If you've been feverishly refreshing VirginiaSports.com for tidbits about the 2022 Virginia Cavaliers football season (and who amongst us hasn’t?), you may have noticed a new group of players on the Hoos’ football roster page:
Gone are the distinctions between “DL” and “DE,” or between “ILB” and “OLB.” Instead, UVA is growing with the times and describing a category of players simply as EDGE. It’s a trend that has grown over the past five seasons or so, especially in evaluating NFL Draft prospects, where the classification allows for uniformly evaluating players from myriad college defensive systems.