Coach Clark pulls back the curtain on exactly what college coaches are looking for when they evaluate offensive linemen. The things that get you recruited. The things that get you passed over. And what high school athletes are missing that could cost them a scholarship.
And . . .
The #1 thing coaches look for in OL recruits (it's not what you think).
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Grayson Kline, a former Penn State tight end who spent the past two seasons as offensive quality control assistant at Dartmouth, has parlayed his time in Hanover into a full-time position as tight ends coach at Furman. Find a quick story HERE.
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Still another ex-Penn Stater who worked with tight ends in Hanover is in the news. Wendy Laurent, the former Dartmouth tight ends coach who added the title of assistant head coach in his final year under Sammy McCorkle, has been named the Bill Bidwell Coaching Fellow with the Arizona Cardinals for the second time. From a story out of Arizona (LINK):
After his time with the Cardinals in 2025, Laurent went on to coach at Ohio State as an assistant tight ends coach. Before that, he spent three seasons (2022-24) working with tight ends at Dartmouth College. He also served as a graduate assistant for his alma mater Penn State for two years (2020-21). Laurent got his coaching start with Buffalo as a grad assistant in 2019.
Laurent was introduced as tight ends coach at Old Dominion in January.
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EXTRA POINT
I received an email from a GM service a couple of days ago informing me that one tire on my EV was low on air. Given that I don't have WiFi on my car, that was kind of creepy.
It turned out the message was correct. The tire is supposed to be at 36 PSI, and it was at 24. Uh oh.
So I bundled up and headed outside to pump up the tire in our freezing garage. Unfortunately, when I pulled the pump off the valve I could barely hear a gentle psss that told me air was escaping. Not good.
Yesterday morning when I headed out to the garage the tire was at a woeful 4 PSI. Uh oh oh.
The local garage said they could take a look at the tire today if it would hold air long enough for the four-mile drive into town, so I dutifully pumped it up to 36 PSI yesterday afternoon and hoped for the best.
Here's the surprise. When I went out to check on the tire this morning it hadn't lost air. None. It's still at 36 PSI as I write this.
I'll be keeping an eye on the tire, but I have a suspicion I know what the problem was. For some reason, the tire in question did not have a cap on the valve and I suspect the valve core, the spring-loaded thingie in the middle of the valve, had a little ice or sand or some kind of grit that forced it just out of alignment. I think (hope) that the second time I filled the tire I dislodged whatever was causing the problem and now all is good.
Two things.
As I said, I'm going to keep a really close eye on that tire before I take the car very far from home. And . . .
I'm going to keep a cap on the valves of all four tires from now on.
