Couch is as willing a tackler as we have on the rooster and one heck-fire of a blitzer.
Move Frierson to safety, ditch the hybrid position and use a 4-2-5 base.
CB Stevenson / Dunson
CB Blades / Ivey
NB Couch / Clarke
SS Bolden / A. Williams
FS Frierson / J. Williams
You people are missing the point. OP's beef is not that the position exists, but our insistence on using it despite the personnel that's on the field for the opposing offense.
I stopped watching very early against UNC, but did we run a 4-3 with a true SLB at any point? When we played at BC against Dillon back in 2018, our base defense was a 4-3, but I don't remember seeing much 4-3 since Baker got here.