Kentucky is quickly becoming one of college football’s best producers of linebacker talent and most recently the staff has had two hybrid outside linebacker/defensive end prospects selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. Both Josh Allen and Bud Dupree have proven to be, at bare minimum, quality starters in the NFL while Za’Darius Smith is fresh off a big contract and a career year with the Green Bay Packers.
This position has been renamed to Edge in the draft community and it is most certainly a position that the NFL values at a very high level.