023. He allowed only two sacks but a whopping 31 pressures.
How He Fits: Henderson took over at left tackle early in the season for Michigan. He is unlikely to play left tackle at the next level, but he more than held his own in the run game against the likes of Ohio State, Alabama and Washington in the final games of the season. Henderson would bring competition to the interior of the offensive line, where he starred for four seasons at Arizona State.
Brugler Ranking: Unranked
Matthew Jones, Ohio State
Resume: PFF 70.9 overall grade; 67.8 pass blocking grade; 71.7 run blocking grade; 2022 Second-Team All-Big Ten. Henderson started at right guard the last two seasons. He allowed zero sacks and seven pressures in 2023 and one sack and 11 pressures in 2022. He was penalized just three times in that span.
How He Fits: Jones was an interior offensive lineman for the Buckeyes who started 12 games in 2023 for a powerful offense that has been one of the best in the country over the last two seasons.
Jones has plenty of experience pass blocking, but profiles better as a run blocker. Jones' power could be a welcome addition to the Packers' offensive line that struggled to open holes in the run game at times, especially in short-yardage situations.
Jones could enter that competition to start at right guard, or simply add another body to a deep, talented offensive line room.
Brugler Ranking: Unranked
Trevor Keegan, Michigan
Resume: PFF 68.6 overall grade; 80.7 pass blocking grade; 63.9 run blocking grade; Three-time First-Team All-Big Ten(2021, 2022, 2023). A three-year starter at left guard, he allowed just three sacks. In 2023, he gave up zero sacks, 11 pressures and wasn’t penalized.
How He Fits: Keegan helped combine with Zak Zinter to form one of the best interior offensive lines in the country.
Keegan is not as decorated as his fellow draft classmate, but he does have a mean streak that makes him a nasty blocker in the run game. Keegan would add competition and maybe a bit of an edge to an offensive line that can always use more of that in the room.
Brugler Ranking: unranked
JC Latham, Alabama
Resume: PFF 81.9 overall grade; 81.7 pass blocking grade; 79.6 run blocking grade; 2023 Second-Team All-American. A two-year starting right tackle, Latham gave up two sacks and 14 pressures with seven penalties in 2023 and zero sacks and 12 pressures with 11 penalties in 2022.
How He Fits: Latham joins another massive group of offensive tackles expected to go after Notre Dame's Joe Alt and Penn State's Olu Fashanu at the top half of the draft.
Latham was a powerful presence for the Crimson Tide. Latham, like Tyler Guyton from Oklahoma, is a bit heavier than the Packers have typically preferred in their offensive tackles, but if they like Latham's talent, they could make an exception for what has been their general rule.
Latham would slot in at left or right tackle, depending on how the Packers wanted to utilize Zach Tom or Rasheed Walker in this situation, but he would be one of the team's preferred starters for the future.
Brugler Ranking: 13
Amarius Mims, Georgia
Resume: PFF 75.6 overall grade; 81.1 pass blocking grade; 68.4 run blocking grade. Mims has only 891 snaps over three seasons on his resume. That’s less than most players had in 2023. During that time, he allowed zero sacks and six pressures and was penalized only once.
How He Fits: Mims is a high-upside prospect from the University of Georgia with limited experience.
Does that sound like a Brian Gutekunst first-round pick or what?
Jokes aside, Mims' upside might be the highest upside tackle of this draft class. His traits could give Adam Stenavich and Luke Butkus something to really work with. If he reaches his potential, he could become one of the best offensive tackles in all of football.
The Packers have not been shy about taking unpolished athletes with high ceilings. Rashan Gary, Eric Stokes, Quay Walker and Lukas Van Ness are all nodding along as they read this. Mims could be the next player in that mold, and likely requires a first-round pick to do so.
Brugler Ranking: 17
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Jacob Monk, Duke
Resume: PFF 64.8 overall grade; 68.0 pass blocking grade; 63.2 overall grade; 2-tie team captain; 2023 Second-Team All-ACC. Monk was a five-year starter. He was the right tackle in 2019, right guard in 2020 and 2021 and split time between right guard and center in 2022 and 2023. In 2023, he allowed one sack and 14 total pressures with four penalties.
How He Fits: Monk was a two-time captain at Duke as the team's starting center. He is one of the best players in this class from a cerebral standpoint.
Monk would be an insurance policy for Josh Myers, and the Packers put a lot on their centers. His brain would be put to the test almost immediately in Matt LaFleur's complicated offense. It's possible the team could take Monk on the third day of the draft with an eye toward the future of replacing Myers should they allow him to walk in free agency.
