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I think the OL situation has been exacerbated by program losses.

Casey Tucker - grad transfer to ASU
Jack Dreyer - medical retirement
Austin Maihen - medical retirement
Clark Yarborough - medical retirement
Reilly Gibbons - signed but never enrolled; transferred to South Florida

But this is particularly telling:
In 2015, Stanford signed 4 O Linemen - Nick Wilson, Dreyer, Maihen and Brian Chaffin. I don't think any of them have started a game for Stanford (though Chaffin does play on short yardage situations).
In 2016, Stanford signed 5 O Linemen. Out of that group, we find one solid starter (Herbig) and a part-time player (Hamilton). No game contribution from Yarborough, Henry Hattis or Dylan Powell.

That's 9 players across two recruiting classes with one starter and one contributor. Leaves a big hole.

The whifs in the classes of 2015/2016 are significant, but largely not relevant in two years.  For guards, the problem is getting one scholarship guard between 2017 and 2018, after the whifs in 2016.

At tackle it is a bit more complicated; to an extent we are victims of the success of the 2017.  First, because Sarrell and Little were good enough to play as true freshmen, and are good enough to scare away 2018 recruits, it left us functionally with a two-class hole.  Things will look not as bad if a 2019 freshman is good enough to play (for example in the jumbo package), as it would leave only a one-year gap. 

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[BostonCard]

I think the OL situation has been exacerbated by program losses.

Casey Tucker - grad transfer to ASU
Jack Dreyer - medical retirement
Austin Maihen - medical retirement
Clark Yarborough - medical retirement
Reilly Gibbons - signed but never enrolled; transferred to South Florida

But this is particularly telling:
In 2015, Stanford signed 4 O Linemen - Nick Wilson, Dreyer, Maihen and Brian Chaffin. I don't think any of them have started a game for Stanford (though Chaffin does play on short yardage situations).
In 2016, Stanford signed 5 O Linemen. Out of that group, we find one solid starter (Herbig) and a part-time player (Hamilton). No game contribution from Yarborough, Henry Hattis or Dylan Powell.

That's 9 players across two recruiting classes with one starter and one contributor. Leaves a big hole.

The whifs in the classes of 2015/2016 are significant, but largely not relevant in two years.  For guards, the problem is getting one scholarship guard between 2017 and 2018, after the whifs in 2016.

At tackle it is a bit more complicated; to an extent we are victims of the success of the 2017.  First, because Sarrell and Little were good enough to play as true freshmen, and are good enough to scare away 2018 recruits, it left us functionally with a two-class hole.  Things will look not as bad if a 2019 freshman is good enough to play (for example in the jumbo package), as it would leave only a one-year gap. 

BC