Illinois signed seven players to its defensive front in the Class of 2026: Three defensive linemen and four outside linebackers. CHAMPAIGN — Illinois over the past few years has stacked an increasing ...

Oregon State football is set to hire a one-time star linebacker at Washington as its co-defensive coordinator. Cort Dennison — most recently the defensive coordinator at Idaho — will join JaMarcus ...

The Giants have a couple of former defensive coordinators on their coaching staff, but interim head coach Mike Kafka didn’t tab either of them to run the defense after firing Shane Bowen on Monday.

NEW YORK ” One NFL scout called linebacker Patrick Willis “a beast.” And that was before Willis won The Associated Press 2007 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award. Willis’ dominant performance could ...

Western Colorado linebacker Cameron Cooper is beginning to map out the next phase of his recruitment, and one of his first major stops is now on the calendar. The emerging defensive standout has ...