Mike Traini of "Fight Massachusetts" has a 2023 position review of the Minutemen linebackers.
Last year Jalen Mackie had 98 TT and 14-37 TFL. This year senior transfer Jerry Roberts 6-2 240 should step into Mackie's role. He started all 12 games for Arizona last year. His brother, Jyree Roberts 6-1 225 should keep the Roberts family name in the UMass box score in future years. Gerrell Johnson, Nahji Logan and Jalen Steward are experienced LB's.
When I attended that practice in 2021, UMass had five LB's practicing. This year, we have significantly more speed, numbers and size. I think this is a talented group and should be an effective part of Coach Brown's attacking defense.
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The UMass Twitter feed has video from Day #2 of practice.
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Happy belated birthday to Coach Brown.
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Jay Burnham has a video interview with Jordan Mahoney.
Mahoney's UMass bio. Lost in UMass' 1-11 season was Mahoney's brilliant play last year. He rang up 42 tackles (28 solo, 14 assisted), 3.0 TFL (six yards), three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries (22 yards), three interceptions (105 yards) and six pass breakups..
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Yahoo Sports has story lines from Auburn's Fall camp.
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