No surprise at the answer
Plenty of schools around the nation pump out top-notch linebackers like clockwork. Penn State claims the “Linebacker U” title, while Ohio State, Southern California and others have the pedigree to come close.
Who holds that title over the last decade in the SEC?
To figure it out, we did some simple tallying. We looked back at the last 10 recruiting cycles (2006-15), seasons and NFL drafts (2005-14). Each four- or five-star wide receiver recruit a school signed earned a half-point, each AP first-team All-SEC selection earned two points, AP All-American selections were worth four points and NFL draft picks were worth three.
In the cases of Missouri and Texas A&M, both of which joined the conference in 2012, we included any AP first-team Big 12 selections from 2006-11.