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Underclassmen add depth to KSU linebackers

Joel Jellison jjellison@themercury.com

Jarell Childs

Senior linebackers Alex Hrebec and Troy Butler will bring a lot of familiarity to the Kansas State defense this season.

But the rest of the unit around them will be made up of a lot of youth.

The Wildcats depth chart for this week lists sophomore Jarell Childs as one of the three starting linebackers, with fellow sophomore Blake Slaughter behind him.

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