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The middle or inside linebacker (MLB or ILB), sometimes called the "Mike" or "Mac", [15] is often referred to as the "quarterback of the defense". [16] Often it is the middle linebacker who receives the defensive play calls from the sideline and relays that play to the rest of the team, and in the NFL he is usually the defensive player with the electronic sideline communicator.
Anderson graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1967 and then attended Louisiana State University in the same city. [1] He played college football for the LSU Tigers from 1967 to 1970 and was a consensus All-American linebacker in 1970.
Linebacker Aaron Maybin has credited Smith for rejuvenating his career. [4] Smith was hired by Washington State head coach Mike Leach on December 13, 2011, to serve as the team's linebackers coach. [6] However, Smith elected to stay with the Jets after being promoted to the outside linebackers coach position. [7]
Jones was undrafted in the 1991 NFL draft, but signed with the Raiders as a rookie free agent, and switched to the linebacker position.Between his rookie and second seasons as a Raider, Jones played for the Sacramento Surge of the World League of American Football where he was the starting middle linebacker for the Surge team that won 1992 World Bowl II.
Mike Taylor (born October 7, 1989) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin-Madison . He was a member of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL).
In ninth grade, Mike was an all-state guard and linebacker. As Mike became a star for Worthing High School, an all-black high school, Mike's mother became a regular at the football games. Despite early concerns about poor grades affecting Mike's eligibility to play football, his grades improved.
Michael Lee Morgan (January 31, 1942 – December 2, 1996) was an American professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, and New Orleans Saints.
Michael Anthony Morton (born March 28, 1972) is a National Football League (NFL) official and former American football linebacker.Morton played college football for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and went on to play for four teams in a seven-year NFL career.