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Top of the line: SEC remains talented on the offensive front

The running backs of the Southeastern Conference are talented, but their job would be tough to complete without a skilled and talented offensive line. As usual, the SEC is stacked in the offensive trenches.
By Olin Buchanan
June 23, 2014
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In the past four NFL drafts there were 26 offensive linemen selected in the first round.

More than a third of them (9) came from the Southeastern Conference. The Big Ten had the next highest-total with five.

Powerful offensive linemen usually equate to powerful offensive lines and that’s certainly been the case in the SEC, which in recent years has set the national standard for offensive line play.

That doesn’t figure to change in 2014.
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