4. LB Azeez Ojulari
Redshirt sophomore Azeez Ojulari shined last year as a redshirt freshman. In 2019, Ojulari won two awards at the team’s post-season awards gala, the Defensive Most Improved (co-winner) and the Leon Farmer Strength & Conditioning Award.
He played in every game, starting in 13 and finished with 36 total stops, including a team-best 5.5 sacks and a team-high 34 QB pressures. He had 10 QB pressures in the Tennessee game. Ojulari was named one of three team captains for that Tennessee game, becoming the first freshman in the Smart era to earn that honor.