kamoshika
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There are some veteran holdovers...and the primary one on defense is linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr., the former freshman phenom whose promising second season never got off the ground due to a significant ankle injury. For the most part, the heart-and-soul players he watched and played alongside the first two years of his career are gone, and Kirkland has taken the responsibility to fill the void upon himself.
"Like I was telling my father, it's my third spring now," Kirkland said after Thursday's second spring practice. "It's a lot different, because I've always been a good player surrounded by great players. Now I'm kind of the last Mohican now, so I find myself being the main guy, the leader of the defense, and I've embraced that role. I know I have to bring it at another level every day."
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/college/story/2017/mar/24/darrkirkland-embracing-role-vols-last-mohican/419333/
"Like I was telling my father, it's my third spring now," Kirkland said after Thursday's second spring practice. "It's a lot different, because I've always been a good player surrounded by great players. Now I'm kind of the last Mohican now, so I find myself being the main guy, the leader of the defense, and I've embraced that role. I know I have to bring it at another level every day."
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/college/story/2017/mar/24/darrkirkland-embracing-role-vols-last-mohican/419333/