Projected UW Starting Defense For Next Season

[ChillyDawg]

https://twitter.com/HuskyMaven/status/1476962021652324354
Outside Linebackers[/b]

Starters: Zion Tupuola-Fetui & Sav'ell Smalls

Defensive Tackles[/b]

Starters: Tuli Letuligasenoa & Kuao Peihopa

Inside Linebackers[/b]

Starters: Edefuan Ulofoshio & Carson Bruener

Cornerbacks[/b]

Starters: Jacobe Covington & Jordan Perryman

Safeties[/b]

Starters: Cam Williams & Alex Cook

The Huskies had seven different players start at the two safety spots last season as injuries and poor play kept the carousel spinning. Williams worked hard to reclaim the first-team job he held as a true freshman and he made the hit of the year in overtime on the goal line against Cal, only to go down with nagging injuries. Cook similarly is a veteran guy who has shown himself to be a physical and fairly dependable player, but his season was interrupted when he left the field on a stretcher at Arizona and went into concussion protocol for a few weeks. If those two can't stay healthy, Asa Turner and Julius Irvin have started and played a lot and won't be starstruck.

Hybrid Safety (Husky)[/b]

Starter: Dominique Hampton

 

[puppylove_sugarsteel]

For starters, Voi Tufuuni is starting

 

[GrundleStiltzkin]

I said that almost exactly a year ago. Try to keep up pup

 

[PurpleBaze]

For starters, Voi Tufuuni is starting

Well, for starters, you'd expect a starter to be starting.

 

[HFNY]

Good list though it will be a 4-2-5.

So ZTF and either Smalls / Trice / Martin will be DEs.

Maybe someone like Martin (270 lbs) slides inside on obvious passing downs and Tuli L. keeps his snap count a little lower.

 

[GreenRiverGatorz]

I said that almost exactly a year ago. Try to keep up pup

Confirmed. I was there.

 

[Canadawg]

Feels weird not having DBs that are guaranteed to be at least quite good