Brugler Ranking: Unranked
Jordan Morgan, Arizona
Resume: PFF 83.5 overall grade; 87.3 pass blocking grade; 77.0 run blocking grade; 2023 First-Team All-Pac 12; 2022 AP First-Team All-Pac 12. Morgan was a three-year starting left tackle. In 2023, he gave up one sack and 14 total pressures with four penalties. He dominated Senior Bowl week.
How He Fits: Morgan played tackle at Arizona, but Dane Brugler believes that he is best suited to play inside at the NFL level. He compared Morgan to Atlanta Falcons' stud lineman Matthew Bergeron.
Morgan could get a chance to play tackle in Green Bay, or kick inside depending on how the team feels about the rest of the guys on the roster.
The question would be if they think he's worth a first-round pick. Based on Brugler's rankings, it's possible that he would be available when Green Bay is on the clock at 41, but that could be a risk that Gutekunst does not want to take.
Brugler Ranking: 32
Drake Nugent, Michigan
Resume: PFF 78.0 overall grade; 78.8 pass blocking grade; 76.6 run blocking grade; 2023 First-Team All-Big 10; 2-time Honorable Mention All-Pac 12. Nugent started at center for Stanford in 2021 and 2022 before landing at Michigan in 2023. At Ann Arbor, he allowed one sack (vs. Washington in the national championship game) and nine total pressures.
How He Fits: Nugent was the pivot man for the national champions a season ago after spending the early portion of his career at Stanford.
Nugent is a center that is tough as nails, playing through a painful leg injury at the end of the season against Ohio State and Iowa for the Big Ten championship. Nugent has strong hands that allows him to move opposing defenders off the point of attack and get to the second level.
He likely would represent competition for Josh Myers before potentially taking over full time if the Packers allowed Myers to walk in free agency.
Brugler Ranking: Unranked
Patrick Paul, Houston
Resume: 81.1 overall grade 69.4 run blocking grade; 91.5 pass blocking grade; Paul the pass-blocking Savant was a stalwart left tackle for Houston's high-powered offense, allowing one sack and nine pressures in 2023. He was just as good in 2022 only allowing one sack with 18 total pressures. He cleaned up his overall play as well, being penalized three times in 2023, after being flagged 10 times in 2022.
How He Fits: Paul's arm length is going to be interesting to track. Dane Brugler noted that it's one of his biggest strengths, but when he misses that is going to be one of his biggest detriments in the pros.
Paul has some things to develop in his game as he transitions to the NFL, but is a high-upside prospect who is likely to stick at tackle when he gets to the NFl. His large stature (6-foot-7 315 pounds) and athletic traits could have Brian Gutekunst frothing at the mouth.
Brugler Ranking: 55
Julian Pearl, Illinois
Resume: PFF 66.2 overall grade; 57.5 pass blocking grade; 70.8 run blocking grade; 2x Honorable Mention All-Big Ten; 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl. Pearl was a part-time starter at right tackle in 2020, started at right guard and right tackle in 2021 and settled in at left tackle the past two seasons. In 2023, he gave up seven sacks and 27 total pressures.
How He Fits: "Pearl has the athletic prototype build, but needs to improve consistency. Has high upside and two years of good production," said Owen Riese, a scout for the East-West Shrine Bowl.
Pearl is one of the most physical players in this draft class. He has a mean streak that can rival anyone that you put him up against. His physicality jumps off the screen and he has violent hands to get him to the second level, which made him a good fit for Bret Bielema's power-running scheme.
Pearl is likely to slot on the interior at the NFL level, and likely has the requisite athleticism the Packers typically value for their interior prospects.
Brugler Ranking: Unranked
Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
Resume: PFF 84.3 overall grade; 90.6 pass blocking grade; 85.2 run blocking grade; 2023 First-Team All-Pac 12. He played mostly right guard in 2022 before dominating at center in 2023 with zero sacks and one pressure allowed on almost 500 passing-play snaps. He was penalized nine times, though.
How He Fits: Jackson Powers-Johnson is probably the best interior prospect in this class despite having little-to-no positional versatility.
Powers-Johnson is likely destined to play center at the next level, and he looks every bit the part of a dominant one. All of the things the Packers hoped Josh Myers would be, Powers-Johnson may already be at that level, if not surpassed. He's powerful, and quick enough to get to the second level to punish opposing linebackers.
Powers-Johnson might be available when Green Bay is on the clock in the second round, but that is far from a guarantee. He's every bit the prospect that someone like Ryan Kelly was, and Kelly was an early first-round pick.
