No. 17 – Jame Laurinaitis, linebacker (2005-2008)
What Connelly Says about Doss
“Laurinaitis recorded between 115-130 tackles, between 7-8.5 TFLs, between 3-4 sacks and between 2-5 INTs each year from 2006-08, earning consensus All-America honors each year and winning the Nagurski Trophy one year, the Butkus the next and the Ronnie Lott Trophy the next.”
What We Say
Laurinaitis surprised everyone by getting on the field as a freshman and never looked back. Not too many guys can say they were consensus All-Americans every year they played. He seemed to always be in the right place with a nose for the ball and toughness that you think of from a throw-back middle linebacker.