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Defensive line gap techniques: Where Christian Wilkins will play

The Miami Dolphins selected defensive tackle Christian Willkins last night with the 13th overall pick. Wilkins, coming from Clemons, brings to the Dolphins a versatile player who is capable of playing in multiple roles along the defensive front. Some breakdowns of Wilkins will say something like he can play “any of the three positions on the defensive line,” while others will throw out numbers.

For example, Wilkins has played five-technique at Clemson, as well as 4i, 3, 2i, 1, and even 0 techniques. So...wait...what?

Now we are adding “i” to the numbers? And no, that i is not the imaginary number equal to the square root of negative one - in case you have a mathematical mind/background.