2019 may feel like a while away, but some patterns are already starting to form in Pat Fitzgerald’s recruiting strategy. Northwestern has already offered six offensive tackles and two guards in the class of 2019. The team only offered five offensive tackles in the entire recruiting process for the Class of 2018, indicating that perhaps the coaching staff sees offensive line improvement as a primary goal for 2019.
Northwestern hasn’t had the best offensive line play in the past few seasons. The position group has been very inconsistent over the past three or four seasons. Although the offensive resurgence in the middle of 2016 was impressive, the offensive line has still been dominated by teams like Michigan and Wisconsin over the past few years.