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UTEP football offensive line resets with freshmen; projected starter Greg Long out for year

The focus at UTEP is fixing last year’s biggest problem area: an offense that couldn’t generate big plays behind a veteran offensive line. Bret Bloomquist/El Paso Times

No college football team is in a position where Week 1 is too early for Plan B, and on the offensive line, that’s where UTEP stands as it goes into Saturday’s opener with Northern Arizona.

Greg Long, the projected starting left tackle, is out for the year with an injury.

In his place is true freshman Zuri Henry, and perhaps sophomore Josiah Gray.