11.   Ruth will be honored for winning the Outland Trophy as the top lineman in the country.

12.   Sean Milligan, another top offensive lineman from Norcross, Ga., who signed with Notre Dame.

13.   The Jets, though, could also hire a top offensive lineman or receiver through a simple money deal in free agency.

14.   The top defensive linemen will run through the first two rounds, and then the drop-off will come.

15.   USC leads heavily with Wilson, considered one of the top linemen in the state.

16.   An inability to sign a top defensive lineman has led to an over-reliance on the solid linebacking corps to apply pass-rushing pressure.

17.   But he was deemed expendable by Dallas, which is expected to move Larry Allen, its top offensive lineman, from left tackle to left guard.

18.   The top three offensive linemen were gone, so the Panthers went after another weak spot, but they must wish McIntosh or McDougle had fallen to them.

19.   San Francisco have lost top linemen and rushers and southpaw quarterback Steve Young is barely recovered from an injury to his throwing shoulder.