Pacific Takes · Jul 24, 2018
Ranking the Pac-12’s linebacker units going into the 2018 season.
Washington (Ben Burr-Kirven Sr. Tevis Bartlett Sr. Ryan Bowman So. D.J. Beavers Jr.) The Huskies are deep and experienced at linebacker. Burr-Kirven and Bartlett are seniors and All-Pac-12 players. Bowman is emerging young standout and the depth after that is strong.
USC (Cameron Smith Sr. John Houston Jr. Jr. Oluwole Betiku Jr. So. Jordan Iosefa Jr.) Smith is the conference’s best linebacker and the rest of the group is naturally blue chip talent. Betiku is one of the best veteran linebackers in the conference.