Post-Spring Outlook at Oregon’s Offensive Line Room

This season A’lique Terry returns one of the most experienced and deepest rooms in the country at offensive line. And when you think about how hard that is to do across five positions, that’s pretty impressive work.

While Oregon did lose its award-winning center to the NFL, they remain one of the strongest units in college football.

Which will make life easier for the entire offense including the quarterback, running backs and Will Stein calling up plays.

Here’s a look at the group and who likely leads to start headed into the Fall.

Projected Starters: LT Josh Conerly Jr., LG Marcus Harper, C Iapani Laloulu, RG Matthew Bedford, RT Ajani Cornelius

As you can see a lot of familiar names on this list for Oregon fans. The loss of JPJ was tough but understandable. However getting Ajani Cornelius back for another season was big. There was a lot of chatter about Marcus Harper looking to potentially make a move too but in the end he stayed.

This group should hit the ground running in the Fall. As long as we don’t notice Poncho and any bad snaps, that means he’s doing just fine in the middle.

This is a big chance for this whole group to up its NFL draft stock. It’s not crazy to think Conerly and Cornelius could be early round projections and Harper and Bedford could find mid-round considerations. That would be another big feather in the cap for Dan Lanning as development becomes a big part of the recruiting game.

The Room: Nishad Strother, Trent Ferguson, Bryce Boulton, Bailey Jaramillo, George Silva, Kavika Rogers, Dave Iuli, Gernorris Wilson, Lipe Moala, Faaope Laloulu

As you can see Oregon has some capable bodies for depth. And we know the Ducks will use 7-8 guys consistently all season long. And lastly we know some of these guys will be cross-trained to play multiple positions.

I think we can expect to see Strother see a lot of action. The same for Iuli as an interior guy. And the same for Silva at the tackle spot. It will be interesting to see who else gets a lot of reps this season. There are some big bodies there but Oregon is certainly better 1-5.

Most schools don’t have the starting quality Oregon does let alone 3-4 guys on the bench with experience and talent. The Ducks are in pretty good shape headed into the season but an injury or two could easily change things.

OL Room Report Card: A-

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