Sentences with phrase «at linebacker for»

Malcolm Smith has a chance Sunday to start at linebacker for the Seahawks in the NFC Championship game against the 49ers, putting him one game away from where, six years ago, Steve ascended with the Giants.

Barton was a three - time starter at linebacker for a Spartans team which won its third consecutive CIF Open Division State Championship bowl game.

In seventh grade Willie started at linebacker for the high school team.

While Michigan recently added Devin Bush Jr., Jackson, a four - star out of Texas, would be a very solid finish at linebacker for the Wolverines.

Not exact matches

His father, Mel Sr., played 15 seasons — 172 consecutive games, both ways, at center and linebacker — for the New York Giants, was an eight - time All - Pro and a charter member of the Hall of Fame.

Chuck Bednarik, the last of the 60 - minute men, was a stalwart at both linebacker and center for the 1960 NFL champion Philadelphia Eagles

Smith was linebackers coach at Tampa Bay from 1996 - 00, and in Nickerson's four years of playing LB for Smith, he made the Pro Bowl all four years.

On the the first day of the University of Michigan Spring Practice for the 2018 Season, Coach Jim Harbaugh, and linebackers Jordan Anthony, and Drew Singleton put their arms around each other at the end of a great first practice..

Included are the following percentages: percent of tackles and tackles for loss returning on the line, percent of tackles and combined TFLs and passes defensed returning at linebacker, and percent of tackles and passes defensed returning in the secondary.

Of those six teams, four lost at least 50 percent of their defensive line tackles and tackles for loss and three were crushed by attrition at linebacker (only one returned any major level of experience), and while five of the six were reasonably experienced in the secondary, none were vastly experienced.

He was just finished at USC, getting ready for the NFL draft and we paired him with a current top high school linebacker, which was Willie McGinest of Long Beach Poly.

Listed as a 5 - 11, 205 - pound linebacker for Del Campo football back in the fall, Markey erupted onto the state wrestling scene at 285 by beating two state - ranked opponents at the SJS Masters (silver medalist), and then won three straight matches to reach the state quarterfinals.

Carl DePasqua at Pitt has Middle Linebacker Ralph Cindrich and Tackle Howard Broadhead — if healthy — and End Paul Naponic — if he wants to play — for an excellent defensive line.

For my second draft breakdown I decided to go with Khalil Mack, outside linebacker for the University at BuffaFor my second draft breakdown I decided to go with Khalil Mack, outside linebacker for the University at Buffafor the University at Buffalo.

Erroll Thompson, a three - star linebacker, has set his announcement date for this Friday at his high school.

Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Thomas, who died at 33 following a January 2000 car crash, had ignored the urging of his financial adviser to make a will, and his entire estate was left for the court to divide, touching off a legal battle among the five mothers of his seven children.

Linebacker Frank Zombo tipped a Ben Roethlisberger pass high into the air, giving safety Eric Berry a shot at a diving interception in the end zone for a touchback.

He had just spent four seasons as linebackers coach at Nebraska after holding the same role for four seasons at Ohio (under former Nebraska head coach Frank Solich).

Now, at 220 pounds, he is one of the AFL's better middle linebackers and calls defensive signals for a unit that on occasion is the strongest in the league.

Now, I'm starting to wonder if trying to make him a jack of all trades and putting him at SAM linebacker may actually hold him back for a while.

At Tuesday's annual Michigan Football banquet, Jim Harbaugh shared that redshirt junior linebacker Mike McCray will be back for...

Seeing Harrison line up at middle linebacker in a 4 - 3 for the Bengals last season about made me want to puke.

The Lions» drive started at the end of the third quarter from their own 20 - yard line, but the Bills were flagged for a 15 - yard penalty because of a hit linebacker Preston Brown delivered to Stafford as he was sliding.

«Anytime something like this happens, there is a taint on a legacy,» says Dallas Sartz, a captain of the 2006 Trojans who played linebacker in the NFL for two seasons and is now an assistant at UC Davis.

Shanon Reid, a four - star linebacker, was impressed by the edit that was waiting for him at his official visit to Michigan.

For example, Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith sat out his rookie season on the non-football injury list due to a knee injury suffered during his final game at Notre Dame, so his first season in the NFL was not an accrued season.

I wholeheartedly endorsed him being the top pick, and felt strongly that he would fit well in Houston at outside linebacker and create a «dynamic duo» with J.J. Watt that would give opposing offenses fits for the next decade.

The three players who didn't shake his hand in linebacker Joe Dineen, defensive tackle Daniel Wise, and defensive end Dorance Armstrong won't serve as captains for Kansas» game Saturday at Oklahoma State, David Beaty announced Tuesday.

At middle linebacker, Kendell Beckwith was solid for a sophomore, mixing 7.5 tackles for loss with four passes defensed.

