When one thinks of August camp competitions, the thinking is usually rather two-dimensional.
Wide receivers compete with wide receivers for starting jobs and playing time. It's linebackers vs. linebackers, linemen against linemen, etc.
In this era of college football, that may be a bit of an antiquated way of looking at it. With the majority of college teams employing multiple offenses and defenses, the competition is just as much about what positions get utilized more often. A third linebacker can play most snaps in a game, or hardly at all. Same with a third wide receiver.
Wide receivers compete with wide receivers for starting jobs and playing time. It's linebackers vs. linebackers, linemen against linemen, etc.
In this era of college football, that may be a bit of an antiquated way of looking at it. With the majority of college teams employing multiple offenses and defenses, the competition is just as much about what positions get utilized more often. A third linebacker can play most snaps in a game, or hardly at all. Same with a third wide receiver.
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Gary Laney joined ESPN.com in 2012 after spending a year and a half as online sports editor of the Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate. Before that, he covered LSU sports for the Advocate. He has also been the sports editor at the Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise and covered McNeese State athletics for the Lake Charles (La.) American Press. Laney currently lives in Baton Rouge. Email him at glaneyespn@gmail.com