BleedGopher
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per ESPN:
Sleepers: Minnesota and Rutgers
Neither team ranked within the top 70 in stopping the run last year, so there's a lot of room to improve this season. The Scarlet Knights still don't have the size of the other B1G squads, but they do have defensive tackle Darius Hamilton who's played in 37 career games and defensive end Kemoko Turay who, as a backup last season, had 7.5 sacks and three blocked kicks. It's scary to think what he might accomplish as an every-down player. At Minnesota, Theiren Cockran and Steven Richardson -- who combined for 13 tackles-for-loss and six sacks -- both return, as do the injured Ekpe Bros. The Gophers had to deal with quite a few injures on the line last season, so more players are battle-tested and prepared this season. They could surprise.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/120765/big-ten-position-outlook-defensive-line
Go Gophers!!
Sleepers: Minnesota and Rutgers
Neither team ranked within the top 70 in stopping the run last year, so there's a lot of room to improve this season. The Scarlet Knights still don't have the size of the other B1G squads, but they do have defensive tackle Darius Hamilton who's played in 37 career games and defensive end Kemoko Turay who, as a backup last season, had 7.5 sacks and three blocked kicks. It's scary to think what he might accomplish as an every-down player. At Minnesota, Theiren Cockran and Steven Richardson -- who combined for 13 tackles-for-loss and six sacks -- both return, as do the injured Ekpe Bros. The Gophers had to deal with quite a few injures on the line last season, so more players are battle-tested and prepared this season. They could surprise.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/120765/big-ten-position-outlook-defensive-line
Go Gophers!!