SEC sideline-to-sideline force, second-round NFL pick
In the 2025 season, Josiah Trotter was Missouri’s All-SEC middle linebacker and piled up 84 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks while starting all 12 games, which helped push him into the 2026 NFL Draft as a consensus top-100 prospect and eventual No. 46 overall pick[3][4][8][13][15]. What makes him pop is the run defense: he plays downhill, fits gaps fast, and brings real strike-and-reset physicality, though coverage was the swing skill that kept scouts from calling him a perfect complete-package linebacker[8][12].
