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Linebacker is a lot more detail oriented and you have to know a lot more than a defensive end necessarily would on any given…

— Justin Cole

Footwork is definitely key for a linebacker. We make our money playing laterally. You've got to be able to move side to side and…

— Brandon Spikes

I love playing defensive end. It's the position I played in high school.

— Carl Nassib

I want to be one of the best linebackers, if not the best linebacker, in the National Football League.

— Leighton Vander Esch

Don't matter if I am playing on special teams, don't matter if I am playing linebacker: I want to be the best at what…

— Shaquem Griffin

I prefer safety. That's what I've played my whole life, but if the team needs me to play linebacker, then I'll do it.

— Eric Reid

That's what's fun about being a linebacker because you're commanding that whole defense.

— Leighton Vander Esch

I can play safety, corner, linebacker, D-end.

— Cordarrelle Patterson

I wondered if teams were going to find a place for me, but the Bears said linebacker right away. I tried outside linebacker first…

— Brian Urlacher

As far as my athletic ability, I can pretty much do it all. You can put me at linebacker and I'll do a good…

— Peyton Hillis

I've tried to bring the mentality of the outside linebacker to the inside and the rough, tough style of an inside linebacker to the…

— Junior Seau

My position in football was cornerback, and what your job is as a cornerback is to read the person that's in front of you…

— Nnamdi Asomugha