Sentences with phrase «injuries at the linebacker»

Injuries at linebacker, defensive back, and receiver wiped out depth, and the reserves were lacking.

One of the best pass - catching tight ends in the country, Herndon was slated to be a huge advantage for Miami versus a Clemson team dealing with significant injuries at linebacker.

This is the game when Alabama's injuries at linebacker and offensive line finally catch up to them.

After Reuben Foster departed for the NFL, Evans was tasked with stepping up as leader for the Alabama defense — which suffered many injuries at the linebacker position in the latter parts of the season.

Not exact matches

A savvy linebacker with a history of injuries at Oklahoma, Box died tragically as the result of mixing five painkillers and an antianxiety medication, none of which had been prescribed to him.

Thanks to a combination of injury and desperate shuffling, 10 linemen, six linebackers, and 12 defensive backs made at least five tackles each.

Tomczak could come back to earth any day, and the Steelers can't afford an injury on the offensive line or at linebacker.

The Steelers had a bunch of injuries at outside linebacker early in the season, and were also in dire need of some leadership on that side of the ball.

When head coach Todd Bowles was Arizona's defensive coordinator in 2014, his linebacker corps got decimated by injuries and suspensions, and he experimented with putting a couple of his physical safeties in the box at linebacker.

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.

Among the 70 cadets are Bobby Jancik, alltime AFL leader in kick - off returns, from the Oilers» defensive backfield; J. C. Hartman, former Astro infielder; Tim James, 25 - year - old son of Bandleader Harry James and a center and linebacker at TCU until injuries benched him; and Heavyweight Bobby Dennard, winner of 13 of his 16 professional fights, 11 of them by knockouts.

Thirty - one teams passed on UCLA linebacker Myles Jack, at one time a surefire top - 10 pick, over injury concerns — including the one that eventually nabbed him in the second round.

A surge like this usually coincides with good fortune, but PSU had an unreliable offensive line, and injuries were so bad at linebacker that the only player there who saw action in all 14 games was a walk - on.

He had just over 2,200 yards in 28 college games, including three at the end of his freshman season where Maryland started a freshman linebacker at quarterback, its depth chart decimated by injuries to all of the true QBs on the roster.

With Brian Cushing coming off a knee injury, help at inside linebacker will be a great boost to their defense.

If he had done that at the combine (he couldn't participate in most drills because of injuries), he would have ranked first in the vertical and broad among all linebackers.

They threw those spears at bison and woolly rhinoceros, resulting in hunting injuries that would end the career of a linebacker.