This past spring we talked a lot about the offensive line depth. The Gators started the offseason with eight healthy scholarship linemen before Jim McElwain announced that Trip Thurman (shoulder) would sit out the spring camp in an effort to give him a full offseason to let a chronic issue heal. Then, with just a week left in camp, Rod Johnson found out his football career was done as he received the diagnosis of spinal stenosis.
Six. That’s the number of healthy offensive linemen the Gators currently have, five if you count out David Sharpe who just had eye surgery (he’ll be fine for workouts this summer).