2014 Defensive Players

[Leonardfan]

This is a thread to track some elite white defensive players in college football.

DT Anthony Zettel has shown up big in every PSU game so far this year as the dominant player on the field - http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/anthony_zettel_770223.html

Travis Britz has shown up big tonight doing a great JJ Watt impression - http://www.kstatesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/travis_britz_810988.html

 

[Leonardfan]

Richie Brown had 3 ints yesterday and was the unheralded hero of yesterday's upset of Texxas A&M:
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/10/04/5837087_long-beachs-richie-brown-has-three.html?rh=1

 

[Leonardfan]

Defensive players to keep an eye on. This is by no means a complete list.

DE
Henry Anderson DE Stanford
Anthony Chickillo DE Miami
Brock Hekking DE Nevada
Beau Martin DE Boise St
Brian Mihalik DE Boston College
Ryan Mueller DE Kansas St
Marcus Rush DE Michigan State
Robert Welsh DE Syracuse
Joey Bosa DE Ohio St

DT
Patrick Mertens DT Wyoming
Travis Raciti DT San Jose St
Louis Trinca-Pasat DT Iowa
Anthony Zettel DT PSU
Travis Brtiz DT Kansas St

LB
Mike Hull MLB PSU
Jake Ryan MLB Michigan
Bryce Hager ILB Baylor
Ben Heeny LB Kansas
AJ Tarpley LB Stanford

S
Jordan Lowdermilk S Iowa
Ray Vinopal S Pitt

 

[Riggins44]

Defensive players to keep an eye on. This is by no means a complete list.

DE
Henry Anderson DE Stanford
Anthony Chickillo DE Miami
Brock Hekking DE Nevada
Beau Martin DE Boise St
Brian Mihalik DE Boston College
Ryan Mueller DE Kansas St
Marcus Rush DE Michigan State
Robert Welsh DE Syracuse
Joey Bosa DE Ohio St

DT
Patrick Mertens DT Wyoming
Travis Raciti DT San Jose St
Louis Trinca-Pasat DT Iowa
Anthony Zettel DT PSU
Travis Brtiz DT Kansas St

LB
Mike Hull MLB PSU
Jake Ryan MLB Michigan
Bryce Hager ILB Baylor
Ben Heeny LB Kansas
AJ Tarpley LB Stanford

S
Jordan Lowdermilk S Iowa
Ray Vinopal S Pitt

Joey Bosa had an excellent game against Maryland yesterday. The Washington ComPost actually was full of praise for him today. One columnist said that Bosa didn't seem to notice Maryland's offensive line was on the field. He is 6-5, 278 and was actually a highly rated recruit in high school, as difficult as that is to believe. He seems like he could be another JJ Watt type player in the NFL.

 

[Leonardfan]

At Utah St the Vigil Brothers are wreaking havoc in Kyler Fackrell's absence.

Nick Vigil has 60 total tackles/2 sacks/6.5 TFL/1 int along with playing RB for Utah State.

Zach Vigil has 64 total tackles/2.5 sacks/10 TFL and a pick 6. He looks to be emerging as a draftable prospect.

Have to add Frankie Sutera to the list of Utah St defenders - has 4 ints so far on the season!


The leading tacklers in the country are both white:
Dakota Cox LB Univ of New Mexico has 83 total tackles
Nate Holley S Kent St has 80 total tackles


There are a lot of good white defensive players that are overlooked because they either play in the Big 10, MAC, PAC 12 and Mountain west conference. These conferences are all overlooked as the NFL uses the ACC and SEC as it's main feeder system into the NFL for defenses.

8 of the top 20 tacklers in the country are white.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

I hate to beat a dead horse here but...... Oregon wr Devon Allen is " WHITE ". This kid does not have a speck of black blood in him. I have seen literally tens of thousands of mixed people in this country in my lifetime. He is white. His mother must have slept around because Allen's father is not his biological one as I have been perusing scores of pictures lately. The kid is white.

 

[Leonardfan]

I hate to beat a dead horse here but...... Oregon wr Devon Allen is " WHITE ". This kid does not have a speck of black blood in him. I have seen literally tens of thousands of mixed people in this country in my lifetime. He is white. His mother must have slept around because Allen's father is not his biological one as I have been perusing scores of pictures lately. The kid is white.

Wrong thread lol.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Wrong thread lol.

Yes. I believe I screwed this one up. Along with my pension for finding black sprinters and cornerbacks who I assumed were white. Allen is a white dude. The physical features do not lie.

