The 2020 season certainly wasn’t short on headlines for the Gators’ defense. Blown coverages. Poor communication. Failure to line up correctly. Missed tackles. Long runs. Costly penalties. Dan Mullen chewing out Todd Grantham on the sideline. That darn shoe.
Somewhat lost in the shuffle, however, was the possible emergence of a new star linebacker.
Mohamoud Diabate played in all 13 games and made 4.5 sacks at BUCK as a freshman in 2019. Rather than building off of his success at that position, the coaches opted to move him to a more traditional linebacker spot for 2020, the “money” linebacker spot as they refer to it.