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The Times of Troy: The next month is key for these six Trojans
3 weeks, 5 days ago

The Times of Troy: The next month is key for these six Trojans

LA Times  

I’m Ryan Kartje, your USC beat writer at The Times, reporting to you in the aftermath of the first 12-team College Football Playoff bracket reveal. How Penn State, a team that probably should’ve lost to USC, ended up with an easier path to the title game than Oregon, the undefeated Big Ten champ, is lost on me. My biggest question …

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USC linebackers coach Matt Entz takes Fresno State head coaching job
1 month ago

USC linebackers coach Matt Entz takes Fresno State head coaching job

LA Times  

When Matt Entz took the job as USC’s linebackers coach last January, leaving behind a head coaching job at North Dakota State, he was transparent about his intentions. USC defensive line coach Shaun Nua, defensive line coach Eric Henderson, linebackers coach Matt Entz, secondary coach Doug Belk and defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn look on from the sideline during the spring …

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Prep Rally: Nasir Wyatt, Abduall Sanders lead way among dominant local linebackers
3 months, 1 week ago

Prep Rally: Nasir Wyatt, Abduall Sanders lead way among dominant local linebackers

LA Times  

It’s the year of the linebacker, and few have been better than Nasir Wyatt of Mater Dei. Southern Section TV schedule: Los Alamitos vs. Gardena Serra, Friday; St. Bonaventure vs. Simi Valley, Oct. 4; Los Osos at Charter Oak, Oct. 11; Servite vs. St. John Bosco, Oct. 18; St. John Bosco vs. Mater Dei, Oct. 25; Los Alamitos at Mission …

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Seahawks sign Jerome Baker to complete revamped group of linebackers
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Seahawks sign Jerome Baker to complete revamped group of linebackers

Associated Press  

RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks solidified a revamped linebacker unit on Saturday by signing former Miami Dolphins inside linebacker Jerome Baker to a one-year contract. After opting not to bring back veteran Bobby Wagner and losing Jordyn Brooks in free agency, the Seahawks have added Baker and Tyrel Dodson as part of the defensive system for new head coach …

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Three-time Super Bowl champ Dont’a Hightower returning to Patriots as linebackers coach
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Three-time Super Bowl champ Dont’a Hightower returning to Patriots as linebackers coach

Associated Press  

— Former New England Patriots linebacker and three-time Super Bowl champion Dont’a Hightower is joining new coach Jerod Mayo’s staff as an assistant. Hightower began a decade-long run in New England when the Patriots selected him 25th overall in the 2012 draft. Hightower played four seasons alongside Mayo and then under him when Mayo started as a Patriots assistant in …

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Colby Kratch is returning to Iowa State to coach linebackers
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Colby Kratch is returning to Iowa State to coach linebackers

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! AMES, Iowa — Colby Kratch will return to Iowa State as linebackers coach after serving in the same role at North Texas last season, Cyclones coach Matt Campbell announced Wednesday. Kratch was an ISU graduate assistant in 2017 and then the program’s assistant director of player …

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Titans interview Raiders’ Antonio Pierce, Ravens’ Mike Macdonald for head coaching job
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Titans interview Raiders’ Antonio Pierce, Ravens’ Mike Macdonald for head coaching job

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have interviewed Las Vegas Raiders interim coach Antonio Pierce and Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald for their head coaching job. The Titans announced Saturday they completed virtual interviews with Pierce and Macdonald as they seek to replace Mike Vrabel, who was fired Tuesday after consecutive losing seasons and just six wins in his …

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Oklahoma adds Zac Alley as co-defensive coordinator, promotes Valai
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Oklahoma adds Zac Alley as co-defensive coordinator, promotes Valai

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Alley spent the last two seasons as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. Alley worked under Oklahoma coach Brent Venables as a graduate assistant at Clemson from 2015 to 2018 when Venables was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach there. Alley’s …

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Ohio State takeaways: Protecting Kyle McCord, rotating linebackers and waiting for injury news
1 year, 2 months ago

