21.   He left early with a fractured right ankle, but the Colts lost two starting linebackers to injury, too.

22.   Injured Cougar BYU starting linebacker Brad Martin was involved in a traffic accident Friday afternoon while drive to practice at Cougar Stadium.

23.   It is not exactly a place for a starting middle linebacker.

24.   Later still, starting middle linebacker Will Witherspoon went down with an ankle injury.

25.   Last season, he benched the starting linebacker Carlton Bailey.

26.   Monday, he began his career with the Jets, not as their new starting middle linebacker, but as a backup on the outside.

27.   No one, however, knows who the starting linebackers will be next season.

28.   Now with corrected vision, Nguyen can set his sights on winning the starting middle linebacker job.

29.   Ohio State played without starting linebackers Chris Kirk and Courtland Bullard.

30.   On defense, the Ducks have a star cornerback in Rashad Bauman and a starting linebacker named Wesly Mallard.