He had some small injury issues at Alabama that contributed to him staying behind, he had something small once he came to State prior to the injury that kept him out all of last year, and he's already been banged up some from a different injury this offseason. Heck he almost didn't even come back this season, just was going to move on with life.
I wouldn't have been shocked if he started for us some last season either, we were down 7 guys at one point, playing a guys in positions they had never played. And we still don't have much depth across the OL, nor do we know how the contact tracing rules will look this year, so won't be shocked if he ends up as a starter at some point this year.
It would be nice if he could just be a solid, dependable starter or rotational player. Nothing special, just decent and available. I'm just saying he's never been a contributor and/or consistently available so far in his 5+ year career, so at this point I'll believe he's that guy when I see it. I hope he is.