The All-Tressel era Poll - Offensive Linemen, TE & K

[Muck]

Part II of the All-Tressel era Poll - The big uglies on offense (plus the kickers)...

Part I - The defensive front seven can be found HERE.

All starters listed in the official Ohio State record book are listed. I've also added any awards they received during their playing time and where they were drafted by the NFL.

This poll will cover the offensive line, tight ends & kickers. Over the next couple of days I will post polls covering the the offensive players and back four of the defense.

For this poll vote for the following:
Two Offensive Tackles
Two Offensive Guards
Two Centers
One Tight End
One Kicker

That means you should cast a total of 8 votes.

Some players are listed at multiple positions due to being starters at different spots during their careers.

Players are listed alphabetically by last time.

Players who only spent one year under Coach Tressel are NOT included (so no LeChuck, Tyson Walter, Derek Ross, Jonathon Wells, Darnell Sanders, Jamar Martin, Courtland Bullard or Steve Bellisari). That same criteria will be in placed for the previous eras as well (So no Jeff Uhlenhake or Vince Workman for Coop ).

Links to the original All-Tressel era polls as well as those for the Earle Bruce & John Cooper eras can be found at:
Master Thread - All (Insert Coach's Name Here) Consensus Team Polls.

So without further adieu, the nominees:

Offensive Tackle:
Mike Adams: 2 year starter, 3 year letterman - 2nd round draft pick (56)
All Big 10

Kirk Barton: 4 year starter, 4 year letterman - 7th round draft pick (247)
All Big 10
Team Captain

Alex Boone: 3 year starter, 4 year letterman
All Big 10

Bryant Browning: 1 year starter (also started 2 years at Guard), 4 year letterman
Team Captain

Jim Cordle: 1 year starter (Also started 1 year at Center & 1 year at Guard), 3 year letterman

Doug Datish: 1 year starter (also started 1 year at Guard & 1 year at Center), 3 year letterman - 6th round draft pick (198)
Rimington Finalist
All Big 10
Team Captain

Ivan Douglas: 1 year starter, 2 year letterman

Shane Olivea: 3 year starter, 4 year letterman - 7th round draft pick (209)
2nd Team All Big 10

Tim Schafer: 1 year starter, 4 year letterman

J.B. Shugarts: 3 year starter, 4 year letterman

Rob Sims: 2 year starter (also started 1 year at Guard), 4 year letterman - 4th round draft pick (128)
All Big 10
Team Captain

Offensive Guard:
Bryce Bishop: 2 year starter, 3 year letterman

Justin Boren: 2 year starter, 2 year letterman

Bryant Browning: 2 year starter (Also started 1 year at Tackle), 4 year letterman

Adrien Clarke: 4 year starter, 4 year letterman - 7th round draft pick (227)

Jim Cordle: 1 year starter (Also started 1 year at Center & 1 year at Tackle), 3 year letterman

Doug Datish: 1 year starter (also started 1 year at Tackle & 1 year at Center), 3 year letterman - 6th round draft pick (198)
All Big 10*
Team Captain

T.J. Downing: 2 year starter, 3 year letterman
All Big 10

Mike Kne: 1 year starter, 3 year letterman

Ben Person: 1 year starter, 4 year letterman

Steve Rehring: 2 year starter, 4 year letterman

Rob Sims: 1 year starter (also started 2 years at Tackle), 4 year letterman - 4th round draft pick (128)
All Big 10*
Team Captain

Alex Stepanovich: 1 year starter (also started 1 year at Center), 4 year letterman - 4th round draft pick (100)
All Big 10*

Offensive Center:
Mike Brewster: 4 year starter, 4 year letterman
All American
Rimington Finalist
Team Captain

Jim Cordle: 1 year starter (Also started 1 year at Guard & 1 year at Tackle), 3 year letterman

Doug Datish: 1 year starter (also started 1 year at Tackle & 1 year at Guard), 3 year letterman - 6th round draft pick (198)
All Big 10*
Team Captain

Nick Mangold: 3 year starter, 3 year letterman - 1st round draft pick (29)
All American
Rimington Finalist
2nd Team All Big 10
Team Captain

