ARLINGTON -- Replacing one offensive lineman is a task. Replacing two is a project. Replacing three is a major challenge.
Replacing four NFL draft picks from a Big 12 Championship offensive line? That's nearly a full-scale remodel, an overhaul that Lincoln Riley and the Oklahoma offense is undergoing this offseason.
"I’d rather just be replacing three or two," Riley said at Monday's Big 12 Media Day. "It’s four good ones, too."
Just look at how early all four were taken in April's NFL Draft. Tackle Cody Ford went in the second round to the Buffalo Bills.