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Time to Step Up, Defense: Xavier Thomas looking for big year

Defensive coordinator Brent Venables must replace a few key components from last year’s defense, including standouts K’Von Wallace and Isaiah Simmons. Several standouts return, however, including Tyler Davis, James Skalski, and Nolan Turner, and while a few freshmen are expected to contribute -- it’s also time for some veterans to step up.

Typically when we do these offseason lists, we take a look at five players because five seems like such a magical number, but I think this defense won’t have as many questions to answer as people think and I am going to set my number at three.