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Spring ‘16 - Defensive and Special Teams Breakdown

STATESBORO - The Georgia Southern Eagles will hit the field Thursday for the first of 15 spring practices under new head coach . With the session upon us, GSEagles.com caught up with the head Eagle to get his breakdown of each position group. Yesterday, we previewed the offense, today will be the defense/special teams and tomorrow we'll have a Q&A with Summers.

Defensive Ends
Who's back? The Eagles return a solid group of players who saw a ton of action last season in senior (28 total tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks; All-Sun Belt second team), senior (39 tackles, 6.