Gone is Blake Martinez. Gone is Kevin Anderson. Stanford loses two veteran linebackers heading into 2016, and particularly, Blake Martinez was a team star throughout his Stanford career. Martinez was on the All-Pac 12 first team and the USA Today All-America second team; he'll be a very hard player to replace. How will Stanford replace their star linebacker from 2015?
Stanford returns eight of ten linebackers who recorded over 9.5 tackles last year. Stanford loses no one besides Martinez and Anderson. That's a good start. At outside linebacker, Peter Kalambayi, Joey Alfieri, and Mike Tyler all return and will most likely rotate for two positions.