Syracuse football 2018 position preview: Linebackers

The 2018 Syracuse Orange football season is nearly here, and that means position previews for SU’s entire roster.

Each week leading up to kickoff, we’re profiling one group and every player suiting up at that position this fall. Last week, we chatted about the defensive line’s potential upside. This time, we move onto:

Linebackers

For a decade or more, linebacker has been the top position group for Syracuse’s defense. No matter how much experience — or lack thereof — returned, Orange linebackers seemed to constantly drive success on that side of the ball. The Tampa-2 switch Dino Babers brought along was supposed to double down on that idea, and it did these past couple seasons. But now,…