-Sophomore Arthur Brown has moved from outside to inside linebacker. Brown struggled last year despite being the team's top-rated recruit, but Shannon said he began flourishing in the new role toward the end of last season.
"It takes time," Shannon said. "The last two weeks of the season he was phenomenal at middle linebacker on scout team. Like Ray Lewis, when he first got here he was outside and he wasn't very good. When we put him in the middle, it was just different. Tavares Gooden played outside all those years and you put him at middle and he had a big year. For some reason, guys just see it at better."