Who’s Gone, Who’s Back and Who’s New: Linebackers

The best player for the Cincinnati Bearcats was a linebacker last season. With Luke Fickell inserted in as head coach and his defensive coordinator, Marcus Freeman, also serving as linebackers coach, the Bearcats would love to be in that position again. Unfortunately, the group that Freeman has to work with is a largely young and unproven one, so it will probably get worse before it gets better.

Who’s Gone

Eric Wilson may very well have been the best player of the Tommy Tuberville era. He registered an American Athletic Conference best 129 tackles last season and managed 261 for his career. He had at least 100 stops in back-to-back campaigns and also led the team in sacks a year ago (3.0)…