Offseason Optimism: Penn State Linebacker youth movement led by vet in Kobe King

For a team that's returning so many important players for the upcoming season, there sure is a lot of turnover on the Penn State defense. We're looking at the linebackers and cornerbacks for our remaining optimistic previews of the Nittany Lions defense. While we all knew there would be massive turnover at cornerback, the linebackers suddenly had a big shakeup, too. We've covered this conversation from several angles so far, but let's put our positive spin on the data and see what the team excelled at last season.