re: Offseason Topic: why does Louisiana HS football struggle to produce OL?

A lot of it is genetics, but OL is the hardest position to recruit because you can’t tell how an 18 year old is going to develop. He might be already full grown or might have growing to do. A lot of them are just big softies. Trying to judge off of their frame and footwork, but the players eating habits or if they can gain or lose weight is unknown. Coach o would put an emphasis on “ankle flexion “ . Also might be clumsy now but will develop coordination later. Other positions are easier because you can tell speed and ball skills early on.
With this in mind, I would rely on transfer portal more for oline than other positions.

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Because they usually play defense. Just the last two years, Maason Smith & Quency Wiggins would be great OL prospects

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Yup, and almost always the recruits want to play DL.

Remember the games we had to play to get Dare Rosenthal on campus? "OH yeah we're recruiting you at DL...pinky swear".

We have an issue with producing the 6-4+ guys with the frame and athleticism due to genetics, and then we also have a problem with option offenses/bad coaching in HS...but the real issue is if these body types have physical talent, they're on the DL...and we produce a ton of elite DL.

Because of reason already stated the few guys who come up that have the required size don’t often get to go against someone there own size in a game. Kind of hard to evaluate their ability when they routinely go up against guys that are giving up 75-100 lbs to them. That the reason camps are important for big men from this state.