Top 5 interior defensive linemen in college football for 2019

#4 Joe Gaziano, Northwestern

This three-year starter actually played base defensive end for the Wildcats primarily last season, but throughout his career, he has been at his best as a 3-tech defensive tackle and will probably be evaluated for that position in the pros. In 35 career games Gaziano has recorded 32 tackles for loss, 21 sacks, ten passes batted down and five forced fumbles.

In 2018 he recorded a monstrous 49 QB pressures and 28 defensive stops. As an oversized 275-pound D-end you seem him just drive some guys down into the pile when the run is going the opposite way. He actually has excellent flexibility and is much quicker than you would think, which creates problems for blockers sitting on that power he works with, but once he catches somebody too high, he doesn’t mind going through their chest either.

Not only has Gaziano been one of the most underrated players in college these last few years, but I also really like the way he rips out the ball when he takes quarterbacks to the ground.

Edited by Raunak J