He was one of the surprises of training camp, a quick, athletic interior lineman who came close to winning a starting job from out of nowhere on the depth chart.
As it turned out, Demetrius Rhaney didn’t win the starting center job; it went to University of Missouri product Tim Barnes instead. Nonetheless, Rhaney became more than the answer to the trivia question: Who did the Rams take in the seventh round after Michael Sam in 2014?
The word at Rams Park was that with a year of getting bigger and stronger, Rhaney could earn a starting job in the future and perhaps become a fixture on the offensive line for years to come.