[SamuelMcF]

Not saying Fox has played perfectly, but he is statistically tied as the team leader in tackles-for-loss with 5.5 on the year. He's also credited with a forced fumble. Fox is pretty much a lock to start next year, I would think.

I like the state of the OLB pipeline. Toohill, Fox, Reid, and Robinson next year - even though Joey's gone, that's still a very solid 2-deep with only Toohill exhausting eligibility afterwards. Add in some good youngins/recruits (2/3 RS freshmen depending on whether Tobe Umerah converts to DE, and Stephen Herron+hopefully Aeneas DiCosmo coming in as frosh) and this is probably the position I'm least worried about on D.

[SamuelMcF]

Not saying Fox has played perfectly, but he is statistically tied as the team leader in tackles-for-loss with 5.5 on the year. He's also credited with a forced fumble. Fox is pretty much a lock to start next year, I would think.

I like the state of the OLB pipeline. Toohill, Fox, Reid, and Robinson next year - even though Joey's gone, that's still a very solid 2-deep with only Toohill exhausting eligibility afterwards. Add in some good youngins/recruits (2/3 RS freshmen depending on whether Tobe Umerah converts to DE, and Stephen Herron+hopefully Aeneas DiCosmo coming in as frosh) and this is probably the position I'm least worried about on D.