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Max Bullough (born February 11, 1992) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the linebackers coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He played college football at Michigan State. He signed with the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
The middle or inside linebacker (MLB or ILB), sometimes called the "Mike" or "Mac", [15] is often referred to as the "quarterback of the defense". [16] Often it is the middle linebacker who receives the defensive play calls from the sideline and relays that play to the rest of the team, and in the NFL he is usually the defensive player with the electronic sideline communicator.
Luke August Kuechly (/ ˈ k iː k l i / KEEK-lee; [1] born April 20, 1991) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire eight-year career as a linebacker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL).
Lambert is best remembered as the Pro Football Hall of Fame middle linebacker from Steelers teams that won four 1970s Super Bowls. His road to a Portage County university, Kent State, began at a ...
Dick Jauron, who was then the Bears head coach, recognized Urlacher's versatility as a middle and outside linebacker, and appointed him as the team's starting strongside linebacker. [2] [22] However, Urlacher struggled to perform consistently in his first professional game, and lost his starting position to Rosevelt Colvin. [23]
In the lead up to the 2009 NFL draft, Maualuga was ranked as one of the top middle linebackers entering the draft, alongside Ohio State's James Laurinaitis. [14] USC linebackers Maualuga, Cushing, and Matthews were all featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated ' s 2009 NFL Draft Preview magazine, as all three were regarded as potential first ...
FIU middle linebacker Donovan Manuel has emerged as one of the top defensive players in Conference USA and is hoping to earn an opportunity to play in the NFL.
Siemon graduated from Stanford University in 1972, where he starred as a middle linebacker on the Indians' famed "Thunder Chickens" defense, playing on two Rose Bowl-winning teams. He earned the Silver anniversary Dick Butkus award his senior year ( 1971 ) as the nation's top linebacker, and the Pop Warner Award as the top senior player on the ...