PFF Ranks Dontay Corleone Second Among College Football's Returning Interior Linemen

The redshirt freshman had a fantastic opening campaign for UC.

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CINCINNATI — PFF released its top-10 returning defensive linemen for the upcoming college football season, and Dontay Corleone checked in at No. 2.

"As a redshirt freshman, Corleone led all FBS defenders with a 93.8 grade," Max Chadwick wrote. "His 94.7 run-defense grade was also the best mark by a defensive player since Micah Parsons in 2019. Despite ranking just 256th among interior defensive linemen in run-defense snaps (172), 'The Godfather' registered the sixth-most run-stops (27)."

Corleone will be the top player on Cincinnati's strongest defensive unit next season. It will be interesting to see how much more this staff can squeeze out of the young talent.

You can't play much better than he did at defensive tackle, but you can always play more snaps at a rotational position like that. Look for Corleone to keep upping his stamina to be on the field for more impact chances.

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