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William & Mary’s defense has a lot to prove and a lot to replace

Not an ideal combo.

Offense is not going to be the problem for William & Mary this season—there’s too much returning experience from a unit that averaged 6.1 yards per play in 2015 for the Tribe to struggle scoring points.

Defense is another story entirely. The Tribe lost a lot of major contributors, including multiple first-team All-CAA players, on the defensive side. They are likely to be perilously young in a few different spots. And this was not a group that was particularly good in 2015; they allowed 5.3 yards per play on the season, which is decent but hardly ideal.