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2005's class: Paul Duncan, Mike Turkovich. Both ended up being starters.
2006's class: Sam Young, Eric Olsen, Chris Stewart, and even Dan Wenger. Young was a starter from day one, Olsen was a starter from 2007. Wenger was somewhat serviceable as a center, but got beaten out. Stewart took longer to get into the mix, but was a solid player for us in 2009 and 2010.
2007's class: Taylor Dever. Poor fellow died in 2020, and CTE was certainly a factor.
2008's class: Braxton Cave, Trevor Robinson, Mike Golic. Robinson and Cave ended up starting early on, Robinson starting as a true frosh. Golic took a while, but ended up as a starter.
2009's class: Zack Martin. 'nuff said


Charlie's problem was that there was nobody from the 2004 class, and only those two from the 2005 class, so when 2007 rolled around, the offensive line was in shambles. You're not going to beat solidly developed Michigan, USC, and Penn State teams with a line in shambles, and it certainly showed.

Tyrone Willingham only brought in *one* offensive lineman in the 2004 and 2005 classes, and that one guy ended up quitting on us.