The Football Recruiting Process for Defensive Tackles and their average size at all levels

One of the more interesting pieces of the position by position football recruiting PDF was that I broke down the size that college coaches are looking for at different positions (This e-book is still for sale at only $5.00 so click here for more information).  This got me thinking about all the different sizes of players in all classes at different positions.

I decided to take a look at a variety of schools in Division I-A (aka BCS), Division I-AA (aka FCS), Division II, and Division III.  The larger the school, the better their Sports Information department so keep that in mind when looking at these numbers.  This article breaks down the stature of starters at defensive tackle.

Outside of the Division I-A level, all schools were hit or miss in trying to find out who the starters were.  Some programs had game day releases that broke down the depth chart and that is where this information was pulled.  The athletes listed below were all listed as starters so keep that in mind as well.  I also decided to add their year in school so you can get a feel for how big they are at what year they are in college.  Onto the list:

Division I-A, aka BCS
Oklahoma
Gerald McCoy | 6-4, 295, So., 2V
Adrian Taylor | 6-4, 295, So., 2V

Florida
Terron Sanders | 6-2, 300, So., RS
Brandon Antwine | 6-0, 295, Jr., 1V

Texas
Roy Miller | 6-2, 300, Sr., 3V
Lamarr Houston | 6-2, 275, Jr., 2V

Alabama
Terrence Cody | 6-5, 365, Jr., JC
Josh Chapman | 6-1, 303, Fr., RS

USC
Averell Spicer | 6-2, 295, Jr., 2V
Fili Moala | 6-5, 295, Sr., 3V

Utah
Derrick Shelby | 6-3, 245, Fr., HS
Greg Newman | 6-4, 260, Sr., 2V

Texas Tech
Colby Whitlock | 6-2, 281, So., 1V
Rajon Henley | 6-3, 266, Jr., 2V

Penn State
Jared Odrick | 6-5, 303, Jr., 2V
Ollie Ogbu | 6-1, 289, Jr., 1V

Boise State
Steven Reveles | 6-0, 280, Sr., 3V
Billy Winn | 6-4, 282, Fr., HS

Ohio State
Cameron Heyward | 6-6, 287, So., 1V
Doug Worthington | 6-6, 276, Jr., 2V

Division I-AA, aka FCS
Appalachian State
MALCOLM BENNETT (6-2, 279, Jr.)
ANTHONY WILLIAMS (6-1, 285, Jr.)

Cal Poly
James Chen, So., 6-2, 260
Erich Klemme, RFr., 6-2, 250

Northern Iowa
Chuck Kinney (6-3, 290, Jr.)
Everette Pedescleaux (6-6, 305, Sr.)

Richmond
Parker Miles Jr. 6-3 266
Martin Parker So. 6-3 287

Division II
Northwest Missouri State
Tyler Roach, 6-3, 275, Jr.
Shayne Shade, 6-2, 285, So.

Central Washington
Broderick Marshall (6-3, 285, Jr., Austin, TX)
Marcus Rowe (6-6, 328, Jr., Prairie, MS)

Division III
North Central
Chris Kuhn 6-2 275 Jr. Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central
Robert Champion 6-0 200 So. Wauconda, Ill./Wauconda

Wheaton
Grant Rozkowiak 6-0 260 Sr. Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Christian Prep)
Nick Theobald 6-4 280 Jr. Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton North)

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