Ohio State takeaways: Protecting Kyle McCord, rotating linebackers and waiting for injury news

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of Ohio State vs. Penn State in Week 8 college football action If you were hoping for an injury update from Ryan Day, it’s not coming. Protecting Kyle McCord is crucial Ohio State’s offensive line has been the team’s biggest weakness, and the 41-7 win at Purdue put the unit to the test, as well. …

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Fred Warner claims the top spot in AP’s NFL linebacker rankings
1 year, 4 months ago

Fred Warner claims the top spot in AP’s NFL linebacker rankings

Associated Press  

The job of an off-ball linebacker has perhaps never been harder in the NFL. No linebacker pulls off that trick better than Fred Warner, whose versatility helped anchor San Francisco’s top-ranked defense a year ago and made him the unanimous choice by The Associated Press for the top spot among off-ball linebackers. A panel of nine AP Pro Football Writers …

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49ers’ 53-man roster breakdown: 3 QBs, 6 linebackers and other key details
1 year, 4 months ago

49ers’ 53-man roster breakdown: 3 QBs, 6 linebackers and other key details

New York Times  

The 49ers have finished cutting their roster from 90 to 53 players, as was mandated by the NFL’s deadline at 1 p.m. PT Tuesday. The new NFL rule mandates that the emergency option, who won’t count against the game day 48-man roster, is on the 53-man roster — not the practice squad. GO DEEPER Brock Purdy, the 49ers and the …

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USC football camp takeaways: Is Makai Lemon being overlooked? Will linebackers be ready?
1 year, 4 months ago

USC football camp takeaways: Is Makai Lemon being overlooked? Will linebackers be ready?

New York Times  

LOS ANGELES — USC wrapped up the third and final week of preseason camp and is now just eight days away from the season opener against San José State. Riley was asked about the state of USC’s linebacker depth “All doing well,” Riley said. “A couple of those guys haven’t been full-go the whole way.” Riley said Shane Lee, a …

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Chargers gush over addition of Eric Kendricks, ‘one of the most complete linebackers’
1 year, 9 months ago

Chargers gush over addition of Eric Kendricks, ‘one of the most complete linebackers’

LA Times  

Coach Brandon Staley said the Chargers could not resist the chance to add a linebacker with Eric Kendricks’ skills. “He’s one of the most complete linebackers in the last decade,” Staley, speaking at the NFL’s owners meetings, said of Kendricks. Staley called Ekeler “a pillar of our offense.” He also said he hasn’t thought so far ahead as to envision …

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The Seahawks need LBs. Bobby Wagner is by far the best available. What gives?
1 year, 9 months ago

The Seahawks need LBs. Bobby Wagner is by far the best available. What gives?

New York Times  

The Seahawks tried to be proactive at linebacker when they selected potential successors to K.J. After the first season since 2012 without either longtime defensive star on the roster, Seattle is in a reactionary mode, as linebacker has become the team’s most pressing need, with very few viable options remaining. Seahawks tracker: Following every deal Big Board: Current best available …

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Why the Bears signed Tremaine Edmunds and how he fits in Matt Eberflus’ defense
1 year, 9 months ago

Why the Bears signed Tremaine Edmunds and how he fits in Matt Eberflus’ defense

New York Times  

The Bears entered the 2023 league year with a clear focus on the middle of their defense, following up the T.J. Edwards deal by agreeing to terms with linebacker Tremaine Edmunds on a massive contract. How he fits: Edmunds will be the Bears’ weak-side linebacker, a critical position in Matt Eberflus’ defense. As colleague Joe Buscaglia wrote, “Edmunds represents everything …

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Buffalo Bills in Review, linebackers: Tremaine Edmunds’ breakthrough calls for long-term investment
1 year, 10 months ago

Buffalo Bills in Review, linebackers: Tremaine Edmunds’ breakthrough calls for long-term investment

New York Times  

The Bills saw several versions of their defense in 2022, but the constant throughout was their starting linebacker duo. 2023 contract status: $13.34 million cap hit, signed through 2024 2023 dead cap if released: $8.67 million BUF - LB Tremaine Edmunds 2022 in review Age* 24 2022 GPA 3.15 GPA Rank 10th Snaps 906 Snap % 75.7% % in GP …