The Texans are deepest at linebacker, where a trio of proven veterans — Wong, outside rush specialist Keith Mitchell, formerly of the Saints, and inside linebacker Jamie Sharper, the potential breakout star of the bunch after toiling for five years with the Ravens in Ray Lewis's considerable shadow — will keep things close, if only for a while.

This time he was over at his right outside linebacker spot, outside of the guy who actually started the game at left tackle for Houston, Julien Davenport.

A native of Cedar Grove, N.J., Diaco played linebacker for Hayden Fry at Iowa from 1992 to» 95.

He became Brian Kelly's defensive co-coordinator for a year at CMU, then joined Al Groh's staff to coach linebackers at Virginia for three seasons.

Four returning linemen recorded at least 4.5 tackles for loss in 2016 — they're all at least 270 pounds, too, which means the shift to a system with three down linemen might hold — and three returning linebackers logged at least 8.5.

Not surprisingly for someone who was a Spartans football standout at linebacker before playing rugby and baseball at UCLA, Alumbaugh showcases an all - around game.

«I was at USC for six years, and with his takeoff and ability to make a move on his blocker, he's real similar to [former USC linebacker] Junior Seau,» says Arizona State defensive line coach Kevin Wolthausen.

He dropped 20 lbs in winter workouts to tryout for linebacker, but my guess is he just doesn't haev the speed they want at his size to play LB.

There's a little bit of a hole at outside linebacker, where T.J. Watt and Vince Biegel departed after combining for 21.5 tackles for loss and 15.5 sacks last year.

«There was a day when the linebacker who ran 4.5 was a freak,» says George DeLeone, offensive coordinator at Syracuse, which has been using multiskilled quarterbacks for more than a decade to make its freeze - option attack click.

The Badgers are absolutely stocked at inside linebacker and defensive end and will be for the foreseeable future.

Personally, I'd be pretty pissed if Foster is playing for another team in 2019 and looking like a star while we continue to struggle at linebacker.

That he was a bench jockey and, at 5» 8», demonstrably too small to play linebacker were two more good reasons for him to remain respectfully silent.

The best thing we can do is scoop the best TE left at 16, hope that cortland Sutton is left in the secondl, and after that look for O - line depth and fill spots that are less important like trying to find another linebacker to put next to mosely but again its not a necessity we can let these young guys play develope and see where it takes us

Khalil would be sniffing 20 snacks a year if not more if we got Vea, linebackers would be nice and clean at the second level... but we have holes everywhere so we could go in many directions, but I find it hard to believe that Vea wouldn't make a huge impact on the defense for the entire front just by being on the field.

I love the idea of Chris Long as a rotational piece, and ANY linebackers would be helpful at this point... I'm torn on Lang for the same reason you listed.

Their middle linebacker is out for the season, they didn't have a feature running back until trading for Jay Ajayi, their secondary has at times been their biggest weakness, and yet zero complaining.

Griese threw for two first - half scores, and SMU seemed destined for more of the same when Mustang Linebacker Jerry Griffin started «reading» the Purdue offense, calling quick checkoff defensive signals at the line and tackling.

Round 1: David «Flip» Wilson, Ereck Flowers, Eli «Mama's Boy» Apple, Prince «Of Zamunda» Amukamara Round 1 success: 7/11 Round 2: Marvin «Teligmann» Austin, Clint «Square Peg» Sintim, Reuben «Box of Rocks» Randle Round 2 success: 8/11 (his best round) Round 3: Chad Jones, Owa O - Diggy, Jay Bromley, Damontre Moore, Jayron Hosely, Jerrell «Rorshack» Jernigan, Ramses Barden, Travis «Lady» Beckum, Jay «That One Sack» Alford Round 3 success: 1/12 (his worst, and I'm putting Darian Thompson and Webb as zeros for now...) Round 4: Brian Kehl, Philip Dillard, James «Teddy» Brewer, Ryan «Start the» Nassib Round 4 success: 4/11 Round 5: Avery Moss, Mykkele Thompson, Nat Berhe, Devon Kennard, Cooper Taylor, Jon Goff, Mitch «Death Metal» Petrus, Rhett «Linebacker / RB hybrid» Bomar Round 5 success: 2/10 Round 6: Adam Koets, Andre Woodson, Robert Henderson, DeAndre Wright, Adrian Tracy, Greg Jones, Tyler Sash, Jaquian Williams, Matt McCants, Bennett Jackson, Geremy Davis, Jerrell Adams Round 6 success: 0/12 That's right — Jerry Reese whiffed 12 times at 6th round picks.

Chris Frey Jr., a linebacker for Michigan State, with some notable tweet - shots at Michigan following the Spartans Holiday Bowl win over Washington State:

With depth at both receiver and defensive back (backups for these units and linebacker frequently make up a good portion of a team's coverage units), PSU's coverage has no excuse to rank in the 100s again.