The 2024 NFL draft’s best offensive linemen, including Joe Alt, JC Latham and others

This position group could be a key area of focus for the Dallas Cowboys in the 2024 NFL draft.

Like Dallas, a few NFL teams could look toward this year’s draft class to strengthen spots on their offensive lines. This is considered a deep class at offensive tackle, with multiple players expected to find new homes in the first round.

Which players are seen as the NFL draft’s best offensive linemen? Let’s take a look below:

Offensive tackles

Notre Dame’s Joe Alt

Technically sound, huge and strong. Not an exceptional athlete, but the worst-case scenario for Alt seems to be solid NFL starter. He was a three-year starter for the Fighting Irish at left tackle and is expected to be gone by the top 10.

Penn State’s Olu Fashanu

Checks all the boxes for size, athleticism and character. Was not as consistently dominant as tools suggest he should have been, but he’s also a relatively young (turns 22 in December) and inexperienced player (started playing in high school) for someone who spent four years in college. Fashanu is expected to be gone by the top 15 picks.

Oregon State’s Taliese Fuaga

Played 700 snaps in 2023 at the right tackle spot. Fuaga measured 6-6, 324 pounds with 10⅛ hands. He was a first-team Pac-12 selection. He might be around late in the first round, but it’s hard to ignore his power.

Alabama’s JC Latham

Massive and dominant run blocking right tackle who at times struggled to recognize blitzes and recover. Played in every game during his three-year college career, including 27 straight starts in his final two.

Washington’s Troy Fautanu

The 6-4, 317-pound tackle was a first-team All-Pac 12 pick. He measured with 34½ arms and should be a left tackle at the next level. He should go within the first 15 picks of the draft. He played some left guard but has 1,711 snaps at left tackle the last two seasons.

Georgia’s Amarius Mims

If an NFL offensive tackle could be designed in a lab, that player would have Mims’ combination of size and athleticism. He just hasn’t played a lot of ball compared to the other tackles. Started only eight games in college as his junior season was interrupted by an ankle sprain.

Oklahoma’s Tyler Guyton

Similar to Mims in terms of limited experience (15 college starts), but ideal size-athleticism combo. Technically raw. Didn’t focus full time on football until his senior year of high school.

BYU’s Kingsley Suamataia

The Oregon transfer didn’t allow a sack in 2022. The Cowboys had a scheduled 30 visit with Suamataia, who projects as a right tackle. The 6-5, 326-pound Samoan was a second-team All-Big 12 pick. His cousin is Lions tackle Penei Sewell.

Interior offensive linemen

Oregon’s Jackson Powers-Johnson

He might fall late in the first round, and could be one of the top two interior offensive linemen off draft boards. He visited the Cowboys and was the Rimington Trophy award winner in 2023. He also was a first-team All-Pac 12 pick. He played a little defensive tackle early in his career.

Duke’s Graham Barton

He’s a possible mid-to-late first-round pick. He was a tackle at Duke but will play inside in the NFL. He played center/guard in 2020 before getting 34 starts at tackle in the last three seasons. He measured 6-5, 313 pounds.

West Virginia’s Zach Frazier

The 6-3, 313-pounder ran at the East-West Shrine game, proving to teams he’s nearly recovered from a broken leg suffered in the regular-season finale. He made 27 career starts at center and was a first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2023. Frazier benched 30 times at the combine and measured with 32¼ arms.

Kansas State’s Cooper Beebe

Plays with balance and power and saw game time at every position on the line but center. Arm length (31 1/2 inches) could be a real issue at the next level. Played five years and permitted just one sack over his final 41 games.

Reporting from the Associated Press, and staff writers David Moore, Michael Gehlken and Calvin Watkins was used in this story.

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