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How many starters do OSU, Iowa and UW return?

For Iowa, guard play was a mess last year with injuries so it's hard to designate the returning starters there. I'll go by # of starts instead:

LT - RSSR Jackson, 36 starts
LG - RSJR Kallenberger (?), 5 starts
C - RSSO Linderbaum, 13 starts
RG - RSJR Schott (?), 6 starts
RT - TRSR Cronk, 40 starts [at Indiana]

Other possibilities at G:

RSSR Banwart - 7 starts in 2018, back-to-back knee injuries in 2019 spring and 2019 season. Hard to say whether he can recover or if he's lost too much time.

RSFR Britt - "The Future", 0 starts, redshirted after 4 games of action in 2019

RSSO Ince - 0 starts, saw action in 11 games in 2019

RSSO Plumb - 0 starts, saw action in 13 games in 2019

That's some really outstanding injury luck

That's some really outstanding injury luck

Yes it was.  

If you think that was lucky, check out OSU's offensive line snap count:

OSU returned three starters 

In a Zoom call with reporters Tuesday, NU coach Scott Frost said senior Matt Farniok will begin working at right guard following 24 straight starts at right tackle the last two seasons. The move will likely allow redshirt freshman Bryce Benhart — a headline recruit in the 2019 class — the opportunity to take over the tackle spot.

Senior Brenden Jaimes is set for his fourth year as a starter at left tackle, and sophomore Cam Jurgens is on track to resume his duties at center.

“Having a veteran with Jaimes on the left side of the line and a veteran with Matt on the right side of the line I think will help whoever’s playing left guard and whoever’s playing right tackle,” Frost said.


The plan is different from what the Huskers wanted to explore in the spring, when coaches said the 6-foot-6, 335-pound Farniok would get a long look at left guard. This way, Frost said the transition for Farniok to return to right tackle — if necessary — is much smoother. Farniok has experience on the interior after starting two games at right guard as a redshirt freshman in 2017.

Frost said the 6-9, 295-pound Benhart is among those NU is “counting on to be a player for us this year,” adding that the 13 missed spring practices would have offered valuable reps for him and other young players.

The competition at left guard will include junior Trent Hixson — who started all 12 games at the position last year — along with senior Boe Wilson, last year’s starting right guard. Redshirt freshman Ethan Piper is another candidate whom coaches spoke highly of in the spring.


With Frost dropping the news of senior Matt Farniok's move from right tackle to right guard, it means Nebraska likely is counting on Benhart (6-foot-9, 295 pounds) to win the right tackle job. But also keep an eye on 6-7, 300-pound Brant Banks. The redshirt freshman from Houston doesn't get mentioned as prominently as Benhart. But during our conversation last November, Frost made it clear Banks has the attention of the coaching staff.