tell me about your line

now, what do you other guys have to play with?

LT=5'10"175-Used to be a seldom used fullback, also starts at outside LB for us. Last night was his first game on the line, did well, is the quickest lineman we have now, he's a junior.
LG=5'10" 235-He's our anchor, senior 3 year starter, also starts at DT, loves lifting weights, the only one we have that plays for 4 quarters.
C=5'8"170-Another newbie, another FB, starts at MLB also. Friday was his first game, played well, until he was blindsided on a 15 yard personal foul. Should do well, very strong for his size, and is very aggressive, soph.
RG=6'3" 215-Used to be out TE, but with our line depleted, he wanted to make the switch, very quick, great feet, also starts at DE, senior.
RT=6'1" 245-Great feet, kind of a softy right now, only plays O, soph, great technique, is getting stronger, personally I just don't think his nuts have dropped yet, kind of a momma's boy.
**We only haev 25 Varsity players on Friday nights, we are a 3A school, of the 25 a lot our just JVers that would not be on most other teams, but we have to because we only have maybe 17, true varsity players. We are 4-2, and 2-2 in region play, having fun, just extremely stressful. I have anothre question for the board, I will ask separately.

LT - Jr. 6'4 300 3 yr starter, D1 kid, puts up huge numbers in the weightroom, still plays too high but gets away with it because of his strength, also a good wrestler.

LG - Sr. 5'8 230 1st yr starter, smart but very limited with physical ability but very hardworker, will be a great accountant some day.

C - Sr. 5'9 240 2 yr starter, athletic kid, but dips his head too much, very good with his snaps.

RG - 5'10 220 Sr. 1st yr starter, very good zone blocker but struggles with man on blocking.

RT - 6'3 250 Sr. 2 yr starter, very smart and understands the concepts of the offense which I can't say for the others, D1AA kid, coming back from a knee injury in the preseason.

My O-Line at the moment

LT- 6'0 200 -SR - most aggressive lineman we have off the ball, knows the assignments for the most part. Took the job when a player was injured, also has filled in at guard.

LG 6'1 245 - SR- still waiting for him to completly flip the switch, right now he is slowly turning the dim lite on. A little slow on some of the pulls and a little hesitant off the ball against changing fronts.

C- 5'10 250 SR - Almost to the point of thinking too much, over complicates the blocking scheme at times. Other than that he is pretty solid off the ball and blocking .

RG- 5'9 245 JR - most consistent lineman , quick on the pulls and takes care of business when he gets there. Knows his assignments and stays low off the ball and gets good leverage.

RT- 6'3 280 SR- inconsistent at times but when he gets angry can take care of most of the players we face. Not a real solid pass blocker, not real flexible and doesn't have good balance on the punch.

I just took over this year wish I would have had another year with the Seniors, they have good size but their poor fundamentals hold them back. It has been a slow process but there is definite improvement not only in their technique but also understanding the blocking schemes. Years past there would have been more players going both ways but we really committed ourselves with the line to make them all one way to maximize practice reps and the learning curve. So far it has worked well, with our Dline, TNT's in the top six in tackles.

AA school central texas
60 football players in high school 31 on varsity
RT-SR 6'3 265 Is a three year starter preseason all state and is being recuirted by TCU, SMU, SHSU and SFA. He is a bit lazy at times in prcatice, but is a game player and he know it. He leads out o-line avgeraging 8 pancake blocks a week. He is a great finisher and love to put people on their back.
RG-JR 5-10 195 This is a country strong kid. Good puller and you never have to take him out of the game. He is still not a good pass blocker, over aggressive, head down, weigth forward. He also sometime like to stay on the combo a little long and misses LB, but is great when going straigh to LB.
C- JR- 6-0 180 This kid is quick and agrressive. Biggest suprise of the year for me, because I thought he was mentally week, but has been one of my better blockers. He can reach a three tech on toss one of the most amassing things i've seen. He pretty good since in JH he was a quaterback.
LG-SR - 5-10 230 been playing this postion since week 6 of his freshmen year. Has ben injured some thius year, but he is a solid lineman. The kind you love to have in highschool, but too small to play at the next level. When he gets to the second and third level the defender is on the ground. he has great instinct for cut blocking. Last year he over ran a block and fell backwards and still cut the kid. I am going to try to make a training tape off of his cutblocks and see if I can tech my other lineman to cut like he does.
LT- I have two player rotating at LT. 1st is a SO 5-10-200 strongest lineman I have love the weight room, has good feet, not very smart. He blows a lot of assignemnts and that is why I am rotating two. 2nd 6-2 320 FR. He is going to be a great one. He will be cuited by everybody if he can grow a few more inches the next few years. He good feet is going to be the freshmen classes validictorian(I love smart linemen). He will probably move to right tackle next year.
I have another freshman that is playing JV right now that is 6'4 260. He is going to be good before it is all said and done, just not real agggressive right now.

LT- 6'4" 225 - biggest surprise this year. Real passive kid, not active in the weight room, but gets a body on defenders and knows his assignment probably the best of all the kids. We are right-side run oriented. Also the long snapper.

LG (FB) - 6'4" 299 / 330 - Iowa scholarship (guard) has played DL, LT, and fullback...good kid, great athlete, super smart guy...BIG difference when he's not in

LG- 5'6" 240 was the starting center....but needed here when the 300 pounder went down. Good laterally, but not much of an athlete, but can bench / squat his butt off.

C- 5'10" 180 really really soft kid. Didn't think he would start, but injuries forced him in. Good snapper and long snapper does what you ask but nothing spectacular.
RG- 6'2" 270 - real lazy kid, can be aggressive but not normal. He plays here mainly to maul the 3 tech. Blows assignments quite a bit and is not real disciplined. We've spent the MOST time working with him out of all the kids.

RT- 6'4" 235 great athlete and good kid....can't bench his body weight, though. Basketball player who can work good in space, knows his assignments half the time, though he's real smart. His lack of explosion and strength hurt us here.


Our DLine looks like a handful of Carnies you'd find working the Tilt-O-Whirl...

this is about the funniest thing i have ever read on a football board

Not really a big issue like most peole think it is. I grew up in MN and coached in ND and TX, I still believe the linemen are bigger, stronger, and meaner up north then down here. The small towns and rural areas are great places to look for linemen. Look at Div. 2 NCC teams and all those rams coming out of Iowa, Nebraska, SD, MN, WI, that are playing pro from small programs. they are big, smart, aggresive, and well coached. 5A teams in TX would love to have a lot of those kids.

...hey...we've got more kids that can run sub 4.9s (about a little over a half dozen 4.5 kids here) than we have that are decent big boys.....

our 'big boys' are pretty 'soft'.....