I've been to parts of 3 practices and here's sort of my thoughts:
He's working first team RT right now with Givens behind him. He was working at LT (I believe) in the spring. Jack Harris is 2nd team LT. I'm guessing Harris may be the LT heir apparent, but who knows. Sometimes guys can only play one side or the other, some can do both. Givens is in the mix obviously.
I'd be surprised if the coaches believe he's ahead of Bryce in general, but there's got to be points awarded for being there. Bryce missed several games in the fall - for undisclosed personal reasons, and then was having academic issues in the spring - at least that's what we've been led to believe.
Either way, they need to have someone in there every day who can be counted on. Bahktiari is benefiting from a lot of reps. There's not a lot of difference between the 1's and 2's btw. When you have Iltis, Behrens, Givens, Harris and Dannewitz on the 2's, you got some guys who've started some games or been around a few years.
As for the eyeball test, he's bigger and in the range as Givens, etc. He's tiny when standing next Ryan Miller who is a giant.
Hard to say how he's doing as they aren't really in full pads yet and much of the scrimmages are blocked out by the extra guys standing between the fans and the plays. Must be doing pretty good as the offense is looking pretty crisp.
This staff has had a knack for getting those 2-stars that can flat out play. Orms, Thornton, Bahktiari, West, Olatoye - isn't that the bottom of the barrel from the '08 class? They are all in the 1-2 deep. Early reports show the same this year... Canty, Terrell Smith, and several other good looking athletes who weren't exactly highly recruited. It's the one area that sort of has held out hope I guess for me. The pipeline of talent has been much better in real life than on paper.