Although we are seeing an abundance of talented, athletic off-ball linebackers leave the college ranks for the NFL, there's still a very gifted crop returning to college football this fall.
Using a combination of Pro Football Focus grades and PFF's wins above average (WAA) metric, we present the top 10 off-ball linebackers returning to college football in 2020, as well as a sleeper to watch.
1. Micah Parsons, Penn State
Parsons was solid as a true freshman in 2018, but he took his game to a whole new level in 2019 in producing the highest PFF overall grade (91.