The freshman linebacker Brian Toal could make a splash with Boston College.

Lee was one of two freshman linebackers for the Hokies during their record-breaking defensive season.

"We're on top of the world," shouted Tyrell Sales, a freshman linebacker.

Those nine starts were the most by a freshman linebacker in school history.

He became the first freshman linebacker to start for the Hurricanes since Ray Lewis in 1993.

He was named the top freshman linebacker in the nation by The Sporting News in 1986.

Devaughn Darling, a freshman linebacker, died during an early-morning workout last February.

He walked on as a freshman linebacker at the University of Iowa and was not awarded a scholarship until his junior year.

Two freshman linebackers have excelled for Amherst.

Nearly three years ago, he was a freshman linebacker at Michigan State.