long, rangy, and built to hunt the football
Jim Litrenta’s profile fits the classic high-motor linebacker mold: South Dakota described him as “very athletic and aggressive” coming out of high school, and by 2017 he was the Coyotes’ top tackler with 78 stops, plus 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, and 2 pass breakups in the 2017 season. He also showed durability, appearing in all 34 games over his first three seasons, which is the kind of reliability coaches love when they’re looking for an instinctive, assignment-sound defender who flies around and shows up on tape.
