About Quote by Leighton Vander Esch

You have to understand, it takes a lot of qualities to play linebacker - quickness, tackling ability and sheer force - so you just…

— Cris Carter

It really doesn't matter to me whether it's defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play the game of football. I've been working…

— Gaines Adams

I heard I wasn't a good linebacker, I was too small and all that other stuff.

— Bobby Wagner

In college, practice is draggin'. Coach goes, 'Oh, hey, go on over there and start a fight with one of the linebackers.' Okay. So…

— Baron Corbin

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

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

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

— Carl Nassib

On the defensive end, I have to do my job.

— Joel Embiid

That's what I normally pride myself on, being a solid defender and giving all my energy on the defensive end.

— George Hill

Whether it's with the front, the secondary, the linebackers, everybody has to do their job.

— Minkah Fitzpatrick

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

I really don't look at myself as a defensive end or a linebacker or a cornerback or a safety. I don't try to limit…

— Von Miller