After the statistical wasteland that is the offensive line, you would think turning to the linebackers would be a relief. But really, it’s more of the same.
Linebackers, because they touch nearly every part of the defense, are difficult to rate. You end up simply asking, who has a good defense? And that’s where our inquiry starts, with last year’s defensive stats, broken down by passing a rushing averages.
2018 SEC Defensive Averages
| Mississippi State | 4.13 | 5.5 | 2.87 | 10.5 | 1 | 3/3 |
| LSU | 4. |