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Kansas State Football: 2021 Linebackers Preview

It’s time for some fresh faces at linebacker for the Kansas State Wildcats after Justin Hughes retired and Elijah Sullivan graduated after spending a combined 13 years in MHK. And that’s both a good thing and a bad thing.

Starters

We know who the starters are going to be, even before the depth chart was released, because of the return of the two primary backups from last season, Daniel Green and Cody Fletcher. So why then is this unit such a big question mark for the Wildcats defense?

Because though Green and Fletcher return, they weren’t exactly world-beaters in the spot starts they made in 2020.