Spring Football: A look at the linebacker position

A breakdown of Oklahoma’s MIKE and WILL linebacker positions as spring football nears.

Spring football begins in less than a week for the Oklahoma Sooners. With the return of football on the way, Sooners Wire takes a look at each position group ahead of camp.

The linebacker corps is up next. The unit will look similar in 2021 with DaShaun White and David Ugwoegbu as the MIKE (middle) linebackers and Brian Asamoah, Bryan Mead, Shane Whitter, and Jamal Morris as the WILL (weak side) linebackers.

Alex Grinch’s pass rushers did a phenomenal job in 2020 and the front four consistently wreaked havoc on quarterbacks, making life easier and freeing up the linebackers. Two of the premiere linebackers returning in Grinch’s system are White and Asamoah. If the defense continues with its peak form in 2021, the Sooners are poised for a national championship.

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First up the middle linebacker