JHoo’s Summer Reading ’08: Defensive Line

Having just finished the offensive line column, it is nice to turn to the opposite side of the ball and get to discuss a defensive line unit that is all about experience and returning starters and certainty and … oh wait, never mind. Funny how quickly things can change, as well as how one change can have a ripple effect. That is the case for UVa’s 2008 defensive line, a line that was expected to be a predictable strength going into 2008 but is now a major question mark.

The Starters

Nate Collins

When it comes the Virginia’s 2008 defensive line, the strength of the line stands in sharp contrast to that of the offensive line. While the offensive line is strong outside and untested inside, after all, the defensive line is untested but anchored on the inside by a solid – perhaps better than solid – defensive tackle in Nate Collins .

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