Friday--April 6th, 2012

Fall 2011 defensive linemen

Continuing our series on the UMass defense. Last year there were no seniors on the defensive line's two-deep.

Not appearing on the  2012 Spring roster was:

• Theo Agnew RSJR 11-3 GP-GS 19 UT 17 AT 36 TT 3.0-8 TFL 1 Fumble Rcv. Agnew was the leading tackler of the defensive linemen.

 Listed on the Spring roster are:

• Kevin Byrne RSJR8-8 GP-GS 13 UT 13 AT 26 TT 1.0-2 TFL 1.0-4 SACK
• Galen Clemons RSJR 11-0 GP-GS 10 UT 13 AT 23 TT 1.5-2 TFL
• Tyler Major RSJR
• Daniel Maynes RSSR
• Brandon Potvin RSJR 11-7 GP-GS 18 UT 18 AT 36 TT 4.5-20 TFL 1.0-11 SACK 1 BKUP
• Trey Seals RSFR
• Charles Thompson RSSR 11-11 GP-GS 16 UT 19 AT 35 TT 4.0-17 3.0-12 SACK 2 BKUP

There are two defensive linemen on the 2012 recruiting list.

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UMass football will host an inaugural coaches clinic on April 14th.

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Broncoblitz.com ranks the MAC OOC schedules. They say UMass has an "impressive" schedule for a first year FBS team.

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A Bleacher Report guy give the first loss of every college team in 2012. Indiana's first loss? At UMass. the Hoosiers have been having their troubles, but beating a Big 10 team in our first year would be a stretch.

Another Bleacher writer has Michigan-UMass as one of the biggest mismatches of 2012.

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