Here is a nice submittal by our longtime reader and commenter WBB on the prospective 2018 season Linebackers we’ll see out on the field.  

Pitt’s 2018 Linebackers

Here are Linebackers‘ 2017 the two-deep listings  for the starting game against YSU (left) and against Miami in the last game (right) :

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017 LB Stats:

Name	Games Played	Solo Tackles	Assists	Total
Idowu	12	58	36	94
Brightwell	12	40	33	73
Zeise	12	33	16	49
Pine	9	7	4	11
Reynolds	11	5	6	11
Popp	12	4	5	9
Williams	9	6	0	6
McKee	2	1	1	2

I suspect that Brian Popp’s numbers above reflect his work on special teams.  Popp is no longer listed on the roster shown in the university’s website.

NOTE: At Pitt the weak side inside linebacker is typically called the “Money,” while the strong side or middle inside linebacker is called the “Mike”. “Star” is a common designation for strong outside linebacker.

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