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Looking at the Next Generation of Ohio State Linebackers with the Coming Departures of Pete Werner and Tuf Borland

Ohio State's linebacker unit will be in flux at the end of the 2020 season with the departures of seniors Pete Werner and Tuf Borland.

Eleven Warriors' own Andrew Ellis wrote about a trio of players from the 2018 recruiting class who've waited their turn for playing time. Teradja Mitchell, Dallas Gant and K'Vaughan Pope are all jockeying for position on this year's depth chart, but 2021 looks like their year.

But there are three linebackers from Ryan Day's first full class who could push Mitchell, Gant and Pope for a role on next year's defense.