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LFN’s 2015 Spring Preview – Offensive Line

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LFN’s 2015 Spring Preview – Offensive Line
Senior OL Matt Ford

We live in a world where we can judge the work of an offensive line by the overall output of the offense.

Gone are the days when you can look at a starters’ height and weight and judge whether they will be a great Patriot League player, or not.  And at Lehigh, especially, the bar is particularly high for offensive linemen, with OL Will Rackley making the NFL, and players like OL Ned Daryoush, OL Keith Schauder and countless other all-Patriot League offensive linemen to provide the protection and push to keep drives alive and allow the skill players to make things happen.

Yet last year’s statistics, overall show again that, as a unit, this team too needs to improve.

Chip Kelly‘s Oregon teams averaged 82 offensive plays per game, which allowed the Ducks to become a perennial Pac-12 powerhouse while he was there.  By this admittedly high standard, Lehigh’s 70 offensive plays a game falls short.

Some statistics that show signs that Lehigh’s offensive line did a good job in 2014 – like 4th down conversions (24th in the nation) and rushing offense (58th).  But one thing’s for certain – this unit, with four returning starters, will need to make one more leap to the next level if Lehigh is to compete for Patriot League championships once again.

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Past and Present Lehigh Football Players Go Prematurely Bald

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Past and Present Lehigh Football Players Go Prematurely Bald

You’d think with a headline like “Past and Present Lehigh Football Players Go Prematurely Bald” that the next sentence I’d be writing would be an ad for “Hair Club For Men”.

Instead, though, I’m going to be writing about how a bunch of Lehigh football players going prematurely bald is a great, inspirational thing.

This past Sunday, “Team Jack” went to nearby Phillipsburg, New Jersey, to get their heads shaved in solidarity with their favorite teammate and biggest fan, ten year old Jack Knudson, and also raise more than $2,000 for the St. Baldrick’s foundation for pediatric cancer research.

(You can still donate to “Team Jack” by clicking on this link and clicking the “Donate” button.)
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60 Days Until CCSU – No. 60, Ryan James

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60 Days Until CCSU – No. 60, Ryan James

(Photo Credit: The Football Foundation)

Monday is here, and it’s back to work for most of us.  Here at LFN, though, we continue our march towards the start of the Lehigh football season

At no. 60, we find sophomore OL Ryan James as our highlighted Lehigh football athlete in today’s countdown.

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