"(Inside) linebackers are not as important as they used to be. We're down to one or two first-round linebackers now."
Brandt wondered how Te'o could be so effective during the season, including seven interceptions — "unheard of, like hitting .450 in baseball" — and then so unproductive in the championship game.
"Between now and 97 days from now when the draft comes, there'll be a lot of people investigating just what took place," he said.
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Josh Dubow in Alameda, Calif., and Andrew Seligman in Lake Forest, Ill., contributed to this story.
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