Blacklock showed out as a redshirt freshman for the Horned Frogs, garnering Freshman All-American and Big 12 Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year honors after posting 27 tackles, 6.5 for loss, and two sacks in 14 starts. Before he got a shot to post an outstanding follow-up sophomore campaign, however, an Achilles injury sidelined him for the year. Blacklock dropped 25 pounds during his rehab year, which showed in his 2019 play when he earned first-team All-Big 12 honors (40 tackles, nine for loss, 3.5 sacks in 12 starts). His father, Jimmy, is in the University of Texas Hall of Fame for his outstanding basketball career. The senior Blacklock also toured with the Harlem Globetrotters.

Greenard was one of the top non-quarterback transfer stories of 2019. He was a first-team All-SEC selection after leading the Gators with 15.5 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks in 12 starts, while also posting 52 total tackles, an interception, four pass breakups, and three forced fumbles. Greenard went through a rough year in 2018, first suffering a season-ending right wrist injury in the opener and then deciding to transfer from Louisville to Florida as a graduate student once Cardinals head coach Bobby Petrino was fired. The 2018 team captain showed great promise in 2017, leading the Cards in tackles for loss (15.5 among 48 total stops) and sacks (seven) and starting five of 13 games played. Greenard started once as a redshirt freshman (in the Citrus Bowl against LSU), accumulating 22 tackles, seven for loss, two sacks, one interception, and two pass breakups in 11 appearances.

Charlie is the son of Andy Heck, an All-American offensive tackle at Notre Dame, first-round pick in the 1989 draft, and long-time NFL starter. The elder Heck has also been a coach at the college and professional levels for the last decade. Charlie's brother, Jon, was a four-year starter with the Tar Heels. Charlie was an all-state player in Missouri (Andy has coached with the Kansas City Chiefs since 2013) as a senior before following Jon to Chapel Hill. He played in eight games as a reserve his redshirt freshman season, and then started 11 of 12 games played at right tackle in 2017. Heck started all 12 games at right tackle as a junior and then switched to left tackle (starting 12 games) as a senior.

The Nittany Lions staff reached across the Delaware River to grab Reid, a four-star recruit and top-20 corner prospect nationally from Mount Laurel, New Jersey. He started twice as a freshman, playing in 13 games on the year (29 tackles, one for loss, two interceptions, five pass breakups). Reid was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection in 2016, starting all 14 games and posting 36 tackles, five for loss, an interception and nine pass breakups. Unfortunately, a knee injury suffered in the spring of 2017 prevented him from playing that fall. Reid returned from the redshirt season to again earn honorable mention All-Big Ten accolades in 2018 (24 tackles, two interceptions, eight pass breakups in 11 starts) and 2019 (37 tackles, 2.5 for loss, one sack, two interceptions, eight pass breakups).

Coulter and his cousin, Aaron Parker, were a dynamic duo for the Rams in 2019. Coulter was a second-team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection in his final collegiate season, catching 72 passes for 1,039 yards and eight touchdowns (14.4 per) in 12 games with 11 starts. Coulter started all 11 games as a sophomore (42-604-14.4, three TDs) and played in all 11 contests as a true freshman (18-212-11.8, one TD).