As was the case last year, Spencer Anderson has proved to be very flexible as far as where he can play along the line. While he played mostly RT last season, he did fill in at C for the Indiana game. Anderson has been taking snaps at C early on here in spring camp, which I think tells us two things. One, they are feeling much more comfortable with Amelio Moran at RT. Two, Austin Fontaine likely not progressing as they had hoped.
As of now, I see the O-line looking like this: Duncan at LT, Branch at LG, Anderson at C, Lunsford at RG and Moran at RT.
Remember, Lunsford started at RG versus Rutgers last season and Ja'Khi Green saw a significant number of snaps backing him up in that game. Evan Gregory also started a game (Indiana) at RG last season. So as you can see, a number of guys who can play RG, but this unit is otherwise extremely thin moving a tackle to center and really not having any reliable backups on the outside. The RG spot would have been manned by Marcus Minor with Lunsford backing up LG and Gregory likely backing Minor up, but of course he decided to move on. Still, the interior of the line is deeper than the tackle spots right now.
Which brings us to the final point. As most of you know, Maryland has been clinging on to that final scholarship to use on an offensive lineman, as it is clearly the team's biggest need heading into next season (yes, even more so than QB). It appears they have found their target in former Ohio State tackle Max Wray, who entered the transfer portal last week. Wray is a former Rivals250 four-star prospect out of Franklin, Tenn. who was part of the 2018 class. He redshirted in 2018, played sparingly in 2019 and finally got his first career start this past season at RT vs. Michigan State. At 6-foot-7, 308 lbs, he's got good size for the tackle spot and he graded out extremely well in his lone start this past season. Would be a huge pickup if they can land him as he could very possibly step right into the RT spot from Day 1 and he'd have two seasons of eligibility remaining.
Obviously, OT is Locksley's No. 1 priority for 2022, as I'd expect the Terps to take at least three in this class and even more OL overall.
As of now, I see the O-line looking like this: Duncan at LT, Branch at LG, Anderson at C, Lunsford at RG and Moran at RT.
Remember, Lunsford started at RG versus Rutgers last season and Ja'Khi Green saw a significant number of snaps backing him up in that game. Evan Gregory also started a game (Indiana) at RG last season. So as you can see, a number of guys who can play RG, but this unit is otherwise extremely thin moving a tackle to center and really not having any reliable backups on the outside. The RG spot would have been manned by Marcus Minor with Lunsford backing up LG and Gregory likely backing Minor up, but of course he decided to move on. Still, the interior of the line is deeper than the tackle spots right now.
Which brings us to the final point. As most of you know, Maryland has been clinging on to that final scholarship to use on an offensive lineman, as it is clearly the team's biggest need heading into next season (yes, even more so than QB). It appears they have found their target in former Ohio State tackle Max Wray, who entered the transfer portal last week. Wray is a former Rivals250 four-star prospect out of Franklin, Tenn. who was part of the 2018 class. He redshirted in 2018, played sparingly in 2019 and finally got his first career start this past season at RT vs. Michigan State. At 6-foot-7, 308 lbs, he's got good size for the tackle spot and he graded out extremely well in his lone start this past season. Would be a huge pickup if they can land him as he could very possibly step right into the RT spot from Day 1 and he'd have two seasons of eligibility remaining.
Obviously, OT is Locksley's No. 1 priority for 2022, as I'd expect the Terps to take at least three in this class and even more OL overall.
