What are you expectations for Mo Toure this year?

[DMoney]

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[mirvin88]

 

[Brains]

Steady, experienced presence. Leader on defense.

 

[JHallCanes]

He’s going to get a lot of sacks this year

Think 2023 Mauigoa before we started making him try and cover and go backwards

Blitzing, being a 5th DL at times etc that’s his strength

 

[CaneLife93]

Butkus award winner

 

[3rd-43]

He’s gonna have a big year

 

[TomAce]

Finish the year as Dr. Mo Toure

 

[filmcane]

Toure is basically having an experienced NFL player running the D. Between him and Chase Smith, they will provide senior leaderhip++ and will steer us far into the playoffs and potentially a natty this year.

 

[canesd]

If he stays healthy, have to assume he will be a bit quicker as he was only 1 year removed from ACL

 

[ghost2]

All-ACC type year, possibly AA. I think our DL production takes a step back in 2026 giving Mo some more opportunities.

 

[The U is back to work]

He’s 33 years old he should look like it on the field

 

[Torch_Da1]

All ACC 2nd team

 

[JayCane20]

Hasn't played consecutive seasons since 2020-2021 and 2020 was only 9 games in the covid year with him being a RS freshman.

In each 4 game stretch of the season the average rushes against us was always around 29-31 per game and he trended like this:

Games 1-4: 18 tackles - 4.5 per game - 38 snaps per game
Games 5-8: 22 tackles - 5.5 per game - 48.5 snaps per game
Games 9-12: 14 tackles - 3.5 per game - snaps dropped to 33 per game as we were blowing teams out
Games 13-16: 30 tackles - 7.5 per game - snaps up to 49 per game in this stretch

I would guess we have some larger margins in the regular season next year. He averaged about 42 snaps per game in 2025. I would guess he plays around the 40-45 mark again while rotating with Smith to stay fresh and considering we should be beating teams fairly easily with our schedule.

He got a tackle on about 12.5% of snaps he played. Very good LBers are in the 15-20% range. If he progresses to that level - he would be in the 75-100 total tackles range in the regular season. I hope we blitz him more to make up for the loss of Scott as a blitzer. Toure was very good at it at Rutgers but didn't do it a lot here in 2025.

75 regular season tackles - 4+ sacks and another year away from the injury maybe a little bit more fluidity and reliability in coverage.

 

[cway313]

Teach Wiley to replace him.

 

[Cane44]

ALL-ACC 2nd team.... good amount of sacks.. hopefully be most consistent tackler.. no sliding off or bouncing off fools... thump/wrap/floor... sets tone early in every game with a hard hit...

 

[CANEMC]

 

[Trav]

I would expect him to rush the passer more as he's good at it and we won't be able to rely on constant pressure from 4 like we did this year.

 

[BoxingRobes]

 

[PennsylvaniaCane]

He got better as the season went on the further removed from his last ACL. I’d expect that growth to continue. All conference level MLB.

 

[Ironmanfootball]

PhD defense, Bronny-Bron duo with Mo Jr.