He was a rookie thrust into one of the Green Bay Packers' most important positions in 2014, but center Corey Linsley was up to the task.
The Packers have one of the most effective offensive lines in the NFL; at the end of the 2013 season, it was ranked fourth in the league in pass-blocking efficiency by Pro Football Focus. But then center Evan Dietrich-Smith (now Evan Smith) departed in free agency before the 2014 season, and Green Bay had a 6'2", 308-pound hole to fill.
Cornell's JC Tretter was the first man up.