We're diving into the trenches today as we forge through my 2026 NFL Draft positional rankings, with my offensive lineman rankings on tap. I split up the offensive linemen into two sets of rankings: offensive tackle and interior offensive linemen.

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Offensive Lineman Rankings For The 2026 NFL Draft

Offensive Tackle Rankings

1. Kadyn Proctor | Alabama | 6070/366 | JR

A consensus top-10 overall recruit coming out of Iowa, Proctor signed with Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide and started as a true freshman. Proctor briefly transferred back to his home-state Iowa Hawkeyes after the Tide hired HC Kalen DeBoer to replace Saban. But Proctor changed his mind the same offseason and ultimately returned to the Tide.

Through two years on campus, Proctor has already taken nearly 1,500 snaps on the blindside in the SEC. He just turned 20 in June. He’s an utterly absurd athlete for his size, an explosive wrecking ball who detonates off the line.

Proctor was listed No. 2 on Bruce Feldman’s 2025 “Freaks List.” Feldman reported that Proctor was recorded over the summer with an 815-pound squat, a 535-pound bench, a 405-pound power clean, a 32-inch vertical, and a 9-3 broad jump.

To put a few of those numbers into context: Per the RAS database, Proctor has 87th-percentile height and 99th-percentile weight, with a 93rd-percentile vertical, a 99th-percentile broad jump, and runs an 85th-percentile forty.

On campus in Tuscaloosa, Proctor’s run-blocking started out way ahead of his pass-pro. The latter took a major leap forward last fall, and that was a promising development. But pass-pro remains the element of Proctor’s game that most needs continued polish.

Power edge rushers are in for a long day against Proctor—he extinguishes power like an ocean of water thrown onto a house fire. Proctor’s power is truly something to behold. There were plays last fall where an SEC opponent would overload his side and get an edge rusher and a blitzer isolated on Proctor alone—where he slowed them both to allow for a pass attempt because it’s impossible to rock Kadyn Proctor backwards, even two men.

I most often saw Proctor get beaten by inside counter moves off the threat of speed. Speed-rushers who got Proctor accustomed to wide kick-steps to set up at depth could, later in the game, startle him by feigning the same initial movement outside off the snap only to crash violently inside.

If you try this and Proctor is able to reach you with a punch crossing his body, you’re going to end up on the ground with a bruise to take home as a souvenir. But if you can cross his face clean, you’ve got a shot to storm through the gates of an open gap.

As a run blocker, what can we really nitpick? The kid is a mauler. He and Tyler Booker were a comical duo on the left side of Alabama’s line—there were plays where the Red Sea parted on the left side because Proctor and Booker bullied their assignments out of the screen.

Proctor is a high-floor/high-ceiling prospect. He’d be starting in the NFL today if he could be. Whether he can fully button up the edge against speed rushers with agility will determine whether he becomes a truly elite NFL offensive tackle, or just a very good one.

2. Xavier Chaplin | Auburn | 6070/338 | rJR

I was more impressed with Chaplin’s tape than I expected to be. He is a menacing powerhouse who plays with fire in his belly. When he touches defenders, they move backwards.

Chaplin is an outstanding run blocker. He’s a north/south bully who violently uncoils into contact, torquing defenders into a defenseless straight-spined posture. Chaplin blasted as many linemen into the second-level and out of the play with leg drive as any prospect I studied for this exercise. When he’s coming forward, you’ve got issues.

Chaplin is more mobile than you’d expect him to be. It’s great fun to see this elephantine colossus hunting in the second level—linebackers and safeties go flying when Chaplin reaches them. And he does that more often than you’d expect.

Chaplin’s pass-pro has improved, but still needs work. Chaplin is blessed with length and strength in spades. But there remains an unfinished feel to his game. He doesn’t always stay disciplined in his sets, at times coming forward to strike prematurely and opening up counter opportunities.

But you see flashes of a potentially upper-echelon NFL blindside pass protector when you see Chaplin use that length to keep movement at bay, when you see him use that strength to shut down north/south bull rushers, and when you see him so effortlessly move in space.

