Sentences with phrase «players at linebacker»

Not exact matches

Jackson was always more of an up the field player and a little too big to play outside linebacker and a little undersized to play five technique... or so I thought at the time.

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.

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 can be a utility player in the NFL, working at safety, linebacker and even as a blitzer.

His grandfather coached at the University of Wisconsin, his uncle Paul is head coach at the University of Pittsburgh and his dad — a former linebacker and baseball player at Princeton and long snapper in the USFL — coached and coordinated in the NFL with the Cardinals, Chargers and five years at the Panthers before joining the 49ers.

And as good as Zettel and company are, to maintain last year's high level, at least a couple of younger players — Cothren, Sickels, linebackers like Jason Cabinda, Koa Farmer, or Troy Reeder — will be asked to perform at a much higher level.

Jacksonville will make a run at the playoffs, and its five premier players — quarterback Mark Brunell, running back Natrone Means, offensive tackle Tony Boselli, defensive end Tony Brackens and linebacker Kevin Hardy — are 27 or younger.

After McGowan's departure last spring, several players expected to be standouts on this year's team at Brookside — especially quarterback Quincy Glasper and junior linebacker Jalen Williams — transferred out as well.

While Najee Goode, Joe Walker and Dannell Ellerbe are solid depth players; none should really be looked at as long term options for the team at linebacker.

Pittsburgh Steelers» linebacker and former Ohio State player Ryan Shazier stands to cheers at Buckeyes spring game Ohio State fan favorite Ryan Shazier visited the spring game Saturday and stood without assistance to cheers from the crowd at his alma mater.

We need players, especially at linebacker since losing Preston Brown.

Nose tackle will be a question mark for the Wolverines, who rotated three players at starter last season: Bryan Mone, Noah Furbush (a linebacker who started on the line in a 3 - 4 formation) and freshman Aubrey Solomon.

With a hole at middle linebacker after losing Preston Brown in free agency, the Bills could be looking at a player like Roquan Smith or Leighton Vander Esch to serve as the Luke Kuechly or Thomas Davis of Sean McDermott's defense in Buffalo.

A player like Roquan Smith is most likely out of their draft range so the team will have to start looking at the next tier of linebackers.

The possibility that Paye could come in and battle for a spot at defensive end, linebacker or fullback shows the potential of the former bottom - 500 ranked player, who remains very underrated at No. 485 overall.

For three of our players — defensive end Marquis Haynes from Ole Miss, tight end Ian Thomas from Indiana, and linebacker Tegray Scales from Indiana — the most important showcase of their talent and progress came at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, February 27th - March 5th.

On the Wii, it feels even more solid because the game is not aimed at the type of player that might nitpick the linebacker pass - awareness AI or the run - blocking by the fullback.