If you harken back to the early days of TCU Football, the B.P. times - as in, before Patterson - it’s hard to find too many names on the defensive side of the ball that withstood the passing of time. Sure, there were some bright spots, high draft picks, and long NFL careers, but how many former Frogs can you name on the defensive side of the ball that played before 2000 - not named Bob Lilly or Larry Brown?
But, since, the dawn of the Patterson era, defense has clearly become the calling card in Fort Worth, with 21 of the 45 drafted players since 2001 coming from that side of the ball.