Ole Miss Football Position Group Previews - Offensive Line (2024)

nothing on offense can develop without the protection from the big guys up front they are the youngsung heroes of every team and it's easy to overlook these guys when the offense is on a group on third and four qby run and room Jackson Dart got to the third level and points Bentley breaks a tackle he's Off to the Races looking for the End Zone he finds P touchdown Old Miss Lan kein has said that Old Miss has more depth on the offensive line this year than in years past in fact between the returners and the transfers that were brought in this unit has a combined 386 games under its belt of those experienced returners Jeremy James is one of them at the end of the 2023 season James tied old miss' career starts record with his 49th straight start against Penn State Pro Football Focus ranked James as the rebels top rated run blocker with a grade of 76.7 Mike and Pettis played in nine games before suffering a season ending injury in 2023 but he's back for his red shirt Junior season Pettis has been a valuable piece to the offensive line since he arrived in Oxford having played in 22 of old Miss's 26 games over the last two years going into last year Pettis was named preseason all sec's second team by pH steel and preseason all SEC third team by the coaches I'm the best tackle in the nation bab Caleb Warren returns for his sixth season at ol miss Warren has totaled 48 games for ol Miss including all 13 games in the last two seasons hey hey nothing like Old Miss let's go H Eli AER is another o lineman that has been a mainstate for Old Miss he enters his Fifth Season Aker has played an all 13 games for the rebels over the last 2 years along with 700 snaps ree McIntyre is another sixth year that's back in Oxford having played in 48 games in His Rebel career including all 13 games in the last three seasons Junior Jaden Williams appeared in 11 games for the rebels in 2023 Williams comes into this year with 24 games played and 15 starts under his belt senior Mana taiani played in 12 games last season in his first year in Oxford taiani mainly saw action on special teams but was rotated in an o line in a handful of games the common theme at this point of the video is to say Old Miss brought in some highle transfers to add depth to the squad well we've reached that point in the preview transfers Julius buo and Nate cppo are two 6ear players that switched from Washington to the SIP last spring buo and cppo went to the National Championship with the huskys last season and were're part of an offensive line that earned the Joe Moore award which is given annually to the top o line unit in college football cppo was listed at 66 335 and buo at 68 320 Diego pounds joined Old Miss last spring after transferring in from North Carolina the Junior played in all 13 games for the tar Hills last season and blocked for the acc's top passing offense and the nation's fifth leading rusher pounds is listed at 66340 last of the transfers is jaquin Scott from Southern Miss Scott is listed at 63 320 the Mobile Alabama native was a staple on the golden eagles o line for Four Seasons appearing in 45 games and 36 consecutive starts he's logged over 2,700 snaps and did not allow a sack for the golden eagles in 2023 on 401 pass blocks don't forget about these guys when you're cheering for the offense this season this is a group of unsung heroes and they have the experience to give Old Miss a leg up on every team in the country when that first touchdown happens inside the Vault this year think get the big boys up front We Salute You