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2012 DRAFT PREVIEW: OGs and Cs

Overview: Most draft years the interior offensive linemen play a distant - and in many cases a very distant - poor cousin to the OTs, but 2012 may be something of an exception as their appear to be relatively strong potential groups at both OG and C for the upcoming draft. Stanford junior OG David DeCastro, for example, is a legitimate mid-first round candidate who is considered to be among the best pure interior offensive line prospect to come along in a while, while Iowa State OG Kelechi Osemele is a massive road grader who figures to be part of the late-opening round discussion this year. And the OG class could be really intriguing if any of juniors Barrett Jones of Alabama, Miami's Brandon Washington and/or Larry Warford of Kentucky, each of whom also has at least early-to-mid-second day credentials, join fellow underclassman DeCastro in the 2012 draft field. There should also be a number of solid mid-round type veteran OGs this coming draft year led by senniors such as Ryan Miller of Colorado, Cordy Glenn of Georgia, and Kevin Zeitler of Wisconsin. The OG will also have excellent depth as there are a number of decent prospects at the position including Al Netter of Northwestern,Nebraska's Marcel Jones, Trevor Robinson of Notre Dame, David Smith of Clemson and Rutgers' Art Forst with the size and small-area quickness to play at the next level.

There could also be a relatively strong C group at the upcoming draft, especially if Wisconsin junior C Peter Konz opts to leave school early and enter the 2012 draft. In fact, Konz has a chance to follow in the footsteps of the Pouncey twins and make it three years in a row that a C is selected in the top 15-20 picks. Meawhile, senior C Michael Bewster of Ohio State and Georgia's Ben Jones have legitimate later-first round size and skills. However, the likely won't be the same depth at C as at OG this year as there is a real drop-ff after the first 2-3 prospects at the position. One problem is that there isn't a lot of real size at the position as most of the second-tier Cs are only in the 300 pounds or less range. There are at least a couple of exceptions though in Phillip Blake of Baylor and Scott Wedige of Northern Illinois, a pair of 315-pounderswho can move the pile. Blake, in particular, could be something of a sleeper; he's a Canadian who has alraedy been drafted by Montreal of the CFL, but would like to folleow in the footsteps of former teammate and countryman Danny Watkins who was a first-round pick by Philadelphia this past April. In fact, this year's interior offensive line class has a distinctly Canadian flavor as UConn C Moe Petrus also hails from north of the border as does Virginia OG Austin Pasztor.     


Top 20 OG Prospects
#
Player
H/W
School
CL
1
David DeCastro 6-4, 310 Stanford JR
2
Kelechi Osemele 6-5, 355 Oklahoma State SR
3
Barrett Jones 6-5, 315 Alabama JR
4
Brandon Washington 6-4, 320 Miami JR
5
Ryan Miller 6-7, 310 Colorado SR
6
Kevin Zeitler 6-4, 320 Wisconsin SR
7
Larry Warford 6-3, 330
Kentucky JR
8
Cordy Glenn 6-4, 350 Georgia SR
9
Lucas Nix 6-5, 310 Pittsburgh SR
10
Jaymes Brooks 6-2, 310 Virginia Tech SR
11
Kevious Watkins 6-3, 345 South Carolina SR
12
Amini Silatolu 6-3, 325 Midwestern State SR
13
Antoine McClain 6-4, 330 Clemson
SR
14
Joel Foreman 6-3, 310
Michigan State SR
15
James Wilson
6-4, 325 Florida SR
16
Stephen Good
6-4, 295
Oklahoma
SR
17
Austin Pasztor
6-6, 320
Virginia
SR
18
Joe Looney
6-3, 320
Wake Forest
SR
19
Derek Dennis
6-3, 330
Temple
SR
20
Rishaw Johnson
6-3, 310
California (PA)
SR

Top 10 C Prospects
#
Player
H/W
School
CL
1
Peter Konz 6-4, 315 Wisconsin JR
2
Mike Brewster 6-4, 305 Ohio State SR
3
Ben Jones 6-3, 315 Georgia SR
4
William Vlachos 6-1, 295 Alabama SR
5
Phillip Blake 6-2, 315 Baylor SR
6
David Molk 6-2, 290 Michigan SR
7
Moe Petrus 6-2, 295
UConn SR
8
Scott Wenger 6-3, 315 Northern Illinois SR
9
David Snow 6-3, 300 Texas SR
10
Grant Garner 6-2, 295 Oklahoma State SR

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