The UMass website has a post on Bryton Barr being named to the Butkus Award Watch list.
Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts' also has entry on Barr being named to the watch list.
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Outside of Joe Previte, the Minutemen returns only one career start for the rest of the available defensive linemen. Will UMass stick with the 4-3 or move to the 3-4? There are also not a lot of career starts available in the linebackers except for Bryton Barr and Jarell Addo.
Returning are:
Bryton Barr SRGR 12-12 GP-GS 45 AT 50 UT 105 TT 9-42 TFL 5 SACKS 1 INT 1 FF.
Jarell Addo RSSR 12-11 GP-GS 32 UT 35 AT 67 TT 1-8 SACKS 8-24 TFL 6 BKUP 1 FF
Cole McCubrey SO 11-0 GP-GS 10 AT 4 UT 14 TT 2 FF
Chinedu Ogbonna SO 12-1 GP-GS 5 AT 5 UT 10 TT 0.5-0 TFL 0.5 SACKS
Mike Ruane SO 10-0 GP-GS 1 AT
James Bowe JR 10-0 GP-GS 1 BKUP
Darian Green FR.
Michael Nesmith FR.
Da'Shon Ross FR
Adam Tucker RSSO DNP in 2017
If the Minutemen start Addo, Barr and Ogbonna the UMass LB's will be 6-1 200, 6-0 225 and 6-2 215 respectively.
Boston College's reported starters will be Connor Strachan 6-0 240, John Lamont 6-0 240 and Davon James 5-11 230.
The Minutemen do not have a lot of size in the linebacker corps. They also could move Leon Flanagan 6-2 220 to LB.
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Penn Live has a short piece on Andrew Ford being named to the Davey O'Brien Watch list.
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Boston College has been picked fourth in the ACC East Division for 2018.The last few years the Eagles have been picked at the bottom of the ACC East.
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