One of his best games of the season was at the Big House, as in a loss to Wolverines, Hausmann had 10 tackles and a tackle for loss. The Rebels even used him inside towards the end of the season. Hes not quite there mentally, just being a step too late in his reactions at times, but hes the full package. University of Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, who has drawn the eye of a few NFL franchises, said he expects to coach the Wolverines in 2023. Has some stack-and-shed ability but needs to continue to develop it. Take a conference-by-conference look at college football's best linebacker tandems. 92. The true freshman is second on this list after a dominant season as a pass-rusher. Plays with a physicality beyond his current size. Shows decent pursuit skills. As the 2020 college football season winds down, 2021 NFL Draft talk will heat up. Comfortable in zone coverage and is quick to anticipate throws. Displays impressive linear acceleration with burst and open-field playmaking ability of a Power Five skill prospect. It was also the best single-season mark by a Power Five player in the PFF College era. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NCAA player performance data. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Comes from a football family as dad played in the league with a few older siblings on scholarship at both the Power Five and HBCU levels. Has athleticism and speed to drop into coverage in flat or take running back one-on-one. Its officially time to hit the reset button. Excellent closing ability on defense. 3, and ahead of Penn States Curtis Jacobs at No. C.J. Excels on contact, exhibiting excellent play strength and power at the point of attack. Also well-rounded basketball player. As a blitzer this season, his 84.0 pass-rushing grade placed 11th among Power Five linebackers. Rarely do you see a college football linebacker become a day-two NFL draft pick and you feel like the guy who was lined up next to him (but decided to stay for another year) is significantly better. Played soccer growing up before concentrating on football in high school. Watching for Jermaine Johnson (Florida State EDGE 11) but this rep from Amari Gainer (LB 33) caught my eye to start the game vs Clemson. 9 amongst his peers across the nation. A meniscus injury ended his freshman campaign after just five snaps. Ford was an honorable mention All-American for PFF this season and a turnover machine for the Longhorns. Comfortable in zone coverage and is quick to anticipate throws. Gained 1,500-plus receiving yards over sophomore and junior seasons. Christian Harris was a highly-regarded recruit for Alabama and had flashes, where hed let that talent flourish, but I thought Henry Too Too cleaned up quite a few things throughout the year for him. He had three interceptions last season and returned two for touchdowns. Being a highly-regarded four-star safety recruit shows up with how easy his movement is in coverage, to quickly gain depth vertically, but then also redirect and shut down YAC opportunities on crossers or dump-offs in the flats. Requisite height with good length and a big frame to add mass. Neither is the most talented linebacker in the league, but as a duo, no returning SEC pair was more productive last year than this one. Already established as a hammer, showed violent striking ability during impressive senior season. Linebackers: Josh Chandler-Semedo/Exree Loe. Desire to make those around him better also a pretty unique trait in the year 2022. . Possesses the size to immediately give you snaps at the P5 level. High-level athlete also plays receiver. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. High upside athlete that can potentially provide value on either side of the ball and on multiple special teams units. , the sophomore linebacker has lived up to his fathers name and then some. Body control shines as a receiver when he adjusts to the ball and uses his size to shield defenders. As we head toward the 2022 college football season, the Will Levis hype train is picking up steam. * Pro Football Hall of Famer. Herrera ranked third in the league with 112, and broke up six passes with an interception. "While no one knows what the future holds," Harbaugh said in a statement released on Twitter on Thursday, "I expect that I will be enthusiastically coaching Michigan in 2023.". Perkins was a top-10 recruit in the 2022 class, which may have been too low. Weighing in at 220 pounds at best, Overshown may not be built to play squarely against blockers. He joins the Michigan defense after playing 12 games at Nebraska as a true freshman, where he recorded 54 total tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and a fumble recovery. He meets ball-carriers head-on in the hole and even when he doesnt get that clear shot, he has strong arms to still bring those guys to the ground, making him a very reliable tackler. 3. Last season, he injured his foot after just one game and missed the rest of the season. Adequate in-space athleticism appeared to take the next step during senior campaign. Follow College Football 24/7 on Twitter @NFL_CFB. Carter picked Tennessee over a handful of other top programs that included Alabama, Ohio State, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Michigan, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State and USC. Possesses the size to immediately give you snaps at the P5 level. Does not quit on plays. was a top-10-graded linebacker in the conference last year, and his 74.7 run-defense grade was fifth-best in the ACC. He may not be super rangy in coverage. Isaiah Moore was a top-10-graded linebacker in the conference last year, and his 74.7 run-defense grade was fifth-best in the ACC. However, hes more than willing to shoot through one half of the blockers and funnel the ball back inside on perimeter-oriented runs, or just hit a crease and create negative plays when the opportunity arises. But PFF's advanced stats for 354 teams ranging from the FBS to Division III aim to do exactly that. Im in the business of projecting forward and evaluating them as draft prospects, but for this exercise, I tried to isolate them from their team and purely judge them on who could help me win games at the CFB level right now. Simpson has continued to excel