Offensive Tackle - 2012

[TwentyTwo]

Never would have dreamed of starting a topic for Offensive Tackles; however after witnessing the NFL Draft...It was disturbing to see that only 4 white tackles were selected out of 19...yet 3....Solder, Costanzo & Carimi were selected in the 1st Round.







Don't have the exact numberw/ demographicsof the Tackles in the NFL is it 40/60% or 45/55%??(projected starters or 53 man roster)...the trend over the years seems to be gradually (not counting Class of 11') becoming less white of a position...yet arguably the best in the NFL today are Jake Long, Joe Thomas & Jordan Gross....Michael Roos is emerging as a Top Flight Tackle...Andrew Whitworth is the most under-rated tackle in th NFL IMO! Matt Light is impressive!

The 2012 HS Class of Tackles looks promising...it should be interesting to see how these future studs progress over the next four years(or 5 w/ redshirt) Rivals Top30 has 16 white 12 black & 2 Islander/Samoan

CALIFORNIA****
Eric Magnuson 6'-6" 275 (Michigan COMMIT)
Kyle Murphy 6'-7" 275 offers from Michigan, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, USC, Nebraska,Utah, etc...
Max Tuerk 6'-6" 294 (USC COMMIT)
FLORIDA****
John Theus 6'-6" 292 offers Notre Dame, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas...
Patrick Miller 6'-7" 260 offers Wisconsin, Auburn, So. Carolina, Florida, Miami...
PENNSYLVANIA****
JJ Denman 6'-7" 305 (Penn State COMMIT)
Chris Muller 6'-6" 287 offers Boston College, Rutgers, Michigan, West Virginia, Penn St...
Adam Bisnowaty 6'-6" 275 offers Penn St, Pitt, WV, UConn, Mich St, Purdue...
COLORADO****
Shane Callahan 6'-6" 275 (Auburn COMMIT)
Alex Kozan 6'-4" 295 offers Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinios, Arizona State, Syracuse...
Paul Thurston 6'-5" 274 offers Cal, Northwestern, UCLA, Colorado, Notre Dame...
Joey O'Connor 6'-4" 278 offers Tennessee, UCLA, Nebraska, Penn St, Colorado..
OHIO****
Kyle Kalis 6'-5" 302 (Ohio State COMMIT)
Taylor Decker 6'-8" 280 (Notre Dame COMMIT)
Anthony Stanko 6'-5" 302 (Penn State COMMIT)
TEXAS****
Trey Keenan 6'-5" 270 offers Baylor, Purdue, Oklahoma St,Tennessee, Arkansas,
Michael Wilson 6'-6" 265 (Texas A&M COMMIT)
TENNESSEE****
Blake Bars 6'-5" 275 offers Virginia, Penn State, Boston College, LSU, Clemson...
Andrew Jelks 6'-6" 260 offers Alabama,Illinios, Miss St, Stanford, Mizzou...
NORTH CAROLINA****
Brock Stadnik 6'-5" 285 (South Carolina COMMIT)
Mark Harrell 6'-5" 270 (Notre Dame COMMIT)
MINNESOTA****
Nick Davidson 6'-7" 270 offers Minnesota, Stanford, NC State, Clemson, Maryland...
Jonah Pirsig 6'-9" 300 offers Illinios, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa State...
ILLINIOS****
Ryan Ward 6'-6" 270 offers UCLA, Boston College, Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Minnesota...
Mitch Keppy 6'-5" 287 (Iowa COMMIT)
MARYLAND****
Mike Madras 6'-6" 280 (Maryland COMMIT)
INDIANA****
Jake Meador 6'-6" 280 offers Kentucky, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss
NEBRASKA****
Mike Schoff 6'-6" 280 offer Iowa
ALABAMA****
Michael Flint 6'-4" 303 (Auburn COMMIT)
Caleb Peterson 6'-4" 295 offers Ga Tech, Miss St, Louisville, Alabama, Auburn
MICHIGAN***
Ben Braden 6'-6" 285 (Michigan COMMIT)

Please feel free to add prospects to the thread I may have missed.

 

[TwentyTwo]

Big John Theus committed to Georgia

 

[Deadlift]

"Patrick Miller 6'-7" 260 offers Wisconsin, Auburn, So. Carolina, Florida, Miami..."


