When I was watching Ejuan Price get his ten tackles, six tackles for loss and his five sacks in the win over Louisville last month I started to cast my mind back and was wondering when was the last time Pitt had games totally taken over by a single defensive player. I mean the type of dominance that offensive coordinators dread and that makes a ballgame lopsided in our favor.
Of course Aaron Donald came to mind, he being the winner of almost every defensive and lineman award possible in college ball. He was certainly wonderful for Pitt and has continued his great play into his career in the NFL. Plus he’s in modern times and that means all of us on The Blather have seen him play either live or on TV. So he’s a big favorite Panther of ours.
However, in my mind the #1 “Disrupter” in my book has always been our shining DE/OLB/MLB/Every Defensive Position Hugh Green.
He was and still is legend in college football and his name is very much in the conversation when talking about the greatest college football players, both on offense and defense, who ever played the game. For good reason – as you’ll hear in this audio clip of the Sport’s Illustrated article titled “Green Light for the Panthers”
Enjoy…
