I guess I hadn't put too much thought into it before Kelly said this at his press conference yesterday or the day before, and even says we're thin in the last line:Is it short because of injuries? I hadn't heard of anything, didnt know if it was something new or just short because of past recruiting issues.
"We’ve had to be very careful in what we’ve done relative to contact with that group because we’re very limited right now . I think Nick Martin has played every position on the offensive line. He’s been our versatile guy across the board. Mark Harrell has played a lot at the No. 2 center position. He’s done a nice job for us. It’s just been really trying to manage the guys at this point where we’re not overtaxing them. It’s been a bit of limiting situation for us.
"If there’s probably one thing that has affected some of my thought process relative to engaging our O-line live against our D-line, it’s been that we’re a little thin on the offensive line."
It has been short-term injuries, a transfer, a death, and career-ending injuries, along with a slight gap in recruiting (the kid who died months before coming to ND was supposed to be a stud and probably would be a Junior right now).