2026 Draft Board: Offensive Lineman

The below information I included in the QB draft board earlier in the week, I'm going to include it for every board, but it will be identical on each.

If you've ever read one of my draft board articles before then you have an idea of what you'll see below, but I did overhaul the system a little bit. Basically I just moved all of my formulas over to using a z-score method. If you haven't read them, quick explanation, I use stats, athletic testing, past performances from current pro players, and formulas to try and determine the chances a prospect in the current draft has at succeeding as a pro. In the past I used a "PSR", and an "A Met" and "S Met" to give every player a round grade. Now, it all comes down to a Score. The scores differ by position, so before each draft board I will put what the high score was between the 2020-2023 drafts at that position (those are draft years that I've done this for, as well as ones that have been in the league for at least 3 years). And at the bottom you will see a small blurb I wrote up for each position.

Real quick additional note: I'm including a "My Top 5" section this year. You will notice with some positions that the top 5 doesn't line up with the top five on the actual draft board. There's a reason for that. When I grade out the pros to determine the "success rate" factor, I actually give them a grade (A = Superstar, B = High-end starter, C = Solid Starter, D = Rotational at best, and F = Fail). I hadn't considered using that in the past, but I realized I can use it to get a little more granular when it comes to ranking them. Sometimes a guy that is lower on my draft board than another guy, actually has a higher chance of being a high-end starter or better. So along side the name of the player and their school, I will include a B+ which is just the percent chance they have of being a high-end starter or better, and a C+ which will be the percent chance they have of being a solid starter or better.

This will be updated as pro day results become available.

High Score for OT: 100.00 (Penei Sewell - 2021)

My OT Draft Board

My Top 5 Tackles:

1) Keagen Trost (Missouri): B+ = 14.29, C+ = 38.57

2) Brian Parker II (Duke): B+ = 16.23, C+ = 30.78

3) Kadyn Proctor (Alabama): B+ = 13.03, C+ = 34.79

4) J.C. Davis (Illinois): B+ = 13.03, C+ = 34.79

5) Blake Miller (Clemson): B+ = 4.88, C+ = 13.60

High Score for OG: 99.26 (Quinn Meinerz - 2021)

My OG Draft Board

My Top 5 Guards:

1) Emmanuel Pregnon (Oregon): B+ = 15.36, C+ = 37.86

2) Olaivavega Ioane (Penn State): B+ = 5.36, C+ = 35.71

3) Keylan Rutledge (Georgia Tech): B+ = 5.36, C+ = 30.36

4) Micah Morris (Georgia): B+ = 5.36, C+ = 30.36

5) Billy Schrauth (Notre Dame): B+ = 3.14, C+ = 10.65

High Score for Center: 87.50 (Tyler Linderbaum - 2022)

My C Draft Board

My Top 5 Centers:

1) Spencer Fano (Utah): B+ = 58.33, C+ = 100.00

2) Logan Jones (Iowa): B+ = 19.64, C+ = 46.43

3) Pat Coogan (Indiana): B+ = 13.39, C+ = 46.43

4) Evan Beerntsen (Northwestern): B+ = 13.39, C+ = 46.43

5) Jake Slaughter (Florida): B+ = 7.14, C+ = 38.10

Things worth noting:

-You likely noticed that a lot of the Offensive Lineman show up on multiple boards, which is different from how I've done it in the past. That is because I got sick of having to move players around and run them back through my numbers on a different board because the team that drafted the Tackle decided they liked them more at Guard, etc... I removed players from boards if they didn't meet measurements for height/weight/arm length for that specified position, or if they didn't meet some of the standards for percentage of playing time at a position. If a player was undrafted on a board but not on another, then they were removed from the former. And if a player was undrafted on all three boards, then they are only listed at the position they predominantly played in college.

-Enrique Cruz, Caleb Lomu and Gennings Dunker all could've made my top 5 for Centers, but I didn't list them there because they each received a Day 3 grade at Tackle. It's good to know they have position flexibility if the team that brings them in finds Tackle is not the right fit, but the Tackle spots are the most important spots on the O-Line, and they should be tried out there before being moved elsewhere. Same can be said for Monroe Freeling and Max Iheanachor at Guard.

-Height/weight/arm length measurements played a much more significant role this year than they have in any previous season I've done these boards. It was a little unnerving. Which brings me to two of the Centers. First, Parker Brailsford reached a new low weight (289) compared to the Centers that weighed in at the Combine from 2014-2023. And I can't even weigh in on his weigh in because the lowest in that span were Coleman Shelton (292), who has a successful grade in my system, and Chad Hamilton (292) who does not have a successful grade. So, I left it alone. Second, Logan Jones and his short arms (30.75") is a red flag. HOWEVER, he hit on not 1, not 2, but 3 of my plus-factors thanks to a mix of his athletic test results! And two of those 3 have resulted in a 100% success rate. So, something is going to give on one side of the factor list or the other thanks to him.

-Sleeper Tackle: Enrique Cruz Jr. He hit on one of my sub-plus-factors at Tackle, and came within two tenths of a second from hitting on one of my plus-factors. He wasn't someone I was looking at prior to the Combine, and his college numbers weren't stellar by any measure, but with that athleticism he could prove to be a Day 3 gem.

-Sleeper Guard: Gennings Dunker. I stand by what I said above, give those Tackles that graded out with at least a Day 3 at Tackle, a shot to start at Tackle first. However, Dunker scored high in three key categories as a Guard, so should Tackle not work out for him, I think he'll be a great candidate to move inside and excel.

-Sleeper Center: Sam Hecht. Another guy who hit on a plus-factor at his position. His shorter arms are still perfectly fine to play Center and Kansas State has a pretty decent recent history of putting Interior O-Lineman into the NFL.

I've been tracking the success rate of each position individually based on my grades from 2020-2023, and I'm going to include that for each position. It might help shine a light on some of my "things worth noting."

OT Success Rate

OG Success Rate

C Success Rate