Last week, we took a look at the incoming offensive line class for Alabama, and so this week will be moving on to the opposite side of the line of scrimmage. Although guys like Chris Braswell and Will Anderson are pass rushers listed as “defensive linemen,” today’s piece is focusing on all the interior defensive tackle types, and I’ll include the edge rushers with the linebackers in a later piece.
It’s obviously a gray area in an ever-morphing position group, but I have to make a distinction somewhere.
Here’s my usual disclaimer before posting these articles:
Over the years, I’ve used SPARQ as a metric for quantifying athleticism and normalizing just how athletic someone is relative to his position.