Southern Miss has a void to fill at the linebacker position.
Gone are starters Elijah Parker and C.J. Perry, and the only player on the current roster with any starting experience at linebacker is Sherrod Ruff and he’ll likely be on the shelf with an injury until summer.
Staring down the predicament like an oncoming train, what does the Golden Eagle coaching staff do? Convert a safety who’s never started at the collegiate level and never played a single snap at linebacker in his career, of course. Such is the case for Southern Miss and redshirt junior Walden Davis.