In the last decade or so, one position has transformed the college game more than any other. It isn’t a skill position as many would have expected, but interior defensive linemen are perhaps the best asset to have on one’s team in hopes of making a College Football Playoff run.
It’s all about winning the line of scrimmage and these young, strong, and physically gifted defensive tackles are both dominating the college game and making major impacts at the next level. In the 2016 recruiting class, four of the top 10 players coming out of high school according to Scout.