Losing two NFL caliber offensive linemen in back-to-back years is never easy to recover from but the talent is in place for the Bulldogs to piece together a serviceable line. Michael Bennett should hold down the Right Tackle spot after an Honorable Mention All-Ivy season a year ago. Bennett is just a junior and appears that he could develop into a special talent. Three guards return with starting experience in Charron, Sullivan and Karhu, so it will be interesting to see who wins the starting spots and whether there is an opportunity for one of them to potentially flex out to the Left Tackle spot. Karhu was out with an injury for all of 2023 after solid play in 2022, while Charron and Sullivan started at Right Guard and Left Guard in 2023 respectively. Left Tackle and Center are the largest areas of concern along the front heading into the season. The graduation of Mendoza (now at Louisville) is the toughest loss as the team had to find a way to cope without Amegadjie early on in the season last year. Amegadjie is currently the backup left tackle for the Chicago Bears after a long recovery from his injury kept him out of action for much of the preseason. Bluhm filled in at Center due to injuries a year ago but without a magician at QB this year, his snapping issues could be amplified if they are not corrected. Seniors Connor Smith and Bennie Anderson saw substantial action last year and should vie for more playing time with strong camps. There is a slew of sophomores that could make an impact such as St. Aubyn, Lewis, Garrity or Avera. Reno brought in three freshmen offensive linemen in Bennett Anderson, Kevin Cassidy and Charlie Humphreys. Anderson was one the top recruits in the entire class and looked like a pancaking machine at the high school level. Cassidy is very athletic for a 300-pounder playing defensive end and tackle in high school. Humphreys hails from a football family in Texas and gives Coach Wheeler another athletic lineman to mold.
We are now just 15 days out from the start of the season! See below for our preseason rankings excluding the Bulldogs:
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18 replies on “Offensive Line Preview”
Thanks for this! Any chance you can introduce us to the defense before the season starts? PS: if Yale football really wants a donor to step up for an indoor practice facility, I would suggest getting more people in the stands to promote the product.
Promoting the product seems to be the last thing on their minds. Have you read or heard anything from the coach or AD about training camp? Me either.
If you’re interested in seeing how Yale football should be promoted, check out Dartmouth on Big Green Alert.
Sounds like it would make the most sense to move Karhu to Left Tackle and leave everyone else as starters of where they started for last year’s championship team.
This is beautiful. Anything can happen in sports. If Yale ever gets to play a FBS program again they should follow this coach’s advice. Congratulations NIU!
https://x.com/saycheesedgtl/status/1832559261211046197?s=61&t=t_g6dsX6eJy2Ao8a-koX0A
SCHEDULE the Fighting Irish!
Yale is 1-0 against them 🙂
Thank you, Moderator, for purging what was Comment Five. No place here for that sort of thing.
Tipton so far today has one reception for 6 yards.
Doesn’t it seem like the season is half over before it even starts?
9 more days to go
The latest news from the athletic department on Yale’s preseason camp
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/uKP-6fG6zVE
All I got was a commercial
Scroll up, and you’ll get endless junk.
I believe the point was “CRICKETS”
LMAO.!! 🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was hoping that there would have been some more information. After the intersquad scrimmage last Saturday.?
Nice article in the YDN by Spencer King, on Mason Tipton