Grading the active five-star OL in college football
Five-star prospects are rare in each recruiting class and, as we know, some pan out and some don’t. We are looking into the five-stars still playing in college football and grade how they’ve been doing. Today, we continue with the offensive linemen.
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CLASS OF 2016
Landon Young - Kentucky
Young has been up and down during his long career at Kentucky. Even with more ups than downs he hasn’t lived up to his five-star ranking out of high school.
Grade: B-
CLASS OF 2017
Alex Leatherwood - Alabama
Leatherwood started off very strongly as a young lineman but has taken it to the next level now. He’s a future first-rounder.
Grade: A
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Walker Little - Stanford
Little isn’t playing this season but his career at Stanford was a good one before sustaining an injury last season. He’s been excellent and should be drafted high.
Grade: B+
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Foster Sarell - Stanford
Sarell has been very up and down in his career and hasn’t lived up to his five-star ranking but he hasn’t been bad, either.
Grade: B-
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Wyatt Davis - Ohio State
Davis had a great season last year but has been down a bit so far this year. That being said, the NFL loves him.
Grade: B+
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CLASS OF 2018
Jamaree Salyer - Georgia
Salyer is finally a leader on the Georgia offensive line and he’s been very solid. He’s been slow to live up to the hype but he’s improving.
Grade: B
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Nick Petit-Frere - Ohio State
Petit-Frere is off to an amazing start this season and coming into his own. He’s going to continue to get better.
Grade: A
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Jackson Carman - Clemson
Carman has emerged as one of the best linemen in college football and is considered a potential first-rounder.
Grade: A-
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Cade Mays - Tennesseee
Mays was solid at UGA and he’s been solid at Tennessee, but he hasn’t lived up to his five-star billing.
Grade: B-
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CLASS OF 2019
Evan Neal - Alabama
Neal was very good as a true freshman and has been even better this season. He’s going to be a first-rounder if he keeps this up.
Grade: A
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Darnell Wright - Tennessee
Wright wasn’t good as a true freshman and he’s been slightly better this year, but so far he isn’t looking anything like a five-star.
Grade: C-
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Charles Cross - Mississippi State
Cross is adjusting to the new offense and doing a lot more pass blocking than run blocking. So far he’s been average.
Grade: C
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Kenyon Green - Texas A&M
Green has improved this season a bit but he’s still playing at a level below his five-star ranking.
Grade: C+
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Kardell Thomas - LSU
Thomas missed his freshman season with injury and hasn’t cracked the starting lineup yet so he’s off to a tough start.
Grade: C-
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Clay Webb - Georgia
Webb still hasn’t done much of anything and, even though it is still early, it’s very puzzling for our first ever five-star center.
Grade: C-
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CLASS OF 2020
Broderick Jones - Georgia
Jones hasn’t cracked the lineup so it’s too early to judge.
Grade: Incomplete.
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Tate Ratledge - Georgia
Ratledge saw a little time this year but nothing close to merit a grade.
Grade: Incomplete
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Paris Johnson, Jr. - Ohio State
He’s only had a few snaps as expected and looked good but it’s too small a sample size.
Grade: Incomplete.
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Myles Hinton - Stanford
Hinton has only played a couple of snaps so far as a true freshman.
Grade: Incomplete.