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Miami Herald
11-06-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Georgia Tech Defense Preview 2025: The Yellow Jackets Upgraded Through the Transfer Portal
The pass rush was non-existent, and there weren't enough takeaways, but the Yellow Jacket defense was good at getting into the backfield, great at third down stops, and wonderful against the allowed 31 points or more in six of the last 11 games, and it needs to come up with more big plays, but there's a talented base to go along with a slew of strong transfers. X CFN, Fiu | CFN Facebook | Bluesky Fiu, CFN2025 Georgia Tech PreviewGeorgia Tech Offense BreakdownSeason Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season - The defensive front is undergoing the biggest overhaul. It hurts to lose pass rusher Romello Height to Texas Tech, but it got two promising prospects for the outside with AJ Hoffler (Clemson), Ronald Triplette (UTSA), and Brayden Manley (Mercer).The interior got a good tackle in Matthew Alexander (UCF) to work next to All-ACC performer Jordan van den Berg, a former Penn State transfer who made 23 tackles with five tackles for loss. - There wasn't much of a pass rush from the front. Linebacker Kyle Efford led the way with just three sacks, and he also led the team in tackles with 64. EJ Lightsey was banged up, but still made 22 tackles from the outside. They're both about 230 pounds, and both can hit. - The Yellow Jackets only came up with five interceptions, no one had more than one, and the defensive backs took two of them. However, this group can tackle, starting with corner Ahmari Harvey, who finished second on the team with 63 stops. Harvey picked off four passes over the last two years, veteran safeties Clayton Powell-Lee and Omar Daniels combined for 102 tackles, and coming in is Jyron Gilmore (Georgia State) to help at safety, and Kelvin Hill (UAB) is a nice young option at corner, breaking up five passes with 43 tackles last year for the Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season 2025 Georgia Tech PreviewGeorgia Tech Offense Breakdown © 2025 The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
Miami Herald
03-06-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Texas Tech Defense Preview 2025: Transfer Portal Rescues the Red Raiders
The defense killed the 2024 season. There was little pass rush, the D allowed 460 yards and 35 points per game, and only Tulsa allowed more passing Red Raiders allowed 35 points or more eight times, and the 453 total points were the most given up since 2016. But this is the transfer portal era, and WOW, did Texas Tech - potentially - fix the glitch. X CFN, Fiu | CFN Facebook | Bluesky Fiu, CFN2025 Texas Tech PreviewTexas Tech Offense Breakdown Season Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season- You want more from your defensive line, Texas Tech fans? Here you go. Now, there's a whole lot more projection than proof on the edge, but David Bailey (Stanford) was one of the biggest gets in the portal, and Romello Height (UTEP) has a world of transfer combination of Lee Hunter (UCF), Skyler Gill (Northern Illinois), and AJ Holmes (Houston) is fantastic. Hunter is an All-Big 12 anchor, and Gill is a fantastic interior pass rusher. - The linebackers did what they could. All team stats aside, the combination of Jacob Rodriguez on the outside and Ben Roberts in the middle did everything they could, combining for 210 tackles. They were 1-2 in stops, respectively, and both should be in the All-Big 12 mix. John Curry is a terrific backup option who made 35 tackles. - The defensive front six/seven is relatively settled. And then there's the secondary. The safeties have a few key parts back in AJ McCarty and Chapman Lewis after combining for five picks, but they're still in a fight for their gigs. Mississippi State's Brice Pollack should step in at one corner job, and North Dakota State's Cole Wisniewski should shine at one safety after missing almost all of last year hurt. Season Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season 2025 Texas Tech PreviewTexas Tech Offense Breakdown © 2025 The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
