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Every football team is only as good as the next man up and that was evident with linebacker position for the Gopher football team in 2019.
Mariano Sori-Marin has been a swiss army knife with experience at multiple linebacker roles for the Gophers. He stepped into a starter role last season when NFL 5th round draft pick Kamal Martin went down with injury, was counted on when the Gophers went to a more traditional 4-3 look and is the likely candidate to replace Thomas Barber's 49 careers games with 38 starts at Mike linebacker.
Sori-Marin, a true junior, has played in 25 games the last two seasons. He was a Quad team member on special teams as a freshman and played in all 13 games with seven starts last season. He recorded 42 tackles (18 solo) and tallied a career high eight tackles against Maryland. He is also an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Redshirt sophomore Braelen Oliver saw an expanded role in 2019 and proved to be a dangerous blitzing linebacker. After seeing action in two games in 2018, Oliver played in all 13 games a season ago and recorded 22 tackles (14 solo), 3.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.
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Go Gophers!!
Every football team is only as good as the next man up and that was evident with linebacker position for the Gopher football team in 2019.
Mariano Sori-Marin has been a swiss army knife with experience at multiple linebacker roles for the Gophers. He stepped into a starter role last season when NFL 5th round draft pick Kamal Martin went down with injury, was counted on when the Gophers went to a more traditional 4-3 look and is the likely candidate to replace Thomas Barber's 49 careers games with 38 starts at Mike linebacker.
Sori-Marin, a true junior, has played in 25 games the last two seasons. He was a Quad team member on special teams as a freshman and played in all 13 games with seven starts last season. He recorded 42 tackles (18 solo) and tallied a career high eight tackles against Maryland. He is also an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Redshirt sophomore Braelen Oliver saw an expanded role in 2019 and proved to be a dangerous blitzing linebacker. After seeing action in two games in 2018, Oliver played in all 13 games a season ago and recorded 22 tackles (14 solo), 3.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.
2020 Vision: Linebackers - University of Minnesota Athletics
Every football team is only as good as the next man up and that was evident with linebacker position for the Gopher football team in 2019.
Go Gophers!!