So, how do we have a highly experienced offensive line and still get ranked 7th in the SEC?
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 bar...@realtracs.com Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <goufgator...@gmail.com> > Date: September 5, 2020 at 8:57:06 AM CDT > To: GatorNews <gatorn...@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators have gone from inexperienced to > experienced on offensive line > Reply-To: gatornews+own...@googlegroups.com > > > Gators have gone from inexperienced to experienced on offensive line > Robbie Andreu > Gator Sports > > > We break down the 2020 Florida football team by position group. This week a > look at the offensive line. > > The upside > > A line that was so young and inexperienced last season now is a little bit > older and a whole lot more experienced coming into the 2020 season. > > The newest member of the group, ironically, is the most experienced. That > would be Stewart Reese, the senior graduate transfer from Mississippi State, > who started 21 games and played in 38 in his three years with the Bulldogs. > > Not only is he an experienced starter, he’s an experienced one in Dan > Mullen’s offense, having started all 13 games in his redshirt freshman season > in 2017. > > So, he’s experienced, familiar with the scheme, familiar with the playbook > and certainly familiar with offensive line coach John Hevesy. And that’s not > all he brings. He also brings versatility, having started games at both > tackle and guard. He’s also capable of playing center if needed. > > Next up on the experience board are guard Brett Heggie and tackles Stone > Forsythe and Jean Delance. The three have combined to start 48 games for the > Gators and now are in their third year in Mullen’s offense, so there is a > comfort level there. > > Heggie, like Reese, can play multiple positions and has been getting reps at > guard and center during preseason camp. Sophomore Richard Gouriage also falls > under the category of versatile, having played both guard and tackle this > past season. > > One of UF’s least inexperienced players could end up being the starting > center. True sophomore Ethan White started one game at guard and saw > considerable playing time last season and has made the move to the critical > center spot, where he has been running with the No.1 offense. He’s a big, > physical center who also apparently has a command of the cerebral demands of > the position. > > White is relatively inexperienced, but he’s been surrounded in preseason > camp by the two most experienced linemen — guards Heggie and Reese. > > Overall, proven depth will be provided by tackle T.J. Moore and guard/center > Griffin McDowell. > > Here’s another potential plus: the four true freshmen who redshirted last > season — Kingsley Eguakun, Riley Simonds, Will Harrod and Michael Tarquin — > have been in the offense for a year now and have gained strength. > > The downside > > The Gators don’t have much in the way of proven depth up front other than > Moore and McDowell. > > Behind those two are the four redshirt freshmen and the three true freshmen > — Richard Leonard, Gerald Mincey and Joshua Braun. The highest-rated > offensive lineman in the 2020 recruiting class, tackle Issiah Walker, has > transferred to Miami to be closer to home. > > Ideally, schools like to always have 15 scholarship offensive linemen on the > roster, but the Gators are two short of that number. > > Young guy to watch > > Former Suwannee standout Joshua Braun, an early enrollee who is physically > ready to step in and play in the SEC. The question is, did missing the spring > put him behind in any way in learning the offense. If he picks everything up > during preseason camp, he’ll have a chance to see significant playing time. > > Don’t be surprised if … > > Mississippi State graduate transfer Stewart Reese emerges as one of UF’s > best offensive linemen and makes a serious run at becoming All-SEC in his > senior season. Not only does he know the Mullen/Hevesy scheme — he knows the > standard. > > Quotable > > "I think they're coming along pretty nicely, obviously one of the hard > things you go against each other, you don't know. I will say this on the > offensive line, obviously you know they were a really young group last year > experience-wise. There's a lot more veterans and a lot more experience in > that group. And I think that you see that in the confidence in what they do > on a daily basis, their communication, how they work together, that > experience. I see a lot more confidence now. What that leads to, we’re going > to see when we start playing against other people. But I think they're doing > a pretty good job right now.” — Dan Mullen > > Possible depth chart > > LT > > 72-Stone Forsythe > > 76-Richard Gouraige > > LG > > 61-Brett Heggie > > 76-Richard Gouraige > > —Richard Leonard > > --Gerald Mincey > > C > > 77-Ethan White > > 65-Kingsley Eguakun > > 62-Griffin McDowell > > RG > > 51-Stewart Reese > > 75-T.J. Moore > > 64-Riley Simonds > > 74-Will Harrod > > RT > > 56-Jean Delance > > 76-Richard Gouraige > > 70-Michael Tarquin > > —Joshua Braun > > Ranking the SEC offensive lines > > 1. Alabama > > 2. Kentucky > > 3. Tennessee > > 4. Georgia > > 5. Texas A&M > > 6. Mississippi State > > 7. Florida > > 8. LSU > > 9. South Carolina > > 10. Auburn > > 11. Ole Miss > > 12. Arkansas > > 13. Missouri > > 14. 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