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#1 Troy Dye, Oregon
While there's plenty of talks around the Oregon offensive line and their NFL prospect at quarterback, they have at least one real star on defense as well. Dye has put up 90+ tackles in three straight years now, including 109 in 2018, and was one of only two players in the FBS to lead his team in that category over that stretch.
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He has also reached double-digit sacks through those three years and made an interception every year while adding ten more plays on the ball. Despite lacking some mass at 225 pounds, Dye doesn’t mind throwing his body around in the run game and is excellent as disengaging from contact by using his hands.
In zone coverage he quickly pulls the trigger once he sees the ball come out and is a very secure open-field tackler, while having the speed to run down the middle of the field with tight-ends or backs and knock down passes.
Even though he is a smaller body in collision, there are times where Dye is forced to settle for drag-tackles and he can be boxed out by bigger bodies every once in a while.
David Woodward (Utah State), Shaquille Quarterman & Michael Pinckney (Miami), Nate Landman (Colorado), Evan Weaver (California), Monty Rice (Georgia) and Khaleke Hudson (Michigan)
