Eli Drinkwitz continued his unprecedented hot streak of signing blue-chip high school recruits to start the 2025 recruiting class with the verbal commitment of offensive tackle Jack Lange on Wednesday night. Lange is more of the mold of what we’re used to from Drink’s recruiting efforts: highly-ranked local kid spurning outside offers and staying in-state to play for the “hometown” school.
However, this is only the second bluechip offensive lineman the Drinkwitz regime has signed in their time in Columbia, with Logan Reichert being the first in 2023 class. You need elite line play on both sides to consistently compete in the SEC and it seems that either thanks to time, opportunity, or the development efforts of OL coach Brandon Jones, elite offensive linemen are starting to trickle in from the high school ranks to bolster the offensive line.