Gabe Luna now responds to Leo. He didn’t change his name. He just changed his position.
The new Iowa State coaches switched Luna to the hybrid pass defensive end/linebacker spot. It’s a move that is reinvigorating the injury riddled Luna and could do the same to the Cyclone pass rush.
“It’s a lot of fun,” Luna said. “It puts me in position to hold a lot more responsibility to be a key factor for this defense.”
The Leo is arguably the most important position in coordinator Jon Heacock’s defense. The home base is as a weak-side defensive end and a Leo’s assignment is to create chaos.