Alex Stepanovich: 1 year starter (also started 1 year at Guard), 4 year letterman - 4th round draft pick (100)
All Big 10*


Tight End:
Jake Ballard: 2 year starter, 4 year letterman

Reid Fragel: 1 year starter (also started 1 year at Right Tackle), 4 year letterman - 7th round draft pick (240)

Ryan Hamby: 2 year starter, 4 year letterman

Ben Hartsock: 2 year starter, 4 year letterman - 3rd round draft pick (68)
All Big 10
2nd Team All Big 10
#7 career receptions for a TE (58)
#10 TD receptions for a TE (5)

Rory Nicol: 3 year starter, 4 year letterman

Jake Stoneburner: 2 year starter (also started 1 year at WR), 3 year letterman
#10 Career receiving yards for a TE (714)
#10 Career receptions for a TE (53)
#1 TD receptions for a TE (13)


Place Kicker:
Devin Barclay: 1 year starter, 2 year letterman
#5 Total Points, Season (122)
#1 Kicking Points Season (122)
#1 XP, Game (10)
#1 XP, Season (62)
#10 XP, Career (74)
#1 XP Percentage, Career (1.000)
#4 Field Goals Made, Season (20)
#9 Field Goals Made, Career (27)
#6 Field Goal Percentage, Season (.833)
#2 Field Goal Percentage, Career (.794)

Josh Huston: 1 year starter, 2 year letterman
All Big 10
#9 Total Points, Season (110)
#3 Kicking Points, Season (110)
#3 XP Percentage, Career (.981)
#3 Field Goals Made, Season (22)
#11 Field Goals Made, Career (25)
#10 Field Goal Percentage, Season (.786)
#8 Field Goal Percentage, Career (.658)

Mike Nugent: 3 year starter, 4 year letterman - 2nd round draft pick (47)
2x All American
Lou Groza Award
Team MVP
2x All Big 10
2nd Team All Big 10
Team Captain
#6 & #12 Total Points, Season (120 & 102)
#1 Total Points, Career (356)
#2 & #4 Kicking Points Season (120, 102)
#11 XP, Season (45)
#6 XP, Career (140)
#5 XP Percentage, Career (.979)
#1, #2 & #9 Field Goals Made, Season (25, 24 & 16)
#1 Field Goals Made, Career (72)
#1, #2 & #5 Field Goal Percentage, Season (.893, .889 & .842)
#1 Field Goal Percentage, Career (.818)
#1 Most 50+ Yard FG Made, Season (5)
#1 Most 50+ Yard FG Made, Career (8)
#2, #6 & #9 Longest Field Goals (55 yds x2, 53 x2 & 52 x2)

Aaron Pettrey: 2 year starter, 3 year letterman
#3 XP, Season (55)
#9 XP, Career (86)
#10 Field Goals Made, Career (29)
#3 Field Goal Percentage, Season (.875)
#2 Most 50+ Yard FG Made, Season (2)
#4 Field Goal Percentage, Career (.744)
#2 (3x) Most 50+ Yard FG Made, Season (2, 2 & 2)
#2 Most 50+ Yard FG Made, Career (6)
#6 & #10 Longest Field Goals (54 & 52)

Ryan Pretorious: 2 year starter, 3 year letterman
#12 Total Points, Season (102)
#19 Total Points, Career (190)
#4 Kicking Points, Season (102)
#8 XP, Season (48)
#8 XP, Career (88)
#6 XP Percentage, Career (.978)
#6 & #12 Field Goals Made, Season (18 & 15)
#7 Field Goals Made, Career (34)
#9 & #11 Field Goal Percentage, Season (.789 & .783)
#3 Field Goal Percentage, Career (.773)
#3 Most 50+ Yard FG Made, Career (3)
#10 Longest Field Goals (54)

Notes:
Regarding players who started at multiple positions:
Alex Stepanovich was voted All Big 10 as a Guard in 03.
Rob Sims was voted All Big 10 as a Guard in 05.
Doug Datish was voted All Big 10 as a Center in 06.