Chaplin transferred to Auburn this offseason after starting for Virginia Tech the last two years. He earned All-American honors in 2023, when he was a redshirt freshman, and then took a big step forward in 2024 despite not receiving the same national accolades. 

Barring unforeseen regression this season at Auburn, Chaplin is going to hear his name called in Round 1 this spring. I’m more bullish on Chaplin than others, and I’ll go a step further: He’s closer to Proctor than he is to the names beneath him on this list.

3. Isaiah World | Oregon | 6052/321 | rSR

World was the No. 1 offensive tackle in the transfer portal over the offseason. Oregon, desperate for immediate OT help with starters Ajani Cornelius and Josh Conerly off to the NFL, beat out several bluebloods for World’s signature.

World posted a dominant 83.7 PFF true pass set grade while allowing zero sacks across 456 pass-pro reps in 2024. The next step for World is to play in the Big 10 this year, exactly like he did last season in the Mountain West.

World’s 2024 pass-pro tape is legitimately impressive—he was a cat out there toying with mice. Lining up across from him was where bull-rushers went to die—when World anchors down with that power base under him, you aren’t moving him backwards. Period. 

SMU EDGE Elijah Roberts—a 295-pound power rusher who was a R5 pick of the Bucs in April—found that out in the 2024 opener. World shut out his lights—Roberts was an utter non-factor in easily his worst game of the year. World’s combination of length and lower body swivel, and quickness keeps his man on the outside and preserves pocket integrity.

On multiple of his reps that were charted as losses in 2024, World was hung out to dry by the quarterback scrambling to his side, unexpectedly resetting the pocket and changing the terms of engagement. 

Two areas I noted for World to work on: Inside counter moves and hand usage. World is a very good athlete who moves well, but his rooted-into-the-ground-ready-for-a-tussle setup could get him planted too deep into the ground to impede lightning-quick counters across his face.

World’s hand usage can be a bit haphazard, another thing that didn’t bite him in the MWC, but which theoretically could in the Big 10 if not addressed. He uses both hands when punching, and he throws wide, with his shoulders back. 

When World connects, he shoots electricity into the defender. When he doesn’t, he can throw himself off balance. And there are instances of panic when that happened, where World would grab a jersey.

World didn’t face many defenders athletically capable of exploiting these quirks last year, so it’s going to be fascinating to see him in the Big 10 this fall. Oregon is respected around the nation for how it teaches technique to offensive linemen – can they level up World’s game again, or is that just who he is?

World’s run-blocking is an interesting work-in-progress at this point. He’s got plenty of flash plays on tape, both in terms of driving men backwards and in terms of hitting moving targets in space.

Nevada’s rushing offense was stocked with concepts that asked World to pull down the line, or chip his man off the line and head downfield to decapitate a linebacker. World gets where he needs to go very quickly, and he arrives with a hammer.

What we want to see is more consistency—sprinkled throughout the flash reps were lost reps that could have been avoided. There were instances of World making hard contact but failing to set the meat cleavers properly—another hand usage issue—allowing a defender to slide off the block and pursue.

There were also instances of World getting out into space and then not finding work, standing around like the John Travolta GIF as the action unfolded around him.

I’m a big fan of World’s tools, and I liked his tape. I’m being bullish with this projection in assuming that Oregon’s staff is going to address his technical foibles. If that happens, World is a no-doubt top-20 pick in April. If it doesn’t, he will end up being seen as an athletic project, the type that goes on Day 2.

4. Francis Mauigoa | Miami | 6060/341 | JR

Mauigoa is a smooth-moving, well-proportioned giant. He comes from a family of athletes—both of his older brothers played FBS football, with Frederick Mauigoa making the Rimington List while starting at center for Wazzu. Mauigoa’s other brother, Francisco, was a fifth-round pick of the Jets in April. 

Francisco played two years at Wazzu before transferring to Miami for his final two seasons to play with Francis. Francis, a five-star recruit out of IMG Academy, was pursued by every major program in the country.

