Bynum, with the year of strength training and experience in Sunseri's system could see some early playing time. He played this past season at 225, but dropped down to 217 in order to wrestle at a preferred weight class. He will get up to 230 in the course of a year at UT.
ESPN's recruiting analysts said that Bynum possessed the speed to make some game changing plays from the linebacker position. That does not mean that he is lightning fast. It means that he has the speed to beat offensive linemen and fullbacks to the point of attack and make some big plays. It also means that he can play every down, where Santos was a 2 down linebacker at best.