Easton Gibbs learned from NFL linebackers Logan Wilson and Chad Muma, while Keye Thompson overcame a leg injury to lead Ohio in tackles.
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Wyoming coach Craig Bohl's keen ability to evaluate players has paid off, especially at linebacker. The last time the Cowboys were in Tucson, their defense was led by linebacker Logan Wilson, who currently starts for the Cincinnati Bengals. Former Wyoming linebacker Chad Muma starts for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
After understudying Wilson and Muma for the last three years, Gibbs took the reins as Wyoming’s defensive leader. "I really just tried to take it all in and see what he did and put it to my game and things like that," he said.“They were the first ones to give me an opportunity to play college football, so there was a big trust there,” Gibbs said.
The 6-foot-2-inch Gills is now 230 pounds — a whopping 37 pounds heavier than when he signed with the Cowboys nearly four years ago.Thompson was a standout linebacker while growing up in Barberton, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Although Thompson was an All-Ohio selection at Barberton High School, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com both rated him as a two-star prospect. Ohio was the only school to offer him a scholarship.
“It made me a lot stronger mentally, going through that process of rehab, but you just kind of keep your head up and it does make you stronger,” Thompson said.
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