... Fact of the matter is that the University of Minnesota is light years away from churning out star linebackers like Penn State has for the better part of a century. 

I certainly don't see Jack Ham, Shane Conlan, and Lavar Arrington on the current Gophers linebacking depth chart, but for the first time in a very long time, there's reason to be optimistic about the second tier of the Gophers defense.

The Gophers haven't had a linebacker drafted into the NFL since Craig Sauer was drafted in the sixth round by the Atlanta Falcons in 1996.  That's unilkely to change this year. 

Gopher senior linebackers Lee Campbell, Nate Triplett, and Simoni Lawrence formed the best Gopher linebacking corps in a long...

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