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OL Recruiting in the Mullen era
To add to the previous comments about our OL recruiting (or lack thereof), I think one stat says it all. In 7 years of OL signees under Mullen / Hevesy, we have had exactly one draft pick that was signed by the current staff in Gabe Jackson. And while Mullen and Hevesy technically get credit for signing Jackson, he was a Croom commitment that was retained by the current staff. So in 7 years, with probably 20~25 different guys who have started games and recruited / signed by Mullen, we have basically no one who has been identified by our staff that is NFL caliber. Furthermore, I think we can all agree that there is nobody in the current starting lineup that is going to break that trend. When you compare our current success rate in landing high caliber offensive lineman with Bama, LSU, UF, A&M, etc. who each have 2 or 3 future draft picks on their OL every single season, it's no wonder why we struggle to break through against the upper tier SEC teams. Something drastic needs to change in our approach or our staff (or both), and it needs to change quickly.
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