 

[WyoBuck]

This was actually a much harder field to pick than I expected. My Picks go as follows:

OT: Kirk Barton and Rob Sims
OG: Alex Stepanovich and Doug Datish
C: Nick Mangold

K: Mike Nugent

 

[Buckeye86]

The number of interior players who started at tackle under Tressel/Bollman is worthy.

By my count the only true tackles on the list are Adams, Barton, Boone, Shugarts, Olivea and maybe Douglas (I don't really remember on that one). Everyone else is an interior player forced into playing tackle by circumstances IMO.

I went with Adams and a sober Boone at tackle.

Sims is a lock at guard and I chose Stepanovich in a tough decision over Datish, Browning and Boren.

Mangold at center is pretty easy although we've had many good centers over the years- it's pretty clearly the most consistently good O-line position under Tressel.

Hartsock at TE and Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuge at kicker. For most of 2004 Nuuuuuuuuuuuuge was by far the most popular player on the team.

 

[Muck]

Somehow I managed to screw up my vote, I meant to vote for Shane Olivea and not Mike Adams. Oh well.

One thing that became apparent while put all this together was the previous staff's odd 'inside out' policy in regards to the OL. Year after year stud interior linemen would get pushed outside...Center to Guard, Guard to Tackle.

Edit: I see 86 was typing up something along the same lines. FWIW Ivan Douglas (all 6'8" of him) was definitely a Tackle (so was Shane AFAIAC).

 

[Buckeye86]

Edit: I see 86 was typing up something along the same lines. FWIW Ivan Douglas (all 6'8" of him) was definitely a Tackle (so was Shane AFAIAC).

I missed Olivea my first time through and slipped him in with a quick edit. I probably should have taken him over Adams as well.

I think Boone and Adams have the most talent and potential on that list, but they both had serious flaws (alcoholism/weed and effort).

My recollection of Douglas was that he was maybe a little too big to be an effective tackle along the lines of Rehring. As I said, my recollection isn't clear on that and Douglass actually started at tackle unlike Rehring so I very well could be wrong.

 

[Muck]

My recollection of Douglas was that he was maybe a little too big to be an effective tackle along the lines of Rehring. As I said, my recollection isn't clear on that and Douglass actually started at tackle unlike Rehring so I very well could be wrong.

Ivan's health issue held him back and he was probably a step slow for LT but he was a monster on the ride side.

 

[BuckTwenty]

OT: Kirk Barton & Rob Sims
OG: Alex Stepanovich & TJ Downing (Downing is the most underrated OL we ever had under Tressel. His senior year, he was arguably the best OG in the B1G)
C: Nick Mangold & Mike Brewster
TE: Ben Hartsock
K: Nuuuuuuuuuuuuge

 

[southcampus]

I think Boone deserves a lot of credit. Had to vote for him. Dude could pound beers and D linemen when he wanted to.

 

[BIATCHabutuka]

OL was very tough and it wasn't a good problem to have. . . .

T: Sims and Olivea
G: Stepanovich and Downing
C: Mangold
TE: Hartsock
K: duh

almost voted for the generic tackle option honestly

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

I had to go with Cordle at tackle and guard... as a thank you.. for being whatever we needed at a critical time we needed... thank you Jim Cordle

the dude would have played QB if we asked him... very Zach Boren'ish

plus, I'm still getting over Adams and Boone not being what they could have been..

 

[southcampus]

I had to go with Cordle at tackle and guard... as a thank you.. for being whatever we needed at a critical time we needed... thank you Jim Cordle

the dude would have played QB if we asked him... very Zach Boren'ish

plus, I'm still getting over Adams and Boone not being what they could have been..

Nobody is more upset about Adams than Steve19

 

[ScarletBlood31]

Nuuuge with the unanimous vote, I love it.

 

[Jagdaddy]

Nuuuge with the unanimous vote, I love it.

Not anymore. Apparently, Josh Huston posts here . . .

 

[WoodyWorshiper]

Not anymore. Apparently, Josh Huston posts here . . .

No sh.it. Greenies for that

peace