DeKALB – Things are slowing down for Northern Illinois linebacker Kyle Pugh.
After spending last year behind now-graduated Jamaal Payton, Pugh is now the man in the middle for the first-string defense as a redshirt sophomore heading into the closing of the spring season.
"Freshman year, I was jittery and excited to get the play and shaking up a little bit," said Pugh, who came to Northern Illinois from Bloom Township High School in Chicago Heights. "Now I'm more comfortable and I see the field a lot better. Really, it's starting to happen right now. Last year I had trouble seeing it, this year it's slowed down and I'm comfortable with the playbook.