 

[Leonardfan]

Good article on Zach Hoffpauir who has consistently "flashed" when I have watched Stanford this season.

http://www.sfgate.com/collegesports...ty-Hoffpauir-plays-with-a-chip-on-5825568.php

According to Hoffpauir, “a bunch of schoolsâ€￾ told him he was too small and too slow for big-time college football. His attitude, he said, was “You’ll see. Hope you don’t play us.â€￾ He constantly plays “with a chip on my shoulder.â€￾

Yea a 6'0 193 lb safety is too small and somehow he got by in high school as a 4 sport athlete with no speed.

 

[Leonardfan]

Scooby Wright is the best defensive player in the country. I would recommend to any of the college football fans on this board to check out Arizona to play at least once this year. He had something like 9 tackles and 3 sacks in the first quarter of the game last night vs. UCLA.

Through 8 games his stats are:

tackles - 60 solo/37 assisted
TFL - 18.5
Sacks - 11
FF - 5

He still has 4 games to go. He could be putting together one of the best college football seasons in history for a defensive player.

During the broadcast the announcers gave him the typical high-motor comments, saying he wasn't the biggest or most athletic. He is listed at 6'1 246 as a sophomore. He was only offered a scholarship by Arizona (no surprise there). He should be an early round pick.

 

[white lightning]

Scooby Wright is the best defensive player in the country. I would recommend to any of the college football fans on this board to check out Arizona to play at least once this year. He had something like 9 tackles and 3 sacks in the first quarter of the game last night vs. UCLA.

Through 8 games his stats are:

tackles - 60 solo/37 assisted
TFL - 18.5
Sacks - 11
FF - 5

He still has 4 games to go. He could be putting together one of the best college football seasons in history for a defensive player.

During the broadcast the announcers gave him the typical high-motor comments, saying he wasn't the biggest or most athletic. He is listed at 6'1 246 as a sophomore. He was only offered a scholarship by Arizona (no surprise there). He should be an early round pick.

I've said the same thing all year long. Finally someone agrees with me. Tevis is also a stud for AZ and they have many more
guys on defense that can play. Too bad the offense didn't show up last night and that they are not as fair on the offensive side
of the ball as they are on the defensive side.

 

[Leonardfan]

I've said the same thing all year long. Finally someone agrees with me. Tevis is also a stud for AZ and they have many more
guys on defense that can play. Too bad the offense didn't show up last night and that they are not as fair on the offensive side
of the ball as they are on the defensive side.

White Lightning you may have been the one who originally mentioned the Arizona defense. I tip my cap to you sir. I could care less about the offense but the white players on defense are fun to watch.

 

[Leonardfan]

Two more PAC 12 players to keep an eye on that get no national press are Brian Blechen and Hunter Dimick. They are two of the reasons Utah has one of the best defenses in the country.

Brian Blechen DB Senior

Tackles - 30 solo/8 assisted - 38 total
TFL - 1 - 4 yds lost
PBUs - 4
INTs 1

Hunter Dmick DE Sophomore
Tackles - 21 solo/17 assisted - 38 total
TFL - 10.5 - 55 yds lost
Sacks - 9
FFs - 2

 

[white lightning]

Scooby Wright was awarded the Pac 12 Defensive Player of the Week for the 2nd week in a row. The kid is a beast!

 

[Leonardfan]

Scooby Wright was awarded the Pac 12 Defensive Player of the Week for the 2nd week in a row. The kid is a beast!

Very well deserved White Lightning. Arizona's defense was really fun to watch, I still can't believe how dominant Wright was during that game. I have seen alot of good defensive performances but can't recall any as good as Wright - maybe AJ Hawk at Ohio St back in 2005 had a game like Wright did.

Again thanks for bringing him to everyone's attention here.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Not sure where to post this but freshman rb from Colorado State, Trey Smith, has been moved to cornerback. He is an excellent athlete so I hope he gets a chance to play soon if at all. CSU in the last 2 decades has played many white corners so I hope he gets a chance.

 

[celticdb15]

Not sure where to post this but freshman rb from Colorado State, Trey Smith, has been moved to cornerback. He is an excellent athlete so I hope he gets a chance to play soon if at all. CSU in the last 2 decades has played many white corners so I hope he gets a chance.

Sweet!

 

[Leonardfan]

Ill try to do something like a top 10 breakdown in the nest week or so for the best DLINE, LB and DBs.

 

[Leonardfan]

DT Adam Gostis was a player I had not heard of prior to watching the Ga Tech UGA game. He was a pleasant surprise indeed:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/...-georgia-techs-adam-gotsis-a-name-to-remember

 

[Leonardfan]

Compiled a list of the top performers at DE, DT, LB and DB.

