Last year, I profiled Joshua Ezeudu and called him the best player on a clearly bad UNC offensive line. I noted that while he started at left guard, the UNC offensive staff frequently shifted him over to left tackle on key downs because they didn’t fully trust Asim Richards, the starter at left tackle. You can imagine, then, that if you’d told me then that a year later that it would be Richards I was profiling, I’d have suggested you go lie down for a bit until your brain started working again. But, after the arrival of a new offensive line coach to Chapel Hill in 2022 and what I can only imagine was a new level of dedication to his craft, Richards absolutely revolutionized his play last fall, becoming an absolute stalwart at left tackle and turning himself into a draftable prospect to boot.
UNC Football: NFL Draft Player Profile - Asim Richards