Francis Mauigoa started from Day 1 and has already piled up 1,780 snaps at RT over the past two years. Mauigoa was an All-ACC second-team member in 2024 after being an honorable mention as a true freshman.

Mauigoa is a two-time member of Bruce Feldman’s “Freaks “ list. Per Feldman, Mauigoa got up to 341 pounds last year while keeping his body fat under 21%. The Hurricanes program has never measured someone with higher jump power or higher jump momentum.

Feldman had Mauigoa with a 1.57 flying 10-yard split. Mauigoa has been clocked on the GPS at an elite 18 mph, and he has recorded a 30.5-inch vertical.

Mauigoa’s athletic profile jumps off his tape. For a young player, the game seems to move slowly for him—he does not panic when he gets an unexpected look, nor when he falls behind in a rep.

Mauigoa is a gifted run blocker. He shoots off the line and stakes himself to an early lead in reps. His strength, quick feet, and pliability generally seal the deal from there.

He’s improved in pass-pro and I expect more of that this fall. Mauigoa’s height might be closer to 6-foot-5. But he has the length—81-inch wingspan coming out of high school per 247Sports—and feet to stay on the outside at the next level.

This fall, in addition to continuing to polish the technical aspects of his game, I also want to see more intensity out of Mauigoa on the field. He has the physical tools to demoralize opponents, but he often settles for a rep win.

I saw a few instances of a peculiarity that speaks to this that I didn’t see on any other 2026 offensive linemen’s tape—Mauigoa would have his defender sealed from the play-side, and then he would lock his arms out and look back to see where the ball-carrier was.

On at least one instance of this, his man almost got off the hook to get involved with the play. I want to see Mauigoa bury his man in these circumstances, and I don’t want to see him caring about anything outside of that until he hears a whistle blow. 

The other nitpicky thing I’d like to see buttoned up is his posturing. In pass-pro setup, Mauigoa will sometimes pop up and play angular instead of sinking back into his hips for more lower-body control and anchor power. 

Coming forward, Mauigoa sometimes ducks his head into contact. Of the games I watched, I didn’t see him get bitten by either quirk. But they’re the kind of things that NFL defenders will take advantage of if Mauigoa doesn’t address them.

Overall, though, Mauigoa has all the tools he needs to excel for a decade-long run as an NFL starter. And the relative weaknesses of his game at present are all things that can be fixed. He also has two developmental bullets that raise his floor: If Mauigoa struggles on the boundary in the pros, he’ll kick inside to guard and almost assuredly excel.

5. Spencer Fano | Utah | 6060/302 | JR

Fano kicked to RT last year after starting at LT in 2023. He comes from a family of athletes. Four of his uncles—Gabe Reid (BYU, Chicago Bears), Spencer Reid (BYU, Carolina), Teni Palepoi (Utah, San Diego), and Anton Palepoi (UNLV, Denver/Seattle)—played in the NFL.

Fano is long and nimble, one of the premier athletes in this coming OT class. His game took a meteoric rise in 2024, with Fano posting an elite 92.5 PFF grade. After reviewing his tape, however, I think that number flatters Fano a bit.

I saw him lose to speed, movement, and power in pass-pro—and that was only the 2024 opener against FCS Southern Utah. To be fair to Fano, he cleaned up some technical and footwork issues as the season progressed. Those fixes made it ever more difficult to beat him with speed or movement. 

The systemic issue that Fano will need to work around in the NFL is a lack of play strength. Fano gets out of his stance quickly, and he sets up smoothly with a striker’s stance. But at this time, power rushers are able to consistently rock him backwards. 

Numerous times on film, I saw Fano walked back into the lap of his quarterback—several of these instances did not show up in the stats, but the blown-up pocket sent his quarterback scurrying to ad-lib a new plan on the move.

The best part of Fano’s game is zone run-blocking. He’s a fluid athlete who removes second-level threats to open up explosive opportunities. He’s very slick—there were a few humorous instances on tape where you could almost feel a second-level defender’s surprise that Fano was in their kitchen before they had finished diagnosing the play.