under new DC Wes Goodwin, thanks to his athletic profile and the growth in play-recognition. Anyone else miss watching Abdul Carter wreck havoc on opposing offenses? The West Virginia defense was a top unit in all of college football but they lost one of their top defenders in Tony Fields. Played soccer growing up before concentrating on football in high school. Displays impressive linear acceleration with burst and open-field playmaking ability of a Power Five skill prospect. , who looked solid as a reserve in 2021 with a 75.0 grade on 150 snaps. Rice quickly attacks downhill against the run, while not being afraid to stick his nose in the face when it comes to countering blockers and working to get their hands off himself. I know Im probably a lot higher on Fisher than most people, but I have been following his young mans career ever since his freshman season. Working on anchoring against run important. Pursues downhill in the flat and chases plays down from behind. Will need to develop in weight room before being a factor on college field but has ability to play for Top 10 program. Note: This ranking only includes off-ball linebackers. Rather effective in pursuit and has also shown that he can get the job done as a face-up tackler. pic.twitter.com/gW025vAkJh, PFF College (@PFF_College) July 26, 2022. Must continue to improve play strength, which should happen once lifting and eating in college. His short-area explosiveness to beat blockers to the spot and flat-out speed to run down plays all over the field really pops. Now back with him in the lineup, they have really grown this season. A downhill inside runner that plays in a triple option offense, Perkins has the ability to project to both a power or zone scheme at the next level. Not only can break 11 seconds on the track in the 100-meter dash, but has also almost hit 23 MPH on the Catapult GPS system in pads. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. Tennessee has one of the top recruiting classes in the SEC. Wilson piled up a league-best 133 tackles with 11 tackles for loss and four sacks. His 26 pressures in 2021 trailed only. He returned to FSU but keeping tabs. The junior made first contact on a ball carrier 122 times this season, which was 15 more than the next-closest defender in college football. Does not quit on plays. His father, David, played offensive line at Georgia in the 1990s. pic.twitter.com/b5jXmoItKO, Russell Brown (@RussNFLDraft) January 5, 2022. Jordan Pollard Faith Lutheran (Las Vegas, NV) LB. If he can stay healthy and live up to it, Oregon could easily top this list. Please logout and login again. Likely to find plenty of success on Saturdays in an aggressive 3-4 front. The star for the Huskies is Edefuan Ulofoshio, PFFs top linebacker heading into next season. Hes light on his feet to mirror the ball and navigate around blockers, but can also flatten and cut off angles as running backs commit to a gap. Flashes solid instincts in the run game. PFFs lead college analyst Anthony Treash already went over the best players at every position, but what about the best position groups? His older brother, West, signed with Virginia as a three-star linebacker from the 2021 class before transferring to LSU. Scouting report: Physically strong player who is a weight room warrior. Has burst to get across the face of offensive tackle. This is not a rating of who played well in pro leagues, who was drafted, or who had a toy or game named after them. But in Striker (6-0, 221), Bob Stoops has one of the best pass rushers in the country and a player who has enough athleticism that he's actually getting reps at nickelback (the corner spot, not the band). Measured roughly 6-foot-1.5, 215 pounds spring before senior season. One of the lone bright spots for the Orange in 2022, the Syracuse linebacking corps features. Can play a couple of different roles as he has been used as a stand-up edge rusher or he can shift further outside and play out in space over a slot. Strong tackler in space. On the spring roster, Hausmann is listed at 6-foot-2 and 228 pounds. Multi-year starter with possible early-impact ability for Top 20 program. Size at one point was a bit of a concern, but lived in the weight room winter after junior season and bulked up significantly in the upper half. Along with senior S Ibraheim Campbell, they head a strong defensive back seven for the Wildcats. Around the 6-foot-1, 210- to 215-pound range entering senior season with build that should support 230-pound neighborhood if desired. Athletic, physical, violent off-ball linebacker who occasionally steps to the line of scrimmage. In addition to edge and linebacker reps, owns significant snaps at safety and plays with coverage awareness. The three best linebacker transfer classes. Thumper vs. the run with chase-down athleticism from the back side. #COMMITTED pic.twitter.com/C6k1UTiS0y, Justin Wright (@JustinWright_30) December 7, 2022. Potential mid-round NFL draft pick., Scouting report: Requisite size for modern off-ball linebacker who can thrive in space and stay on the field in myriad situations. linebackers heading into next season. Athleticism shows when dropping into coverage. He can line up at defensive end with his hand in the dirt or play stood up over the tackle. WebForty Time Secs 4.52 Player Summary Being the leader of the best defense in college football is enabling Nakobe Dean, to build a case for himself to be the first linebacker off #2 RANKED - SCOUTING REPORT 0 Devin Lloyd POSITION RANK #2 OUR RATING 89.9 OLB All Scouts Average Overall Rank 18.2 All Scouts Average Position Rank 1 Height Feet 6-3 Unlike a lot of college LBs nowadays, he can still take on and shed blockers coming right at him, thanks to his robust base. Jones was the second-highest-graded linebacker in the ACC last season with a 75.6 mark. Plays outside shoulder on the swing pass, creates good separation and delivers a nice tackle on the RB. Jaiden Ausberry University Lab (Baton Rouge, LA) He has some good lateral agility to side-step blockers, but rarely fights through creases and stops the momentum of ball-carriers around the line of scrimmage. It was the third time in the past nine drafts that the Hawkeyes had two linebackers taken in the same year. 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