The linebacker position is one which at first glance appears to have some big holes to fill. But a look down the roster shows a pile of talent in the wings which may just be getting its chance to shine this season. There were some big-name recruits and transfers from last season who got their beaks wet or had injury issues or whatever but didn’t see the field as much as we probably expected. For some, that is going to change this season.
(I realize Jack is also a linebacker, but the roster only shows McGahee & Duda there and I doubt they will be the only two on the opening game depth chart, so to simplify things, everyone’s a linebacker and there are three starting LB positions for our purposes.