To my eye, he’s better at that than hitting the opposite shoulder of a down lineman—on a couple of reps I reviewed, Fano didn’t get there quickly enough, and the interior defensive lineman stormed the gates and blew up the play. 

But, overall, Fano is going to be a strong run-blocker in the NFL so long as he’s in a zone system. He will always struggle in a phone booth against power. It just is what it is.

I understand the appeal of Fano in a zone-blocking run scheme. And, since he’s only entering his true junior season, I acknowledge that Fano has time to continue adding muscle and anchor strength. 

But I am concerned enough about his ability to deal with power at the next level that I could not rank him any higher than this heading into the 2025 campaign.

Best of the rest …

6. Caleb Lomu | Utah | 6060/304 | rSO
7. Drew Shelton | Penn State | 6047/303 | SR
8. Gennings Dunker | Iowa | 6040/317 | rSR
9. Ethan Onianwa | Ohio State | 6060/333 | rSR
10. Blake Miller | Clemson | 6064/314 | SR

Interior Offensive Line
 

1. Trey Zuhn III (OG) | Texas A&M | 6063/318 | rSR

Zuhn is A&M’s longtime starting left tackle. He’s already logged 2,510 snaps over his four-year career. We’re projecting a move inside to guard at the next level. We were doing that even before reports surfaced that the Aggies have gotten Zuhn some work inside during training camp this month.

With OTs Dametreous Crownover and Rueben Fatheree on the Texas A&M roster—both NFL prospects themselves—the Aggies have prematurely leveraged Zuhn’s assumed versatility by giving him some work at center. Zuhn is still expected to man left tackle this fall, but it’s notable and interesting that the Aggies are getting him comfortable on the inside.

Zuhn’s 81 ⅛-inch wingspan isn’t, by itself, nullifying for an NFL career at offensive tackle. But he has wide shoulders on a strapping frame, and his 31 ⅞-inch arms fall significantly beneath the threshold for NFL offensive tackles (for reference: Will Campbell’s arm measurements were 32 ⅝ at the combine and 33 inches at his pro day).

Zuhn is likely to draw some soft comparisons to Graham Barton this spring. Barton, a collegiate LT, had 32 ⅞-inch arms with a 79 ¾-inch wingspan. Barton was a 16-game starter at center for the Bucs as a rookie after going 26th overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Zuhn’s game should play up on the inside. In pass-pro, he looks like a fighting kangaroo, with a little weight sunk into his hips and his torso erect, throwing heavy hands. 

Zuhn’s movement is more than adequate for the boundary in the NFL, but his narrow stance and upright style are likely to be taken advantage of at the next level in conjunction with his lack of reach. We’ve seen SEC edge rushers get into Zuhn’s chest and rock him backwards.

Zuhn also needs to work on his leverage when coming forward in the run game. Zuhn tends to be on time to his destination, but defenders who keep leverage integrity can stay in the fight and potentially slip away by living under his pads.

Zuhn has a shot to be the first interior offensive lineman taken in April if he can show on-field progress in these areas this fall. He’s expected to test well this spring at the NFL Combine. I love that he’s already practicing inside, because the NFL is going to stick him there in late-January at the Senior Bowl.

2. Logan Jones (OC) | Iowa | 6024/300 | rSR

Jones is the newest off the Hawkeyes’ NFL offensive linemen assembly line. Like the rest of them, Jones is a gifted athlete who was built brick by brick into the player you see today.

A top-10 2025 Feldman Freak Lister, Jones shattered Iowa’s program record with a 705-pound squat this past offseason. Feldman additionally reported that Jones holds all-time Iowa program records for the center position with a 36.6-inch vertical, 1.53 10-yard split, and 4.09 shuttle.

Jones, a high school basketball standout who could dunk in the ninth grade, arrived at Iowa as a developmental defensive line project. He redshirted during the 2020 COVID season. The next year, Jones was considered a possibility to be a part of the defensive line rotation, but a knee injury wrecked his campaign early.

