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There’s a reason Micah Parsons in LB1 and very possibly the best defensive player in the 2021 NFL Draft despite only playing two years of college football.
In those two years, he combined for 191 tackles, leading Penn State each year, to go along with 6.5 sacks, six forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. In other words, Parsons is a 6-foot-3, 245-pound cruise missile in the middle of defense. While there are some concerns out there about his abilities in coverage, note that this was only Parsons’ second year playing the linebacker position and his testing numbers, a 4.39 40-yard dash and 6.96 3-cone drill, show that the ability to run with tight ends and…
