The North Atlantic right whale is extremely endangered. The scary-looking creatures were mostly eradicated by commercial whalers by the 1890s, and even when that industry went away, the species never recovered, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Still, around 360 of the whales continue on, especially off the coast of the southeastern United States. They can grow to around 52 feet long, communicate using moans and groans, and weigh around 100,000 pounds.

However, even at that immense size, they still don’t outweigh the offensive lines of the SEC. When every rostered offensive lineman in the league gets added up, the total tonnage comes out to 101,102 pounds, as of Tuesday.

Taking everyone into account, from the starters to the walk-ons, the next great NFL left tackles to the next great Enterprise Rent-A-Car managers, here’s how the offensive lines of the SEC stack up.

The Beef Index

There are multiple ways to figure out the heaviest offensive lines in the SEC. Each of them have drawbacks.

The simplest is to simply take every player listed as an offensive lineman on an SEC online roster as of Week 1, and add their weights up. If you do that, Texas A&M and Alabama are the clear leaders, with the Aggies at 7,065 pounds and the Tide at 7,025.

Those two are the only schools to check in over 7,000 pounds. They’re also the only two that keep 23 offensive linemen on their rosters.

On the other side of the table, Mississippi State ranks dead last at 5,615, with LSU sitting 15th at 5,677.

Two schools carry 22 linemen, Tennessee has 21, five have 20, and four count 19. The standings when ranked by total weight show that perfectly, no school is ranked higher than a program that carries more players on the OL.

On average

Another way to try and establish the beefiest offensive line group in the SEC is to average it out. Take the total weight, divide it by the number of players and perhaps make something a little more fair than just the raw tonnage.

Unfortunately, this method also has its problems. Take Alabama for instance, which falls dead last in the rankings, at 305.43 pounds.

The Crimson Tide is hampered by its walk-ons. Davis Peterson will likely never impact a game, but he’s listed on the roster and at just 235 pounds, he, along with 240-pound JD Martin and others, hurt the average of a team that also includes 369-pound Kadyn Proctor.

Using the average of all players’ weights puts Tennessee atop the SEC, at 322.9 pounds on average. Vanderbilt falls second, at 317.05, and Georgia comes in third, at 316.05.

Texas A&M sits one spot ahead of the Crimson Tide, with 307.51.

Just the starters

The final way to calculate the SEC’s heaviest offensive lines is to just take each team’s Week 1 starters into account. It’s still imperfect, as every team has at least some non-starter contributors, but it does a better job of filtering out the players who don’t see the field.

The average starter weight metric favors Ole Miss. Lane Kiffin’s bunch weights in at an average of 331 pounds, one of just two schools to top 330, joining second-place Vanderbilt.

Eighth SEC teams come in over 320 pounds on average, exactly half of the league. Florida is the only other school to best 325.

Auburn finished dead last in terms of starter average weight, at 311.8 pounds. Missouri and South Carolina were just ahead of the Tigers, at 312.4 pounds each.