Solid DTs aren't always highly ranked 
February, 5, 2013
Feb 5
10:30
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By
Brandon Chatmon | ESPN.com
Gerald McCoy and Tommie Harris are players who immediately come to mind when Oklahoma fans think of the tradition at defensive tackle. Both All-Americans were highly recruited high school prospects who stepped on campus with high expectations then fulfilled them.
But McCoy and Harris are the exception, not the norm.
But McCoy and Harris are the exception, not the norm.
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