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By CAYDEN SANDERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fort Hays State University football team will be young in multiple positions this season, including the offensive front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last season, the team relied on leadership from three seniors \u2013 Pat Kelly, Ted Hessing and Kristopher Stroughter. With the offensive line normally five positions, the Tigers must fill those three positions coming into the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offensive coordinator Jeff Bryant is looking for returning players to step into those leadership roles this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese guys are a work in progress coming into the season, and that is fine,\u201d he said. \u201cThey have been working together this offseason. This offense is going to need to rely on the offensive line to get the ball up and down the field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers have a few linemen who got playing time last season, one of them being Josh Shaw. He played in seven games as a true freshman, but in the last four games of 2022 was assigned as a starter at left guard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast season was my true freshman year, and I wasn\u2019t ready at the time,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cBut now seeing the field, it will help because I have played enough snaps to know what college football is like coming into this season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaw worked this offseason to get better prepared as a mainstay on the offensive line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis offseason was big for me because I have stepped into the leadership role, and being able to have a better chemistry this year than last year will pay dividends by the end of the season,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another offensive lineman who saw numerous snaps last year was Porter Dannevik, a product of Lawrence High School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGetting some time on the field last year was big for me, and getting that opportunity will be big helping this team,\u201d Dannevik said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He played in six games and started four last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had a good offseason,\u201d Dannevik said. \u201cI knew going into it I had to work on a lot of things coming into this season, and having that opportunity to learn what to work on was the best for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Dannevik and Shaw are on the opposite sides of the offensive line, they trust each other to lead a young core. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI trust Shaw to protect the blindside of the quarterbacks, and having that trust for each other on the field is a great feeling because it takes a lot off my plate knowing that he can handle leading that side,\u201d Dannevik said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the offensive line, there has been a new approach for the position as the players believe they are more connected to one another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis offseason, we were working out together and working on the field, and getting some time will help us being so young,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cIf we are not working together in the field, we are also spending time off the field together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers start their season this week at 6 p.m. Thursday on the road at Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Okla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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