Wolverines find offensive line depth

West coach Bryan Pratt said one of the biggest areas his team needed to address during spring workouts was the offensive line, where four starters that graduated and left Brandon Beesley as the lone returning starters.

The Wolverines moved some players around, and some players who were on the defensive line have made the move to the other side of the football. Pratt said some of those players had never played those positions before, but he's been pleased with the progress.

"Now we have seven or eight players that can help us there," Pratt said. "That will be a huge help for us.

"One of those was Ben Gann, who will be our left tackle. He played last year as a defensive tackle. He's definitely come on and had a good spring. Trent Davis is a sophomore that we played some at right tackle and definitely answered the bell. A.J. Smith had a great spring on the offensive line, as has Caden Childers and Zack Trammell."

There are other players that will be in new positions. Nick Whitlach, a safety has last year, has found a new home at outside linebacker, and Pratt said some players will be utilized on both sides of the football that didn't play offense last season.

"I think it's good for us," Pratt said. "As we go into our team camp season, it's going to allow us to be more of a team. Because we have platooned during the spring, it's sort of divided us because there's the offense and the defense and they're competing against each other. When we start going to the team camps and 7-on-7s, we'll start jelling more as a team."

West will head to Tulsa for its team camp June 5 to begin the offseason schedule.
