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Saturday, January 11, 2003
Updated: February 6, 3:21 AM ET
Tom Lemming's top 25 inside linebackers

Editor's note: Tom Lemming's top 25 inside linebackers list was revised Jan. 11, 2003.

Player	Ht., Wt., 40-time	High school - City	College (Verbal)
1. Daniel Brooks	6-3, 230 4.6	Central Merry - Jackson, Tenn.	Tennessee
2. Ryan Brown	6-2, 238 4.5	Berkeley - Moncks Corner, S.C.	South Carolina
3. Fred Sparkman	6-3, 220 4.65	Central - Columbia, Tenn.	North Carolina
4. Xavier Adibi	6-2, 215 4.5	Phoebuss - Hampton, Va.	Virginia Tech
5. Vince Hall	6-0, 235 4.6	Western Branch - Chesapeake, Va.	Virginia Tech
6. Jon Beason	6-1, 215 4.52	Chaminade - Hollywood, Fla.	Miami
7. Tom Busch	5-11, 232 4.6	Park - Cottage Grove, Minn.	Iowa
8. Stephen Tullock	5-11, 215 4.65	Killian - Miami, Fla.	NC State
9. Corey McKeon	6-2, 211 4.5	North - Naperville, Ill.	Nebraska
10. Michael Brown	6-3, 212 4.65	Gardens - Palm Beach, Fla.	Virginia Tech
11. Drean Rucker	6-2, 235 4.6	Canyon Springs - Moreno Valley, Calif.	USC
12. Lorenzo Williams	6-3, 240 4.6	Midwest City - Midwest City, Okla.	Missouri
13. Desmond Williams	6-2, 237 4.65	Dacula - Dacula, Ga.	Georgia
14. Jonathon Turner	6-3, 245 4.6	Corona - Corona, Calif.	USC
15. Dane Zaslaw	6-2, 240 4.5	Memorial - Edmund, Okla.	Oklahoma
16. Eric Thomas	6-3, 245 4.85	Columbia - Lake City, Fla.	South Florida
17. Joe Kedra	6-4, 218 4.65	Catholic, Camden, N.J.	North Carolina
18. Tim Cesa	6-2, 234 4.6	Harrison - Kennesaw, Ga.	Maryland
19. Paul Posluszny	6-3, 210 4.6	Hopewell - Hopewell, Pa.	Penn State
20. Marcus Howard	6-1, 210 4.6	Hanahan - Huger, S.C.	Georgia
21. Bo Ruud	6-3, 220 4.6	Southeast - Lincoln, Ne.	Nebraska
22. Dan Verdun	6-2, 225 4.6	Thomson - Thomson, Ga.	Georgia
23. Mitchell Thomas	6-3, 221 4.6	Smith's Station - Smith's Station, Ala.	Notre Dame
24. Rashawn Ricks	6-3, 235 4.7	Paterson Catholic - Paterson, N.J.	Rutgers
25. Adam Kadela	6-3, 220 4.6	Coffman - Dublin, Ohio	Northwestern

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