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Penn State Football Spring Storyline: Defensive line battle

Spring practice is always a time for coaches to begin to get a sense of what they will have in the upcoming season. Penn State football returns a stacked depth chart on the defensive side of the ball, with the exception of the defensive line. Spring practice should start to clear up the picture for defensive line coach Sean Spencer’s “Wild Dogs.”

Penn State has had the luxury of a set depth chart on the defensive line the past few seasons, but that’s not the case in 2019. The minute that defensive end Shareef Miller and defensive tackle Kevin Givens each declared for the upcoming NFL Draft, Penn State’s defensive line was hit with two major holes to fill.