Brugler Ranking: 20
Dominick Puni, Kansas
Resume: PFF 80.5 overall grade; 90.5 pass blocking grade; 72.3 run blocking grade; 2023 First-Team All-Big-12; 2022 Honorable Mention All-Big 12. Puni gave up zero sacks and eight pressures as the left guard in 2022 and zero sacks and eight pressures as the left tackle in 2023.
How He Fits: Puni was an offensive tackle who is likely to kick inside when he gets to the NFL. If you think that sounds like someone the Packers could be interested in, you are right. The Packers have thrived on taking former tackles to move inside to play guard.
Puni needs to add some play strength, but could provide some insurance for Josh Myers as a center, or potentially thrust himself into the competition at right guard with Sean Rhyan should Jon Runyan Jr. leave in free agency.
Brugler Ranking: 67
Walter Rouse, Oklahoma
Resume: 83.8 pass blocking grade; 66.2 run blocking grade; 2023 Honorable Mention All-Big 12. Rouse started at left tackle for most of five seasons, with 2019 through 2022 at Stanford and 2023 at Oklahoma. With the Sooners, he allowed zero sacks and six total pressures but was penalized nine times.
How He Fits: Rouse joins his teammate Tyler Guyton as another massive tackle prospect for this year's class. Rouse has a boatload of experience with 39 starts during his collegiate career.
All but one of his snaps in college were at left tackle. That'd be where he is likely to stick at the next level. His size gives him some room to grow as a run blocker, but he has steady feet in the passing game. With the emphasis on passing in today's NFL, that is more than half the battle.
Rouse could be another project type at the back of their offensive tackle room as they could add some competition with Caleb Jones as the team's developmental swing tackle.
Brugler Ranking: unranked
Kingsley Suamataia, BYU
Resume: 66.4 overall grade; 83.4 pass blocking grade; 52.9 run blocking grade; He allowed two sacks and 15 pressures in 2023, and was only penalized four times. He's a two-year starter with plenty of experience, and allowed zero sacks in 2022.
How He Fits: Suamataia is a tackle who is an easy mover, which could make him a good fit to be an interior offensive lineman in the Packers' zone blocking scheme.
He is young, and talented enough, however, to where he likely gets an opportunity to stick at tackle. The Packers have had a lot of success with taking offensive tackles after the first round of the draft most recently with Zach Tom out of Wake Forest.
Could the Packers strike gold again?
Brugler Ranking: 38
Charles Turner III, LSU
Resume: 66.6 overall grade; 80.2 pass blocking grade; 65.1 run blocking grade; 2024 Senior Bowl. Turner was a two-year starting center. In 2023, he allowed one sack and nine total pressures (down from three and 16, respectively) but was penalized 10 times.
How He Fits: Turner III started his career as an offensive tackle before moving inside to center when Brian Kelly got to Baton Rouge.
Turner III has the nimble feet required to play inside in a zone blocking scheme. Turner III is big for a center at 6-foot-4 and 300 pounds, but the Packers have not shied away from adding bigger players at that position in the past. Josh Myers is the most recent example.
Turner could move around inside, but likely projects as an insurance policy to Myers should the Packers not have him in their long-term plans.
Brugler Ranking: unranked
Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, Georgia
Resume: PFF 77.9 Overall grade; 81.5 pass blocking grade; 76.9 run blocking grade; 2023 First-Team All-American; 2023 First-Team All-SEC; 2022 Second-Team All-SEC. He was a three-year starting center. He allowed one sack in 2021 but zero in 2022 and 2023. During his final year, he allowed 13 pressures and was penalized five times.
How He Fits: Van Pran-Granger was the pivot man for Georgia's powerful offensive line. He has physical hands and an aggressive attitude to match. Pran-Granger would add competition to Green Bay's interior offensive line and add a nastiness that has been missing.
Brugler Ranking: 93
Zak Zinter, Michigan
Resume: PFF: 76.6 overall grade; 73.8 pass blocking grade; 75.8 run blocking grade; 2023 Unanimous First-Team All-American; Consensus First-Team All Big Ten(2022, 2023). A three-year starter at right guard, Zinter in 2023 allowed zero sacks and five total pressures and was not penalized.
How He Fits: Zinter was the best offensive lineman for a Michigan team that has had a dominant group up front for the last three seasons. Zinter was likely in line to become a top-100 pick before suffering a nasty leg injury in the final game of the season against Ohio State.
Before that, Zinter was a bruising, intimidating presence at guard that helped Blake Corum run his way to Heisman candidacy in 2022. In fact, he hasa tattoo on his right arm that says "product of the trenches."
Zinter would add a road grader to the right side of the offensive line, and potentially fill the void left by fellow Michigan man, Jon Runyan Jr.
Brugler Ranking: Unranked
