You listed a lot of DEs - I was speaking about interior guys

I just lumped all DL together from the recruiting site info

Your point makes even more sense with the DEs taken out. But why can't we land the big guys?

Historically we've had little success for several reasons

Lots of thise kids are from the South and tend to stay there. Kids from the Pacific region including Polynesians usually prefer the West Coast. We do get an occasional Louis Nix or Myron Taglovailoa-Amosa.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of talented 300+ pound DL in the upper Midwest or Eastern US. New Jersey has a few but they mostly end up at Penn State, Michigan or even the SEC if they are really good.

I'm sure Freeman will try harder than Kelly but it won't be easy. There is one really good prospect in the 2024 cycle named Justin Scott. ND is on him but we'll see where he ends up.

Coaches rented dorf on football? *

There aren’t a lot, overall.

Rivals has five DTs among its top 150 players, compared to 22 DEs (strong and weakside combined).

Some HS DEs end up inside in college but your point stands *