The Blue Board

lb at bama, imo, not just jack.

and this goes back a ways. lee roy jordan, woodrow lowe, barry kraus, cornelius bennett, derrick thomas are all still well recognized studs from the 60's to late 80's. hell even in the 90's you have dwayne rudd and keith mccants went top 5 in the draft and was an AA before sucking in the nfl at de and then ruining his life with drugs.

then you have the new crop, starting with demeco ryans, then mcclain, and now hightower, and upshaw.

and the roster is stacked with talent at lb, so i expect some more in the next few years.

for oline, wisky needs to be mentioned. they've had a 1st rounder each of last 2 drafts, and had 5 total oline drafted last 2 years, 4 in early rds (top3).

USC, Bama, and Miami have put out a better crop of LB'ers the past 10 years than Penn St.

Maybe so, but PSU has produced many great linebackers and continues to do so and it is definitely a premier position. If a LB has talent and goes to PSU you can almost guarantee he will get drafted.

I'd say Bowman, Hali, Wake, Lee, Connor and Posluzsny is a pretty good group of LB's the past few years.

i don't think this is mutually exclusive, though.

it can mean a lot for both schools. and psu certainly has a strong historical reputation for lb's.

I'd remove the USC Reggie Bush role - I can't really think of anyone at USC that mimicked his style or success. I'd add USC WR to that list instead - so many 1st round picks under Carroll - Smith, Williams, Jarrett and the greats like Keyshawn, Swann, Conway.

I'd also pine for CB at Michigan due to the legacy of Woodson. Also had some other greats fill that position until recently - Law, Jackson, Hall.

nobody has duplicated his success, and that is why I put that under a recruiting perspective. They still tell players they could be the next Reggie Bush (on the field only of course). It used to be ridiculous how many prospects that they would tell that too. Not as much anymore, but still there.

True. Give PSU some credit though here. You send the the level of talented players FSU, USC, Bama, and Miami have gotten and people would be talking more about Penn St's linebackers than they already do.

They develop good LBs.

I am not attempting to disparage the proud heritage of Penn St linebackers. Just looking at things in a more condensed setting.

you forgot Jimmy Graham from Miami.... so Miami is def still TE U

Auburn = Long Snapper U. Beleee dat

USC: Clay Mathews, Brian Cushing, Rey Mauluga, Kaluka Maiava, Keith Rivers, Recently retired Willie McGinest, and the late Junior Seau. Just drafted in the 1st round Nick Perry.

Miami: Ray Lewis, DJ Williams, Jonathan Vilma, Colin McCarthey. Just drafted in the 3rd round Sean Spence

Bama is more up and coming, and I never really mentioned FSU though of course they have had some great one's.

None of those guys are those elite impact LInebackers though. No Manti Teo's or Vontaze Burfit types. Most are regional kids, it is not like Penn St is a destination for a star backer out of CA, Tx, or Florida. Even the regional star this year, Jaylon Smith is not considering Penn St.