Over the following offseason, heading into the 2022 season, the Hawkeyes had an inspired idea to shift him to center. A huge vacancy had been opened with Tyler Linderbaum’s departure for the NFL. Jones has started every game since—38 consecutive starts—and has turned into one of the country’s best offensive linemen.

In the simplest possible terms, Jones is a knock-off Linderbaum. He is an incredible athlete with refined technique who lacks size and length and can struggle with power in a phone booth.

But Jones is going to be a weapon to a zone-running NFL team, same as he is for the Hawkeyes. He looks like an H-back zooming off the line to the second level. Linebackers caught in his scope have little chance to escape.

Jones has better success against interior power defenders in the run game because of how quickly he gets off the line, how quickly he hits his spot, and the torque he generates from his hips through contact.

Jones is like a thrashing alligator when he gets into the pads of an interior defensive lineman—defenders who have 20 pounds on Jones have found themselves staring up at him on their backs after Jones got into their chest and ferociously uncoiled.

The time you see Jones’ lack of length and bulk catch up to him are one-on-one pass-pro instances where a war daddy is coming forward and Jones doesn’t have help. When Jones can’t dictate the dance, some of his natural strength is taken from him.

But I want to be clear: It is impossible to punk Jones, even through this relative weakness of his. He stays in front of his man with a wide base under him, and he fights, forcing supreme effort for every step his defender pushes him back. You do not see on his tape quick trips to the quarterback through his chest like we see with a guy like Garrett Bradbury at the NFL level.

Jones is confined to center, and he needs to play for a zone team. Those two factors decrease his value a bit at the next level. But Jones could be a perennial Pro Bowler in the right scheme.

3. Jaeden Roberts (OG) | Alabama | 6041/323 | rSR

A two-year starter, Roberts is another two-time Feldman Freak Lister. In Tuscaloosa, Roberts’ weight room feats are legendary. He has squatted 825 pounds, benched 525, and power cleaned 415. Feldman reported that Roberts has vertical jumped 29 inches and hit 19.06 mph on the GPS.

Every ounce of that power shows up on Roberts’ tape. There are surface-level similarities to the evaluation of Tyler Booker—who lined up LG with Roberts at RG. Both players boast Herculean strength in ideal NFL frames, but each is a mediocre athlete with heavy feet.

You cannot beat Roberts in a phone booth. Defenders who try to fight fire with fire in a power contest with Roberts quickly find out that they’re not the bullies they thought they were. You see the juice zap out of bull-rushers when Roberts engages—he stalls out their battery instantly, and sometimes they end up in a puddle at his feet.

Where you can beat Roberts is through movement. You’d better be precise, but the door is open on specific reps if you are. If you can get Roberts’ momentum going one way and cross his face the other way, you can slip him. He doesn’t have the foot quickness to rally back in a rep, so if he can’t reach you, you’ve got him.

Roberts is never going to be a fleet athlete, so he needs to improve his technique to lessen the number of opportunities opponents get to use his leverage against him. While Roberts isn’t a perfect prospect, he is the walking embodiment of what gap-scheme teams look for in guards: Hulking bullies with long arms who don’t lose in close-quarter fights.

Best of the rest…

4. Olaivavega Ioane (OG) | Penn State | 6040/334 | rJR
5. Connor Lew (OC) | Auburn | 6030/300 | JR 
6. Ar'Maj Reed-Adams (OG) | Texas A&M | 6051/338 | rSR 
7. Emmanuel Pregnon (OG) | Oregon | 6043/320 | rSR 
8. DJ Campbell (OG) | Texas | 6025/316 | SR 
9. Jeremiah Wright (OG) | Auburn | 6045/341 | SR 
10. Daniel King (OG) | North Carolina | 6034/349 | SR
11. Jake Slaughter (OC) | Florida | 6047/294 | rSR 
12. Chase Bisontis (OG) | Texas A&M | 6060/320 | JR

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