After taking a look at the Big Country’s top defensive linemen last night, it’s now time to examine those who will backing them in 2026.
Continuing with Big Country Preps’ eight-part preseason position rankings series, here’s our top 15 linebackers to watch this fall, as well as a list of the others we’re expecting big things from.
We hope you enjoy our list.
With the start of football season around the corner, it’s time to take a look at the players who will be making the biggest impact in 2026.
For the first installment in an eight-part series that will cover all position groups, we’ll be taking a look at the area’s top defensive linemen, ranking our top 15 with a list of others to watch this fall.
As with any such list, these rankings are subjective. We hope you enjoy reading through them.
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The time has arrived for us to make our Big Country predictions, district-by-district.
Several weeks of research and two solid months of summertime labor have gone into this, so we’re more than ready to post it.
With that please dive in and study our take on the upcoming season, along with the more than 80 preseason stories we posted earlier today. Enjoy! We’ll see you on the road!
With 12 season-ending injuries contributing heavily to a 1-9 record in 2025, last season was a forgettable one for the Stanton Buffaloes. But if everything goes according to plan this fall, that adversity experienced during that campaign will yield dividends for a now experience-laden Buffaloes squad.
In addition to having a galvanizing effect on the team’s roster, which feels closer than ever after needing an “all hands on deck” approach just to finish the season a year ago, last year’s struggles also placed a chip firmly on the shoulders of those who return.
And for the senior-heavy nucleus that’s back after graduating just two starters on both sides of the ball, 2026 is an opportunity to chart a new, more positive course for the program.
To say the Stanton football team was snakebit in 2025 would be an understatement. More accurately, the Buffaloes were devastated by injury.
Over the course of the season, a remarkable 12 SHS players suffered season-ending injuries, forcing the Buffs to close a tough 1-9 campaign with just 14 players on their varsity roster.
That experience, while difficult, sets the stage for what coach Gary Griffin and his squad are hoping will be a bounce-back year in 2026. Galvanized by the adversity they faced and endured, a tight-knit group of players came out the other side with a chip on their shoulder, determined to make sure last year’s struggles represent a mere temporary detour from the winning culture they’re trying to build.
