If you take every league’s 2017 first team all-conference defensive line, no unit will have more combined sacks than the Mid-American Conference’s four horsemen. Here at Hustle Belt, we call that SACKtion.
Only two of these four names return to college ball in 2018, including Eastern Michigan’s defensive end Maxx Crosby. Crosby can often be found terrorizing backfields, where he registered 11 sacks as a sophomore last fall, ranking sixth in the entire FBS. The 6’5” product from Colleyville, TX also compiled 16.5 tackles for loss, also ranking among the nation’s elite in the category.
After defensive end Pat O’Connor left Ypsilanti for Detroit in the 2017 NFL Draft, there was a large void to fill on the defensive line.