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In my last article I previewed my top prospects for each offensive position headlined by Auburn QB Jarrett Stidham and Ole Miss WR AJ Brown and now it's time to look at the top prospects on defense.

This year's group of defensive prospects looks to be quite strong led by two top tier prospects in Houston's Ed Oliver and Ohio State's Nick Bosa, brother or Chargers' star Joey Bosa. Here are my top prospects for each position group on defense heading into the 2018 college football season:

DEFENSIVE LINE

1.       ED OLIVER | HOUSTON

2.       RASHAN GARY | MICHIGAN

3.       CHRISTIAN WILKINS | CLEMSON

EDGE RUSHER

1.       NICK BOSA | OHIO STATE

2.       CLELIN FERRELL | CLEMSON

3.       AUSTIN BRYANT | CLEMSON

LINEBACKER

1.       DEVIN WHITE | LSU

2.       DEVIN BUSH | MICHIGAN

3.       TJ EDWARDS | WISCONSIN

CORNERBACK

1.       GREEDY WILLIAMS | LSU

2.       LEVONTA TAYLOR | FLORIDA STATE

3.       MARK GILBERT | DUKE

SAFETY

1.       LUKAS DENIS | BOSTON COLLEGE

2.       MARVELL TELL | USC

3.       JAQUAN JOHNSON | MIAMI