ESPN is showing his Florida team play right now, and he's BIG! For such a tall lineman, his upper-body is well put together. They mentioned him being interested in Auburn and LSU the most.

--Jake Meador looks aboriginal and Jonah Pirsig mysterious (to me), but your list is a great start to OL recruiting! Several man-children like Trey Keenan, Bisnowaty, Mark Harrell, O'Connor, Shane Callahan and Chris Muller!

--Kyle Kalis switched his verbal to Michigan.

I will add several OTs to this thread in my next post.

 

[Deadlift]

Alabama

Robert Leff (Southern Miss. verbal) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Robert-Leff-127652
Matt Gray http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Matt-Gray-113690
Tyler Lassiter (Middle Tennessee verbal)

Virginia

Adam Taraschke (V-Tech verbal)
Andrew Maddox (Old Dominion verbal)
Josh Hess (Florida International verbal)

Texas

Braden Meador http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Braden-Meador-114967
Chase Walling (offers from K-State and Marshall)
Blake Herman (Houston verbal)
Tanner Stone (Duke verbal)
Jacob Abels (Houston verbal)
Jordan Roos (Purdue verbal)
Cameron Cermin

South Carolina

Mason Zandi (South Carolina verbal) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Mason-Zandi-129093

New Jersey

Sean Henigin http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Sean-Henigin-116468
John Ferranto (North Carolina verbal)
Tim Donahue

Washington

BJ Salmonson (Washington State verbal)
Jordan Wernet (offer from Wyoming)
Nathan Dean (Washington verbal)

Maryland

Dan Collura (offer from Buffalo and should get more)
Shayne Sullivan
Greg Pyke (Georgia verbal) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Greg-Pyke-108707

North Carolina

Joel Suggs (Wake Forest verbal)

Missouri

Christian Eatherly (Tulane verbal)

Mississippi

Cole Carter (Mississippi State verbal)

Massachusetts

Eric Olson (Northwestern verbal)

Florida

Terry Akers
Robert Conyers (many offers..)
Jordan Swindle (soft verbal to Kentucky) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Jordan-Swindle-120505

 

[Deadlift]

Big John Theus committed to Georgia

His Bolles teammate - Jon Heck - is a verbal commit to North Carolina. http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Jon-Heck-118282
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Kyle Williamson (Cincinnati verbal) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Kyle-Williamson-116586

Joe Manley (Louisville verbal) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Joe-Manley-117994

Sid Anvoots (Louisville verbal) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Sid-Anvoots-119275

Kelby Latta (offer from Wisconsin) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Kelby-Latta-114876

Ty Hayworth (Wake Forest verbal) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Ty-Hayworth-124822

Kelly Parfitt (several offers) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Kelly-Parfitt-124282

Will Holden (several offers) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Will-Holden-124036

Kai Wolfe (should end up somewhere, even if it's FCS) - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Kai-Wolfe-114930

Will Smith - http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Will-Smith-127825

 

[Riddlewire]

Offensive skill players from small schools always get overlooked (if they're white). However, that' s usually not the case with the Big Boysâ„¢. If you're a mountain of a man, coaches don't really care where you played high school football. Massive bodies just aren't common enough to be picky. Unfortunately, one particular exception is the state of Arkansas. Every year there are scores of very large linemen who should get attention from D1A schools. But the prejudice against small school football players still remains in Arkansas, regardless of talent or physical characteristics. Here are a handful of linemen that all play for small schools within an hour of me. All of them have been ignored

6'9" 300lbs, Dillon Cagle, OL Hoxie
6'6" 320lbs, Dylan Warner, OL Pocahontas
6'6" 300lbs, Matthew Mays, OL Cross County
6'5" 300lbs, Blake Mallory, OL Cross COunty
6'4" 325lbs, Clay May, DT EPC (players swap sides routinely in college)
6'4" 315lbs, Dillon Madden, OL Valley View
6'3" 305lbs, Mike Nash, OL EPC

The home state Razorbacks don't want these guys (considering how soft they are on the line this season, they could use some serious help). And they haven't managed to get attention from other schools.
(EPC = East Poinsett County)

 

[Hawkeye2]

I hate the fact the talented white tackles go to schools that have all black skill position players, because all that does is build up the black players stats and doesn't help promote the white players in any way.