College Football Recruiting 2013: Ranking the Top Offensive Line Unit Classes

Recruiting rankings can be broken down in many ways, not just the top five, 10 or 25 classes overall. Superlatives shake out from rankings, and we can really break these classes down and rank them in various categories. 

For this read, I'm going to give you the top offensive line classes for 2013. These are schools that are building their recruiting classes with good offensive line prospects to protect their future passers and open holes in their rushing attacks in a couple of years.

Remember: These are the best offensive line classes, not overall recruiting classes. 

6. Florida

Commits: OG Joshua Outlaw, OC Cameron Dillard and OT Roderick Johnson

Coming into this recruiting cycle, Will Muschamp knew that he had to add depth to his OL unit. Well, these three are an excellent start.

If he can land 5-star OT Laremy Tunsil, then Muschamp will have succeeded magnificently. Outlaw is a 6'4", 275-pound guard, Dillard can play the pivot at 6'3", 280 pounds, and Johnson can play RT or OG at 6'5", 320 pounds.

5. South Carolina

Commits: OT D.J. Park, OC Bryce King, OG Alan Park and J.P. Vonashek

This is a great-looking OL class for the folks in Columbia. The Gamecocks' OL class is led by Park, as he goes 6'5" and 305 pounds.

Park has a high ceiling and can play OT or OG. King is a future interior offensive lineman as is Park. Vonashek is a 6'6" 270-pounder with great length for staying clean from rushers, and could develop into a standout.

4. Penn State

Commits: OT Dorian Johnson, OG Brendan Mahon, OG Andrew Nelson

Obviously this unit is led by Johnson, as he's one of the top 20-30 overall prospects in the nation this year. A 6'6" 285-pounder, Johnson has the ability to play early in Happy Valley.

With Mahon and Nelson, it appears they are suited to play OG. Bill O'Brien clearly likes his OGs with length, as both of them are 6'5".

3. Notre Dame

Commits: OL Hunter Bivin, OT Steve Elmer, OG John Montelus, OT Mike McGlinchey and OT Colin McGovern

The Irish have an excellent OL unit class, as size was really emphasized here. The shortest of the group is Montelus at 6'5".

I really like McGovern and Elmer in this class as OT prospects. However, Montelus is a fine-looking OG prospect, and Bivin is one of the best overall players in the country.

2. Texas

Commits: OC Darius James, OT Jake Raulerson, OT Kent Perkins and OL/DT A'Shawn Robinson

Talk about a star-studded group, right? James is the top center prospect in the country. Raulerson is the most versatile big man in the country. Perkins is a 6'6", 285-pound elite talent, and Robinson looked great at The Opening as a DT.

Mack Brown has been bent on restocking his OL based on the past several Longhorn classes, and these guys are all future starting-caliber offensive linemen.

1. Michigan

Commits: OT Kyle Bosch, OG Patrick Kugler, OT Logan Tulley-Tillman, OT Chris Fox and OG David Dawson

Texas' class is outstanding, yet Michigan's is fantastic. The Wolverines know they have a franchise QB in Shane Morris coming in, and Brady Hoke has spent the past two classes making sure the Big Blue have the talented blockers to protect Morris.

Kugler is a nasty OG prospect and a son of an NFL coach. Dawson is one of the best interior OL prospects in the country, and Bosch, Tulley-Tillman and Fox are all elite talents on the edges of the OL.

The depth chart in Ann Arbor for OL will be outstanding in the coming years.

Edwin Weathersby has worked in scouting/player personnel departments for three professional football teams, including the New York Giants, Cleveland Browns and the Las Vegas Gladiators of the Arena League. He spent a year evaluating prep prospects & writing specific recruiting and scouting content articles for Student Sports Football (now ESPN Rise-HS). A syndicated scout and writer, he's also contributed to WeAreSC.com, GatorBait.net and Diamonds in the Rough Inc., a college football and NFL draft magazine.