Welcome to day *mumbles unintelligably* of our spring position previews. Today, we’re talking about the edge rushers, outside linebackers, defensive ends, whatever you want to call them.
2022 Redux
We’ve got quite a bit below so won’t go too long here, but the edge rushers were definitely a strongsuit on a defense that had some prettyyyyy, prettyyyyyy big weaknesses. They mostly continued on from progress made in 2020 and 2021, with Bralen Trice having a particular breakout year with 10 sacks and being named to a few All-American lists and many All-Pac-12 first teams. ZTF, meanwhile, continued working back to his absurd 2020 year after missing much of last season while rehabbing his achilles injury, and Jeremiah Martin continued to provide a less flashy but steady and impactful presence.