Hill was named the Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year his senior campaign at Tulsa's Booker T. Washington High School. The brother of former Oklahoma State and current NFL running back Justice Hill was Michigan's Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2019 (36 tackles, three for loss, one interception, three pass breakups in 13 games, three starts). Big Ten coaches voted him honorable mention all-conference in 2020 as he started all six games (46 tackles, one interception, four pass breakups). Hill was a first-team all-league pick in 2021, filling up the stat sheet as a 14-game starter (70 tackles, 4.5 for loss, two interceptions, nine pass breakups). -- by Chad Reuter

Darrell Britt was Cam's coach in youth football. He got to know Cam's mother, Courtney, through practices. They married in 2014. Later, Cam asked to add Britt's name to his own -- the Nebraska equipment managers found out about the addition and added the name to his uniform without him knowing. The three-star recruit and all-state quarterback from Montgomery, Alabama, played in 11 games as a reserve and on special teams as a true freshman (12 tackles, three pass breakups). Taylor-Britt showed versatility in 2019, starting seven games at safety and three at corner (49 tackles, three for loss with 1.5 sacks, three interceptions, one returned for a TD, three pass breakups) and tying for fourth in the FBS with four forced fumbles. He was a second-team All-Big Ten selection in 2020, starting seven of eight games played at cornerback (28 tackles, three for loss, two interceptions, four pass breakups), leading the Huskers with six passes defensed. Taylor-Britt repeated that honor in 2021, pacing his squad with 11 pass breakups to go along with 51 tackles, three for loss with one sack, one interception and a blocked kick in 12 starts. -- by Chad Reuter

Carter considered sitting out the 2020 season due to concerns about COVID-19 after friends of his family passed away from complications. After sitting out some practices, he decided to play and eventually led the Gators with five sacks and tied for the team lead with 9.5 tackles for loss among his 36 total stops in 12 games (11 starts). That success extended into the 2021 season, starting 12 games (32 tackles, 11 tackles for loss with eight sacks, two pass breakups) before opting out of the team's bowl game to prepare for the NFL draft. The Tampa product played in nine games as a redshirt freshman in 2018 (eight tackles, two pass breakups) and started twice in 13 appearances the following fall (31 tackles, seven for loss with 4.5 sacks). Carter contributed on special teams, blocking a kick in in both 2018 and 2019. He switched from jersey No. 17 to No. 6 as a senior in 2021 as a nod to former Gator and current NFL pass rusher Dante Fowler Jr. -- by Chad Reuter

It took Volson a couple of years to crack the NDSU starting lineup, playing in nine games as a reserve his redshirt freshman season and then in all 15 games on special teams the following year. The younger brother of former NDSU FCS Rimington Trophy winner Tanner Volson (top center) finally started in 2019, beginning all 16 games at right tackle on the team's third straight FCS championship run. Volson also started at right tackle in the team's only contest played in the fall of 2020, with the rest of the schedule pushed to the spring due to COVID-19. In the team's spring 2021 season, Volson switched to left tackle to replace 2021 second-round pick Dillon Radunz. The versatile Volson earned first-team Associated Press All-American and All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honors for the national champions in the fall of 2021, starting 15 games at right tackle. -- by Chad Reuter

Anderson grew up in Toledo, eschewing other offers to stay home. The three-star recruit played in 14 games as a reserve his true freshman season (31 tackles, 1.5 for loss, one interception, four pass breakups). He was a key reserve who earned one start in 13 appearances in 2018 (44 tackles, one interception, four pass breakups) before becoming a leader on defense the following fall, starting all 12 games for the Rockets (84 tackles, 3.5 for loss, five pass breakups). Anderson was named second-team All-MAC in 2020, starting all six games (34 tackles, one sacks, three pass breakups), and ascended to first-team all-conference honors in 2021 (44 tackles, two for loss with one sack, two pass breakups in 10 games, eight starts) despite suffering a knee injury during fall camp. -- by Chad Reuter

Gunter signed with Coastal Carolina out of Riverside High School in Durham, N.C., starting in one game out of 12 appearances (26 tackles, 3.5 for loss) as a true freshman in 2017. He was a first-team All-Sun Belt Conference pick in 2018, as well as the team's Defensive Player of the Year after leading the squad with 14 tackles for loss with five sacks among 49 total tackles in 12 starts. Gunter transferred to N.C. State after the season, where he sat out for 2019 per NCAA rules. He originally committed to Syracuse but had a change of heart when N.C. State offered him a scholarship because it was closer to his family in Durham. NCSU's defensive line coach left for Florida Atlantic after the 2019 season, however, and Gunter decided to return to Coastal. The NCAA granted a waiver allowing him to play immediately, which turned out to be a big deal given he was named first-team All-Sun Belt Conference and led the FBS with six forced fumbles in 12 starts in 2020 (along with 58 tackles, 12.5 for loss and 6.5 sacks). Gunter received second-team all-conference accolades in 2021 for his play in 12 starts (41 tackles, 10 for loss with 6.5 sacks, two forced fumbles). -- by Chad Reuter