Duke is very young up the middle with sophomore linebackers and several freshmen at tackle. Ben Frye thinks they've done well early in their careers
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00:00Yeah, I mean, each position has, I mean,
00:03COVID definitely stopped momentum and growth,
00:06especially for our younger guys who
00:07are trying to learn a lot of the new techniques coming out
00:10of high school.
00:11I think that definitely interrupted a lot of that.
00:13But as far as the defense goes, I
00:14think it might be we don't got to remember a bunch of routes,
00:20but we got to recognize scheme.
00:22We got to know the plays.
00:24And I think we've had a good amount of time
00:27to recognize that.
00:28And we had a good camp, even though it
00:30was interrupted and different, I think.
00:32We still got the same amount of work in.
00:34We utilized those Zoom calls in the offseason.
00:37And I think it worked out.
00:40I mean, it's awesome.
00:41I mean, he plays a position where
00:42he's a guy that can make a lot of staple plays.
00:44He's the center of our defense.
00:46And to have a big physical guy that can track things down
00:52as fast as he is, as big as he is, he's a big physical guy.
00:55I mean, it makes our jobs that much easier.
00:57So and yeah, both of our guys are young.
01:01But I think they've, especially this early on,
01:03they've shown some big things.
01:05They're playing really mature and really aggressive,
01:08which is all we need.
01:09You play aggressive and everything else
01:11comes after that.
01:13Yeah, we got a lot of younger dude tackles.
01:16I think those guys are pretty physically matured as well.
01:20They're big physical guys.
01:21I think we all feel comfortable with them
01:27coming in and getting just as many reps as we are
01:32and being able to handle the job and perform just as well as us.
01:37So I feel like they're going to keep coming along
01:41as the season progresses.
01:42And they'll be making big time plays.
01:44So I'm looking forward to watching them play.