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Projecting starters on what should be dynamite defense

Related Topics: Ji'Ayir Brown, Manny Diaz

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State has a chance to be nasty on defense this season, for two reasons in particular: depth and comfortability.

Coordinator Manny Diaz spoke in detail last week at media day about those two factors.

He said his favorite thing about watching the strong defense last year was that so many different people were making plays.

"Some defenses, it's always one guy that you got to count for the high volume of big-time plays," Diaz said. "We had so many people contribute in terms of getting to the quarterback, creating turnovers.