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Diaz with high hopes for UM’s talented defensive line, which lost Willis on Thursday

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Second in a three-part series on UM’s defense from the perspective of coordinator Manny Diaz.

One of the hallmarks of the great UM teams of an earlier era was a dominant defensive line.

UM does not seem to have a Warren Sapp or Russell Maryland type talent on this defensive line, but the Hurricanes have a bunch of good players.

UM is loaded at defensive end. But there are now depth concerns at defensive tackle amid Thursday’s news thst Gerald Willis will be taking a leaving of absence from the football program and won’t play in 2017.