MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Going into this season, Middle Tennessee had some questions to answer in the middle of its defense.
Gone were team captain D.J. Sanders and fellow graduate Malik Hawkins out of the middle linebacker spot, meaning new leaders had to step up to help anchor the Blue Raider stoppers.
One of those new leaders is just a sophomore, and he didn't play linebacker until coming to MT in 2017. You wouldn't know that by looking at him on the field, though.
With redshirt senior Darius Harris moving from the strong side to the middle this year, an opportunity arose for sophomore DQ Thomas to slot into the starting lineup.