2025 Interior Offensive line Preview

July 8, 2024

Interior offensive line preview … The interior isn’t very often a premium position at the NFL draft and all signs tend to point to the fact that that will be the case again this coming April.  At the same time, this could still be one of the more interesting position groupings in 2025. On the one hand, it does not appear that there are any OG-Cs considered to be a lock to be a first-round pick this year, at least at this time, although Alabama All-All-American Tyler Booker of Alabama and Goergia’s Earnest Greene, who actually plays LT for Bulldogs, are close and could ultimately get some late opening round interest. At the same time, there should be some very good OG prospects in the latter part of the second and into the third including Javontez Spraggins of Tennessee, Ohio State’s Donovan Jackson, and the veteran Georgia duo of Tate Rutledge and Dylan Fairchild. Meanwhile, in addition to UGA’s Greene, the OG position could be really spiced up by a number of college OTs that could very well project to kick inside at the next level including Ajani Cornelius of Oregon, NC State’s Anthony Belton, Xavier Truss of Georgia, and Penn State’s Drew Shelton. On the other hand, it does not look like it will be a banner year of any kind for the Cs, especially after three went in the top 50 picks or so last April. In fact, it may be kind of telling that the arguably the most talented C in college football these days is Parker Brailsford, who transferred from Washington to Alabama this winter, but he’s way undersized at a listed 6-2, 275 which needless to say could compromise his draft potential. Indeed, in the end, Bryce Foster, now at Kansas after transferring from Texas A&M who at least has prototype size at 6-4, 330, could be the first C off the board next April, but it may not be until the third day. For now, here are our preliminary listings for both the OGs and Cs.