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Fox Sports ranks the best Defensive Lines in college football

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July 5, 2016 at 8:00pm
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Bruce Feldman and Fox Sports are doing their Top 10 positional rankings heading into media days, and the first unit they rolled out today was the DL. Only two B1G teams made the list in UM (#1) and OSU (#10). Five SEC teams (Bama, LSU, Mizzou, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M) along with FSU, Clemson, Utah, and Houston (shoutout to Tom Herman) round out the rest of the top 10.

The thing that stands out most to me is that there is definitely some freaky DL talent down south. Also a little surprised MSU and Florida were left off.

On OSU:

10. (Tie) Ohio State: The Buckeyes' defense was hit hard by departures to the NFL. Most notably: OSU lost star DE Joey Bosa and a good DT in Adolphus Washington. Still, Urban Meyer has plenty of horses to spark his D. Sam Hubbard, a 6-5 former high school lacrosse standout that Meyer raved about when he signed him four years ago, has continued to turn heads with his athleticism. The one-time safety is now a 265-pound redshirt sophomore coming off a strong freshman season (8.5 TFLs, 6 sacks). The other DE Tyquan Lewis is a high-motor guy who led the team in sacks in 2015 with eight and also had 14 TFLs. Junior Jalyn Holmes and Bosa's kid brother Nick, himself a five-star recruit, also will push for time at end. Inside, Michael Hill and Tracy Sprinkle figure to start with Jashon Cornell also in the mix.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/michigan-boasts-the-best-defensive-front-in-the-land-070516

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