| Rank | Pos | First Name | Last Name | College | Year | Ht | Wt |
| 1 | OLB | Zach | Brown | North Carolina | SR | 6'1" | 236 |
| 2 | OLB | Courtney | Upshaw | Alabama | SR | 6'2" | 265 |
| 3 | OLB | Lavonte | David | Nebraska | SR | 6'1" | 225 |
| 4 | OLB | Travis | Lewis | Oklahoma | SR - RS | 6'2" | 228 |
| 5 | OLB | Bruce | Irvin | West Virginia | SR | 6'3" | 245 |
| 6 | OLB | Ronnell | Lewis | Oklahoma | SR | 6'2" | 244 |
| 7 | OLB | Sean | Spence | Miami | SR | 6'0" | 220 |
| 8 | OLB | Keenan | Robinson | Texas | SR - RS | 6'3" | 240 |
| 9 | OLB | Nigel | Bradham | Florida State | SR | 6'3" | 240 |
| 10 | OLB | Miles | Burris | San Diego State | SR - RS | 6'3" | 235 |
| 11 | OLB | Demario | Davis | Arkansas State | SR - RS | 6'3" | 230 |
| 12 | OLB | Josh | Kaddu | Oregon | SR | 6'3" | 235 |
| 13 | OLB | Terrell | Manning | North Carolina State | JR - RS | 6'3" | 233 |
| 14 | OLB | Danny | Trevathan | Kentucky | SR | 6'1" | 232 |
| 15 | OLB | Tyler | Nielsen | Iowa | SR - RS | 6'4" | 235 |
| 16 | OLB | Adrian | Robinson | Temple | SR | 6'1" | 237 |
| 17 | OLB | Tank | Carder | Texas Christian | SR - RS | 6'3" | 237 |
| 18 | OLB | Brandon | Lindsey | Pittsburgh | SR - RS | 6'2" | 250 |
| 19 | OLB | Ramon | Buchanon | Miami | SR | 6'1" | 222 |
| 20 | OLB | Alex | Hoffman-Ellis | Washington State | SR - RS | 6'1" | 226 |
| 21 | OLB | Eltoro | Freeman | Auburn | SR - RS | 5'11" | 228 |
| 22 | OLB | Karnell | Hatcher | Louisiana State | SR | 6'2" | 223 |
| 23 | OLB | Tahir | Whitehead | Temple | SR | 6'1" | 233 |
| 24 | OLB | Tyler | Moeller | Ohio State | SR - RS | 6'0" | 210 |
| 25 | OLB | Andrew | Sweat | Ohio State | SR | 6'2" | 238 |
