If we are going with a veteran, either Alex Cook or Julius Irvin seem like decent choices. Cook came out of nowhere to start last year. Irvin has been injured, buried in the depth, and was absolutely fucking terrible against Arizona last year.
My hot take is that Cooper McDonald and Trice are equal or better than Smalls. Practice reports mean nothing, but they get mentioned playing alongside Bowman more than Smalls does. All three should be good players at some point. We need them to be good now.
I'll go with Irvin, too; he's entering his 4th year at UW and has 2 career tackles.
Looking at the past, these awards always went to upperclassmen who did nothing for most of their career but came out of nowhere. Andrew Hudson, Tani Tupou, Damion Turpin, Zeke Turner, and Jared Hilbers come to mind.
Irvin getting torched by Garbage Time Gunnell last year reminded me of Budda and SMFJ against EWU in 2014. I like the pick.
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