Top DTs in college football in ‘26

[THookem]

https://www.pff.com/news/college-football-top-10-returning-interior-defenders-for-the-2026-season

[Bunk Moreland]

For those who care, they have Arch as the #3 returning qb, Cam the #5 returning WR, Goosby #3 at OT. No Texas players at the top 10 of their position at RB, TE, OG, C, or DT.

[Roysterr]

Lies, lies lies

[Jerky]

Is this bulletin board material for Hero Kanu? Believe Hero is near the top 10 in PFF grades for returning IDL and he did it against some stiff competition. 

Some of those IDL in their top 10 are playing against a weaker schedule than Texas. PFF has gotten better but they are not perfect and the weaker matchups can skew ratings and make it harder to compare vs players with more challenging matchups.

Regardless, Muschamp and Baker should have our IDL rotation playing at a pretty high level.

Looking forward to seeing the development of January, Watson, Sharma, Terry and Charles.

Believe a more fit Geffrard at NT will perform what he is asked to do at a high level if he can take the next step and get his pad level down. 

Overall, the TX IDL should play at a high level due to talent, further development, coaching, scheme and a complementary rotation allowing our top IDL players to stay fresher and go 100%. 

NT:  Geffrard, Watson, Sharma January   

DT:  Kanu, January, Watson, Terry, Charles, Johnson, Carlton

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Jerky

[Bunk Moreland]

2 minutes ago, Jerky said:

Is this bulletin board material for Hero Kanu? Believe Hero is near the top 10 in PFF grades for returning IDL and he did it against some stiff competition. 

Some of those IDL in their top 10 are playing against a weaker schedule than Texas. PFF has gotten better but they are not perfect and the weaker matchups can skew ratings and make it harder to compare vs players with more challenging matchups.

Regardless, Muschamp and Baker should have our IDL rotation playing at a pretty high level.

Looking forward to seeing the development of January, Watson, Sharma, Terry and Charles.

Believe a more fit Geffrard at NT will perform what he is asked to do at a high level if he can take the next step and get his pad level down. 

Overall, the TX IDL should play at a high level due to talent, further development, coaching, scheme and a complementary rotation allowing our top IDL players to stay fresher and go 100%. 

NT:  Geffrard, Watson, Sharma January   

DT:  Kanu, January, Watson, Terry, Charles, Johnson, Carlton

 

Couldn’t agree more. I think Kanu is gonna be a monster this year.