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UW spring football preview: Who replaces Keishawn Bierria as the ‘alpha dog’ of the UW defense?

The Huskies’ Sept. 1 season opener against Auburn is a mere 159 days away, and another season of great anticipation inches closer with the start of spring practices on Wednesday morning. We continue a daily series of spring position previews here with a look at the linebackers.

Who’s back

Outside
Tevis Bartlett, sr., 6-2, 238
Myles Rice, so., 6-3, 246
Amandre Williams, so., 6-2, 234
Ariel Ngata, rs-fr., 6-2, 213

Inside
Ben Burr-Kirven, sr., 6-0, 221
Matt Preston, sr., 6-2, 235*
Jake Wambaugh, sr.