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Top 25 Defensive Players in the Big East for 2007

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Top 25 Defensive Players in the Big East for 2007

23. Chris Robinson (DE/LB, South Florida) -- As a redshirt freshman, Robinson recorded seven sacks from a defensive end position he was relatively unaccustomed to. Now as a sophomore, he's competing for one of the two vacant starting linebacker spots opposite veteran Ben Moffitt. He'll likely start the season at LB, but don't be surprised if Jim Leavitt utilizes Robinson's versatility and moves him back to DE if he thinks it will help the unit.

18. George Selvie (DE, South Florida) -- Viewed as one of the best defensive NFL prospects in the Big East, Selvie was a Scripps Freshman All-American in 2006 when he recorded 5.5 sacks, 15 tackles for loss and 84 total tackles. His big moment came when he scooped up a fumble and ran it in for a touchdown in USF's 24-19 upset of West Virginia. Because he redshirted his freshman season after an injury in the Bulls' opener against Penn State, Selvie is eligible to declare for the draft after this season, although most expect him to return to Tampa for at least one more year.

12. Mike Jenkins (CB, South Florida) -- One half of arguably the best corner back tandem in college football, Jenkins is actually considered by many to be USF's best pass defender despite having numbers inferior to those of teammate Trae Williams. In his junior season he intercepted just one pass, but broke-up a team-best 15. A freak athlete who toyed with the idea of coming out for the NFL Draft after the Bulls' PapaJohns.com Bowl victory in December, Jenkins is expected to play on Sundays by just about everyone who predicts that sort of thing.

10. Ben Moffitt (LB, South Florida) -- Moffitt, who has led USF in tackles the past two seasons, tallied a team-leading 112 stops last season, and established himself as the leader of one of the best linebacking corps in America. But Stephen Nicholas and Pat St. Louis are gone, meaning the pressure is on Moffitt to perform like never before. Not that it's anything Moffitt can't handle. The Paul Bunyan-esque linebacker married his high school sweetheart before he'd even graduated from high school, and has juggled school, class and taking care of his wife and two children since he arrived on campus.

7. Trae Williams (CB, South Florida) -- The knock on Williams this offseason is that his numbers a season ago were inflated because opponents were trying to avoid teammate Mike Jenkins. Even if that's the case, what he did in '06 was awfully impressive. The First-Team All-Big East performer led the conference with seven interceptions, and broke up nine passes, second-best on his team to Jenkins' 15. Williams certainly isn't going to be picked on in his senior season, so he'll have ample opportunity to prove that last year wasn't a fluke.

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I think we will see atleast 3 of these guys starting in the NFL someday.....

Hopefully not with the Bucs, Pats, Jets, or Bills.....  ;)

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Wow...nice write-up there.

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I think Clebert will be included after this season.

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I think Clebert will be included after this season.

That would definitely be a plus for Clebert.  One question, does Danny V. belong on this list if he wasn't ineligible?

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No not really Verpaele is a good player but not great. One thing that might surprise you is the number of starts he had last year.

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Does anyone else think the Foster kid at Rutgers is overated as the "best BigEast defensive NFL prospect"?

He seems very undersized to play Tackle in the NFL. Foster also got "handled" by a Capogna last year, or at the very least he was certainly kept under control. Other than getting his 15 minutes of fame on ESPN last year I've seen better DTs in the BigEast starting with the kid in Cincy or our own Richard Clerbert.

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I think we will see atleast 3 of these guys starting in the NFL someday.....

Hopefully not with the Bucs, Pats, Jets, or Bills.....  ;)

Why would you hope such a bad thing on any of our players?  :P

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I think we will see atleast 3 of these guys starting in the NFL someday.....

Hopefully not with the Bucs, Pats, Jets, or Bills.....  ;)

hopefully none of them are drafted by the dolphins. that would be a career killer playing for one of the worst teams in football in one of the worst cities for fan support

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If you play college ball, your goal should be to play in the NFL. It should NOT matter where you play. Just playing in the NFL and spreading the USF word up would be great. Look at UM...all those guys in the NFL, do you think it matters to them where they play? This is especially true when they had more first rounders in the last six/seven years than ANY other school.

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