Vanderbilt’s offensive line wasn’t great last season, but Diego Pavia was able to make them look a lot better by (a) getting rid of the ball and (b) not taking sacks. The deficiencies became apparent late in the season when an injured Pavia wasn’t much of a running threat and the offense as a whole suffered.
But this is a group that really seems like it’s been upgraded in the transfer portal. There are a bunch of guys coming in who were starters at the Power 4 level, or stars at lower levels. This could be a strength.
Isaia Glass, redshirt senior: Glass, a 6’4”, 311-pound senior from San Tan Valley, Arizona, will probably start at left tackle, where he primarily played for Oklahoma State last season. That was his lone season at Oklahoma State; prior to that, he started 14 games over three years at Arizona State. It’s hard to argue with a multi-year starter at other Power 4 programs coming in to take a starting spot.
Sterling Porcher, sixth-year senior: Porcher, who got an extra year of eligibility thanks in part to Diego Pavia (Porcher started his career at Iowa Western), started 11 games at left guard for Texas Tech last season after playing tackle at MTSU for two seasons prior to that. The 6’4”, 315-pound senior from Sumter, South Carolina, will probably slot in as Vanderbilt’s left guard for 2025.
Jordan White, sixth-year senior: White, a 6’2”, 309-pound sixth-year player from Largo, Maryland, has played at West Virginia and Liberty; at the latter, he started 11 games last season, primarily playing left guard. He’s likely going to be Vanderbilt’s starting center in 2025.
Chase Mitchell, sixth-year senior: White’s former teammate at Liberty made his Vanderbilt debut last season and started all 13 games at right tackle. The 6’4”, 340-pound sixth-year senior didn’t allow a single sack last season, but at this level his ideal spot is probably guard, and he’ll likely move over to right guard this season because…
Bryce Henderson, sixth-year senior: …Vanderbilt did not bring in the 6’8”, 325-pound Henderson to do anything other than be a starting tackle. Henderson, from North Aurora, Illinois, was a three-year starter at South Dakota and a second-team All-MVFC selection last season. He has size that’s rarely been seen at Vanderbilt.
Cade McConnell, redshirt junior: McConnell, a 6’5”, 323-pound redshirt junior from Choctaw, Oklahoma, played in 12 games last season as a backup in his first year after transferring from Minnesota. He’ll be the primary backup in the interior and will be first in line to start if anyone gets hurt.
Misael Sandoval, redshirt sophomore: Sandoval, a 6’6”, 325-pound redshirt sophomore from Chula Vista, California, is inexperienced but probably has the most upside of any of Vanderbilt’s non-starting offensive linemen. I’d assume he’s next in line to start at tackle if anyone gets hurt.
Gunner Givens, redshirt junior: The 6’5”, 332-pound Givens, from Covington, Virginia, didn’t see much action in three seasons at Virginia Tech. He was a four-star prospect coming out of high school but that hasn’t translated into production on the field, so I assume backup at the guard and center spots.
Orion Irving, redshirt junior: The 6’6”, 320-pound Irving, from Houston, spent three seasons at Sam Houston and started at tackle; here, though, I don’t see him beating out Glass and Henderson for a starting spot so he should slot in as a backup.
Charlie Clark, redshirt senior: The 6’7”, 316-pound Clark, from Madison, Wisconsin, was initially a walk-on (and might still be, not that that distinction matters much any more) but managed to find his way onto the field over the last couple of seasons, primarily on extra points and field goals. I’d assume he plays that role again this season but is available if there’s a spate of injuries.
Prospects and Spare Parts
David Siegel, redshirt junior: The 6’6”, 308-pound Siegel, from New Canaan, Connecticut, took a four-game redshirt in 2022 and then… sort of disappeared? Like they thought it important to get this guy on the field in a redshirt year and then he’s played in one game since then? I don’t know what happened here, either. Maybe he just got recruited over.
Kevo Wesley, sixth-year senior: He’s still here? Anyway, Wesley actually started five games at guard for Vanderbilt last season. He’s listed here mostly because he got injured in the spring and may not be healthy enough to play in 2025.
Cooper Starks, redshirt sophomore: The 6’5”, 329-pound Starks, from Girard, Illinois, is a big guy and made his college debut on extra points against Georgia Tech in the bowl game. I still think he’s a prospect, but he hasn’t gotten on the field much in two seasons and the transfer portal stuck some impediments in the way to him getting playing time.
Ted Gregoire, redshirt sophomore: The 6’3”, 335-pound Gregoire, from Roselle, New Jersey, came in as a defensive lineman and made his college debut against Alcorn State last season. He’s moved to the offensive line, which is generally not a good sign — though Kevo Wesley eventually carved out a role for himself after swapping back and forth between the lines.
Clinton Azubuike, sophomore: The 6’8”, 305-pound Azubuike debuted at Northern Arizona last season and played in six games. The sophomore from Lagos, Nigeria, is all upside and Vanderbilt probably won’t need him to play much this season — and might even consider a redshirt given that he didn’t use one last season.
CJ Williams, redshirt freshman: That’s right: Vanderbilt only has one freshman on the offensive line and didn’t sign a single one in the 2025 high school class, electing instead to build a line through the portal (and that includes an upside guy in Azubuike.) The 6’6”, 331-pound Williams, from Amityville, New York, was one of two signees in the 2024 class and is the only one remaining after not appearing in a game in 2024.