4
LB 1
JR
JRSonnyStyles
6’5”243 lb21 yo
Safety-turned-linebacker built as a defensive cheat code.
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Drafted Round 1 Pick 7
Drafted Round 2 Pick 21
34
LB 2
JR
JRCJAllen
6’1”235 lb21 yo
Heat-seeking Georgia thumper with violent closing speed.
Drafted Round 2 Pick 28
48
LB 3
JR
JRAnthonyHill
6’3”238 lb21 yo
Blitz-timing savant with stats to prove it.
Drafted Round 2 Pick 11
49
LB 4
JR (r)
JR (r)JacobRodriguez
6’1”235 lb23 yo
A tackling machine with coverage ability.
Drafted Round 2 Pick 19
55
LB 5
JR
JRJakeGolday
6’4”240 lb23 yo
Tight-end-bodied cover backer learning on the fly.
Drafted Round 2 Pick 14
68
LB 6
JosiahTrotter
6’2”237 lb20 yo
Legacy mike with instincts baked in from birth.
104
LB 7
JR
JRDeontaeLawson
6’2”228 lb23 yo
Alpha signal-caller with pop, range and command.
Drafted Round 6 Pick 34
113
LB 8
JR
JRHaroldPerkins
6’1”222 lb21 yo
Positionless havoc engine, not just a weakside ‘backer.
Drafted Round 4 Pick 26
138
LB 9
JR
JRKalebElarms-Orr
6’2”230 lb22 yo
Drafted Round 4 Pick 35
139
LB 10
JR
JRBryceBoettcher
6’2”232 lb24 yo
140
LB 11
JR
JRTaureanYork
5’10”227 lb21 yo
Short, stout box butcher with elite run keys.
Drafted Round 7 Pick 27
158
LB 12
JR
JRAidenFisher
6’1”231 lb23 yo
Drafted Round 5 Pick 26
159
LB 13
JR
JRKeyshaunElliott
6’2”235 lb24 yo
98 tackles and 7 sacks in 2025
Drafted Round 4 Pick 18
196
LB 14
JR
JRJimmyRolder
6’2”240 lb23 yo
197
LB 15
JR
JRLanderBarton
6’5”240 lb21 yo
Long, rangy hunter who lives sideline-to-sideline.
Drafted Round 5 Pick 9
223
LB 16JR
JRJustinJefferson
6’1”227 lb
224
LB 17
JR (r)
JR (r)EricGentry
6’6”225 lb
Drafted Round 7 Pick 41
225
LB 18
RedMurdock
6’1”240 lb
142 tackles, 5 sacks, 6 forced fumbles; second-team All-America
Drafted Round 6 Pick 12
255
LB 19
JR
JRJackKelly
6’2”242 lb
Accomplished blitzer, BMX dirt track champion