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Ranking college football's top 10 returning off-ball linebackers for 2020

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Although we are seeing an abundance of talented, athletic off-ball linebackers leave the college ranks for the NFL, there's still a very gifted crop returning to college football this fall.

Using a combination of Pro Football Focus grades and PFF's wins above average (WAA) metric, we present the top 10 off-ball linebackers returning to college football in 2020, as well as a sleeper to watch.

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