 

[Leonardfan]

2014 Top DEs

Name	Year	School	Total Tackles	Solo	Assisted	Sacks	TFL	INT	FF
Joey Bosa	SO	Ohio St.	50	34	16	13.5	20	0	4
Hunter Dmick	SO	Utah	52	28	24	10	14.5	0	2
B.J. Larsen	SR	Utah St.	34	21	13	9	13.5	1	0
Drew Ott	JR	Iowa	55	25	30	7.5	12	1	1
Henry Anderson	SR	Stanford	62	40	22	7	13.5	0	0
Brian Norstrom	JR	Rice	43	32	11	7.5	18.5	0	1
Ryan Mueller	DE	Kansas St.	33	25	8	5.5	9.5	0	0
Blake Serpa	JR	C. Michigan	41	31	10	4	11.5	1	1
Dylan Wynn	SR	Oregon St.	54	31	23	4.5	12	1	1
Anthony Chickillo	DE	Miami	28	18	20	2	3.5	0	1

 

[Leonardfan]

2014 Top DTs

Name	Year	School	Total Tackles	Solo	Assisted	Sacks	TFL	INT	FF
Anthony Zettel	JR	PSU	36	23	13	8	15	3	1
Louis Trinca-Passat	SR	Iowa	65	29	36	6.5	11.5	0	0
Travis Raciti	SR	SJSU	72	39	33	3	6.5	0	1
Cameron Botticelli	SR	Minnesota	28	17	11	3	9	0	0
Pat O'Connor	JR	E. Michigan	64	27	37	7.5	14	0	2
Adam Gostis	JR	Ga Tech	32	21	11	2	5.5	1	0
Connor Wujiack	SR	Boston College	30	17	13	3	7.5	0	1
Matt Hoch	SR	Missouri	32	14	18	3	9	0	0
Travis Britz	JR	Kansas St.	27	16	11	3	5	0	0
Kyle Rose	JR	West Virginia	33	18	15	0	1	0	0

 

[Leonardfan]

2014 Top LBs

Name	Year	School	Total Tackles	Solo	Assisted	Sacks	TFL	INT	FF
Scooby Wright III	SO	Arizona	153	89	64	14	28	0	6
Mike Hull	SR	Penn St	134	73	61	2	10.5	1	1
Ben Heeney	SR	Kansas	127	88	39	2	12	1	2
Tyler Matakevich	JR	Temple	117	88	29	2	10.5	1	0
Zach Vigil	SR	Utah St	145	74	71	9	19.5	1	1
David Mayo	SR	Texas St	154	72	82	1.5	4.5	0	3
Bryce Hager	SR	Baylor	101	70	31	2	11	1	2
Jake Ryan	SR	Michigan	112	67	45	2	14	1	2
Nick Vigil	SO	Utah St	116	57	5	7	16	1	5
Derek Landisch	SR	Wisconsin	76	44	32	8	15	1	0
Calvin Munson	SO	San Diego St.	78	51	27	4	10.5	4	2
Vince Biegel	SO	Wisconsin	55	37	18	7.5	15.5	0	2
David Helton	SR	Duke	125	47	78	1.5	5	0	0
Johnathan Truman	SR	Kansas St	114	74	40		3.5	0	0
Jake Ganus	JR	UAB	70	47	23	6	16.5	0	0

 

[Leonardfan]

2014 Top DBs

Name	Year	School	Total Tackles	Solo	Assisted	Sacks	TFL	INT	FF
Frankie Sutera	SR	Utah St.	83	47	36	2.5	5.5	7	1
Landon Feichter	SR	Purdue	105	71	34	0	2.5	5	1
Matt Dobson	JR	Ga. Southern	62	38	24	0	3.5	3	1
Nate Holley	SO	Kent St.	137	75	62	0	4	0	2
Jared Tevis	SR	Arizona	119	78	41	4	9	2	2
Weston Steelhammer	SO	Air Force	51	32	19	3	5	6	0
Nate Gerry	SO	Nebraska	85	47	38	0.5	4.5	5	2
Jordan Simone	JR	Arizona St.	90	73	17	1	4.5	2	1
Mike Caputo	JR	Wisconsin	99	58	41	0	5	1	2
John Lowdermilk	SR	Iowa	95	51	44	0	3	3	2
Ray Vinopal	SR	Pitt	61	37	24	0	2	2	2
Brian Blechen	SR	Utah	57	43	14	0	1	1	1
Kenny Buyers	JR	North Texas	55	37	18	0	3	2	0
Mark Murphy	SR	Indiana	49	30	19	0	2.5	2	0
Jordan Italiano	JR	Kent St.	96	48	48	0	3.5	3	3

 

[Hawkeye2]

Nice article on the athleticism of Anthony Zettel.
http://articles.philly.com/2014-09-19/sports/54073692_1_james-franklin-linemen-conditioning