2013 Football Recruiting Rankings: Offensive Linemen

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National Signing Day 2013 is right around the corner and Athlon Sports is releasing its position-by-position rankings for the Class of 2013 based on theAthlon Consensus 100. Who is left on the board? Who has the best class at one position? Who had positional needs to fill? And, obviously, who are the stars of tomorrow fans can look forward to at every position?

The offensive line is where championships are won. Just look at Alabama the last few seasons. The Texas Longhorns, which have always recruited extremely well along the line, need some of those five-star names to pan out. Mack Brown is poised to land two of the top three players in the nation along the line, including what many believe is the top center in the nation—Darius James. The No. 24 offensive lineman, Jake Raulerson, is a two-way star from Celina, Texas, who could end up on either side of the ball.

Notre Dame and Michigan each have five offensive linemen in the top 30 committed. Brady Hoke wants to build his program around the running game and landing the nation's No. 1 O-Line class will go a long way towards having success in the Big Ten. Brian Kelly, meanwhile, got a quick education about SEC defensive lines and is set to land the No. 2 O-Line class this cycle

Additionally, Pitt, Maryland and LSU all kept the top blockers from their home bases in the fold with key verbal pledges

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The big prize, however, is still left on the board as the nation's top lineman and No. 4-rated overall prospect Laremy Tunsil is still uncommitted. The Lake City (Fla.) Columbia blocker has Alabama, Ole Miss, Florida State and Georgia listed as his finalists.

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	Name	AC100	Hometown	Ht	Wt	Verbal
1.	Laremy Tunsil	No. 4	Lake City, FL	6-6	295	--
2.	Darius James	No. 34	Harker Heights, TX	6-5	320	Texas
3.	Kent Perkins	No. 38	Dallas, TX	6-6	285	Texas
4.	Dorian Johnson	No. 43	Belle Vernon, PA	6-6	270	Pitt
5.	Ethan Pocic	No. 57	Lemont, IL	6-7	280	LSU
6.	Grant Hill	No. 62	Hunstville, AL	6-6	300	Alabama
7.	Patrick Kugler	No. 68	Wexford, PA	6-4	270	Michigan
8.	Evan Lisle	No. 80	Centreville, OH	6-6	265	Ohio St
9.	Kyle Bosch	No. 92	Wheaton, IL	6-5	305	Michigan
10.	Derwin Gray	No. 95	Washington, DC	6-5	295	Maryland
11.	Steve Elmer	No. 97	Midland, MI	6-6	305	Notre Dame
12.	John Montelus	No. 101	Everett, MA	6-5	305	Notre Dame
13.	Hunter Bivin	No. 102	Owensboro, KY	6-7	290	Notre Dame
14.	Khaliel Rodgers	No. 105	Elkton, MD	6-3	300	USC
15.	Austin Golson	No. 107	Prattville, AL	6-6	285	Florida St
16.	David Dawson	No. 110	Detroit, MI	6-4	280	Michigan
17.	Ira Denson	No. 120	Madison, FL	6-4	320	Florida St
18.	Brandon Mahon	No. 132	Randolph, NJ	6-5	315	Penn St
19.	Tyrone Crowder	No. 135	Rockingham, NC	6-1	330	--
20.	Mike McGlinchey	No. 140	Philadelphia, PA	6-8	280	Notre Dame
21.	Josh Boutte	No. 144	New Iberia, LA	6-5	305	LSU
22.	Chris Fox	No. 147	Parker, CO	6-6	300	Michigan
23.	Logan Tuley-Tillman	No. 155	Peoria, IL	6-7	305	Michigan
24.	Jake Raulerson	No. 161	Celina, TX	6-5	260	Texas
25.	Colin McGovern	No. 181	New Lenox, IL	6-5	285	Notre Dame
26.	Denver Kirkland	No. 183	Miami, FL	6-5	330	--
27.	Christian Morris	No. 207	Memphis, TN	6-6	295	UCLA
28.	Shamire DeVine	No. 215	Atlanta, GA	6-6	350	Georgia Tech
29.	Brandon Kublanow	No. 229	Marietta, GA	6-3	290	Georgia