YSU loses LBs Hill, Outler

The Youngstown State football team just got a lot weaker at linebacker.

YSU sophomore linebacker Taylor Hill, the team's leading tackler last fall, is academically ineligible and will miss the 2010 season, while senior linebacker Na'eem Outler was dismissed from the team for disciplinary reasons.

Hill, a Cardinal Mooney High graduate, was named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference's All-Newcomer team after starting all 11 games at outside linebacker for the Penguins in 2009.

He had a team-best 65 tackles and was the first freshman to lead the team in total stops since 1985.

Hill originally signed with Michigan and participated in training camp in August of 2008 before leaving the team. He enrolled at YSU in January of 2009.

Outler — an Occoquan, Va., native — started 10 games at weakside linebacker last fall and made 44 tackles. He also started 10 games in 2008.

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