Coaches, players, and analysts agree that one of the hardest positions to play in football is at linebacker. Not only are you the heart of the defense, but you have to know your job and the other 10 people’s responsibilities on the defensive side of the ball as well.
Finding a competent linebacker for a college football defense any given year is a challenge, but replacing your starting linebacking corps for the third straight year is an impossible task, yet Syracuse football head coach Dino Babers has found a way to get the job done.
It was easy a few years ago, when Babers came in he inherited two of the premier players in program history (Zaire Franklin and Parris Bennett).