UMass should be on the field today as the Minutemen get ready for the season opener against Eastern Michigan on August 31st.
WHY I'M OPTIMISTIC PART II
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I've mentioned several times about my practice visit in 2021 where UMass was practicing with eight offensive linemen.
I think the 2024 offensive linemen room is the deepest and maybe most talented group UMass has had in a long time. The big guys up front make the offense go and with Taisen Phommachanh at QB, I have high hopes for this year's offense.
Some pundits have predicted the starting O-line could be:
LT Brayden Rhome 6-6 300 (transfer from Cal)
LG Mao Glynn 6-3 305 (transfer from Cincinnati)
C Josh Atwood 6-2 330 (last year's starter)
RG Paul Tchio 6-5 305 (transfer from Georgia Tech/Clemson)
RT Ethan Mottinger 6-5 315 (last year's starter)
Also available are:
Benjamin Roy 6-2 295 (transfer from UCLA)
Peyton Miller 6-3 310 Redshirt Freshman
Luke Painton 6-6 315 (Graduate transfer from Columbia)
Wyatt Terlaak 6-4 335 (appeared in several games last year)
Cole Erickson 6-6 290 Redshirt Sophomore
Brock Taylor 6-3 315 Freshman
William Jones 6-2 310 (transfer from Grambling State)
Tanner Burlingame 6-5 305 Freshman
Riley Bloch 6-3 295 Freshman
Jaxon King 6-6 310 (transfer from Grambling State)
Ryan Mosesso 6-5 310 Redshirt Junior
The Minutemen have 16 OL's going into camp and that's about where a FBS team should be.
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Hustle Belt has 2024 preseason MAC conference awards Watchlist tracker.
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