1. Tackle Robert Scott looks to be a solid building block for offensive line
Entering the season, leading candidates to build around on the offensive line included sophomore Dontae Lucas and a couple of redshirt freshman in Darius Washington and Maurice Smith. Lucas and Smith sat for a game for disciplinary reasons, while Washington has been banged up lately. That led to freshman tackle Robert Scott entering the game against Jacksonville State and making his first start on the road in South Bend versus top-five Notre Dame.