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Linebackers Edmunds, Milano add size, speed to Bills defense
2 years ago

Linebackers Edmunds, Milano add size, speed to Bills defense

Associated Press  

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier did a double take to emphasize how impressed he was re-watching tape of a play highlighting the intuitive bond linebackers Tremaine Edmunds and Matt Milano have developed over five seasons. I mean, that’s the value of those two guys playing together.” With Milano, a fifth-round pick in 2017, and Edmunds a …

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After trade to Ravens, Roquan Smith is right where he wants to be
2 years ago

After trade to Ravens, Roquan Smith is right where he wants to be

New York Times  

— Roquan Smith was everything a Chicago Bears middle linebacker was supposed to be, like Brian Urlacher, Mike Singletary, Dick Butkus and Bill George before him, the latest entry in a remarkable lineage from the franchise that invented the position. “But life happens.” Around the time of Poles’ first talk with Smith, the Ravens were looking for a middle linebacker. …

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Love, wrath and mind games: Meet the man tasked with fixing UCLA’s defense
2 years, 4 months ago

Love, wrath and mind games: Meet the man tasked with fixing UCLA’s defense

LA Times  

UCLA defensive coordinator Bill McGovern watches his players during a team practice. “He’s just helped me express my game in ways I wasn’t able to do last year, so now when I demonstrate it, it just looks like poetry.” McGovern finds himself in Westwood because UCLA’s defense has mostly resembled gibberish since coach Chip Kelly’s arrival in 2018. A second …

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Wisconsin hires Mark D’Onofrio as inside linebackers coach
2 years, 6 months ago

Wisconsin hires Mark D’Onofrio as inside linebackers coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin has hired Mark D’Onofrio as inside linebackers coach to fill a spot that opened when Bill Sheridan resigned amid an NCAA investigation into potential rule violations at Air Force. “As a coach, and as a fan of college football, I’ve admired the …

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Sheridan resigns as Wisconsin’s inside linebackers coach
2 years, 7 months ago

Sheridan resigns as Wisconsin’s inside linebackers coach

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Bill Sheridan has resigned as Wisconsin’s inside linebackers coach while the NCAA investigates him for potential rules violations during his tenure as Air Force’s defensive line coach. “While I look forward to presenting my case at a hearing, I am concerned that the NCAA investigation regarding activities that occurred prior to me joining the Wisconsin football staff …

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USC linebacker Raesjon Davis embracing lessons learned during spring practice
2 years, 8 months ago

USC linebacker Raesjon Davis embracing lessons learned during spring practice

LA Times  

As he waited and waited for an opportunity that would never come, Raesjon Davis tried to glean what lessons he could from a freshman season to forget at USC. “That was the main thing I was working towards just all of spring ball.” That effort hasn’t gone unnoticed, especially after Davis’ slow start to spring prompted questions from USC coaches …

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Wisconsin hires Sheridan and alters roles for Bostad, Turner
2 years, 10 months ago

Wisconsin hires Sheridan and alters roles for Bostad, Turner

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin has hired Bill Sheridan to coach inside linebackers as one of three changes to Paul Chryst’s staff. Chryst also announced Tuesday that Bob Bostad is switching from inside linebackers coach to offensive line coach and Mickey Turner is moving from tight ends …

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Meet the new UCLA defensive boss. Same as the old boss? Time will tell for Bill McGovern
2 years, 10 months ago

Meet the new UCLA defensive boss. Same as the old boss? Time will tell for Bill McGovern

LA Times  

New York Giants’ Bill McGovern watches against the Detroit Lions during a game in Detroit on Oct. 27, 2019. UCLA coach Chip Kelly has moved from one longtime friend to another at defensive coordinator, hiring veteran assistant Bill McGovern to replace Jerry Azzinaro. “In this profession, you tend to stay close to certain people, you tend to hit it off …

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