Tony Rojas

And Penn State has struggled at linebacker.

So just getting some added help, some reinforcement with Tony Rojas and that other defensive change that I was talking about, right? So just getting...

playmakers back.

Guys that still need to develop, right? Arrington II and Smith, both are still in the early end of their careers and need to continue to develop.

Now we get to defense and the defense had a notable change.

Moving Marcus Neal from safety to linebacker.

Are we going to see him play alongside Tony Rojas in this game against Purdue? What does the defense look like? We'll talk about it next here on Locked On Nittany Lions.

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don't really Tony Rojas I'd feel better about in the third more of a day three guy Devin Jackson like late third early fourth guy and I've only again seen a couple of plays I haven't watched full games but Sammy O from UCLA is the one that right now I've been seeing a ton of buzz around

yeah Yeah, honestly, he might be linebacker three.

He's kind of

Next one.

After draft games, the current linebacker order in this class is Chris Cole, linebacker one, Kingston Viliamu Asa, linebacker two, and Penn State's Tony Rojas

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linebacker three.

I'm saying this is the order that they'll get drafted.

Um, and so, yeah, I will, I will draft my own, uh, my own take Obama giving himself a medal.

Um, I think for me, KU is, is the one guy that, uh, is in competition with Tony Rojas right now, but like there is a gulf between linebacker four and, uh, in linebacker five.

Like I just, I don't really see anyone that I'm comfortable taking on day three based on what they've shown.

bringing in 330 pound defensive tackles was to, hey, you take this double team, you take this double team and I'm going to stand behind you and, you know, soak up the tackles and things like that.

And, you know, even Tony Rojas, who has wonderful numbers right now, has found himself out of position because of that.

And I'm just wondering, like.

why this has been the case, because Danton Lynn was the architect of bringing those guys in.

He's got, I think 120 something career tackles.

to his credit in three years they like him as a tackler that's part of the reason why they're moving him to linebacker full-time you know matt was asked yesterday can they reasonably sustain only playing three linebackers in tony rojas cooper evil and kale brazina and matt said no so cam smith i think is going to be back this week yes

not on that not on the injury report

He's going to be worked into the fold a lot more, I think, and now Marcus Neal.

So that gives them five linebackers.

And again, regardless of how good they are, if that means that you can get a more healthy and rested Tony Rojas later in the game, if that means that you can get... a more healthy and rested Cooper Ebel, who, you know, was on the Nagurski watch list to start the year, like later in the game.

I think all of these little things, they're trying to kind of piecemeal it together how they can.

I mean, Danton Lynn, again, was asked about the personnel that Penn State has when it comes to rushing the passer, when it comes to all these types of things.

I think that it was interesting how practice developed last week.

And Matt Campbell said, you know, that Tony Rojas was someone who kind of spearheaded those efforts in terms of, hey, like, we've got guys on this team who are dedicated and committed to getting this thing fixed.

And apparently they're going to get fixed so quickly enough that John's convinced they're going to win out.

I'm still skeptical of that.

It's not deep enough.

It's not talented enough.

Tony Rojas has been awesome this year.

We've talked about that a good bit.

Yeah, I think there is one guy on Penn State's defense that you have to key in on.

He is linebacker Tony Rojas.

Is there any

relation to Danny Rojas?

Maybe football with two O's is life for him, though.

There you go, yeah.

But, yeah, so for Tony Rojas, he is essentially leading in pretty much every category for Penn State.

He leads the team in tackles by a wide margin.

Supposedly they moved Marcus Neal to linebacker, which is a good move because he can't cover anybody and save his life.

I'm hoping that means Cooper Evel is benched and Tony Rojas and Marcus Neal are just two starting linebackers.

But think about it.

Who from Iowa State has played up to the level of Big Ten play, big-time football, besides Chase Sowell? Jeremiah Cooper is playing pretty well.