Ian Boyd took at crack at projecting the OL line up for 2018
It's close to mine except he does not think Vahe, as a senior, can be unseated whereas I see Grandy starting> He also puts Kerstetter at center. Boyd's argument for this is below
LT: Calvin Anderson, senior
Sam Cosmi, RS freshman
Reese Moore, freshman
LG: Patrick Vahe, senior
Pat Hudson, RS sophomore
C: Derek Kerstetter, sophomore
Zach Shackelford, junior
RG: Elijah Rodriguez, RS senior
Mikey Grandy, sophomore
RT: Casey Tucker, senior
Denzel Okafor, RS sophomore
Rafiti Ghirmai/Junior Angilau, freshman
" ..... Then there’s Derek Kerstetter, who was evaluated as a center out of high school and even took some snaps there last fall before ending up at tackle after Rodriguez went down. At 6-6 and likely 300 after this offseason he looks more like a tackle, but there are a few reasons he could end up inside. The first is obviously the addition of experienced tackles ahead of him in Anderson, Tucker, and Cosmi. Kerstetter is a staff favorite for the potential he showed last year and the way he battled in games but cracking the top two or three from that group is going to be a considerable challenge, particularly compared to beating out Shackelford.
Additionally there’s the fact that by moving to center Kerstetter could carve out a central role in the Texas OL for the next three years of his career and still be able to move out to tackle if they needed him there in a pinch. In 2018 Texas is loaded with guys that are capable of playing at tackle, in 2019 they’ll still have Cosmi and Okafor along with second year guys in Reese Moore, Junior Angilau, and Rafiti Ghirmai that could all factor in at tackle. If the staff loves Kerstetter and wants to guarantee that he’s involved for the next few years then he probably needs to move inside and there’s no spot that could benefit more than center.
Like anyone else, the fit depends on his ability to make good calls before the snap and then clean snaps and quick fits on a nose or blitzing LB coming right at him. You often see the 6-1, 290 pound intelligent and quick moving scrapper here because he’s quick and feisty enough to secure the point of attack before being rescued by a bigger guard. However, you’ll also often see schools like Alabama that don’t bother with tiny linemen moving big tackles inside to center (Barrett Jones, Bradley Bozeman) so that they can not only snap the ball and secure the point of attack from penetration but even hold their own without needed help from a guard, freeing up those players to advance. Kerstetter very much fits the profile of such a center..."
http://insidetexas.com/2018-fits-signees-commits-remaining-targets/