Redshirt junior Darryl Monroe, a three-year starter at middle linebacker, won’t return to the Cougars next season. The 6-foot-1, 235-pound Monroe was third on the team with 70 tackles this season, despite losing his starting job in October. He also registered four tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.
Monroe started the first seven games of the 2014 campaign before being replaced in the starting lineup by redshirt freshman Peyton Pelluer for the Arizona game on Oct. 25. Head coach Mike Leach said early in the season that Monroe wasn’t playing up to his capabilities and needed to “clear his mind.”
“I think he’s played cluttered,” Leach said Sept. 9, per the Seattle Times. “He’s got to clear his mind. He’s just got to pull the trigger and do it. I don’t know if he’s thinking too much. He needs to focus on just making plays.”
Monroe, a three-star recruit in the 2011 class, redshirted his first year on campus. In 2012 he earned the starting role at middle linebacker and earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors with 80 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.
He continued his strong play in 2013 with 94 tackles, eight tackles for loss and two sacks.
The Cougars went 3-9 this season in Leach’s third season at the helm.
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