Air Force Defense Preview 2025: Total Turnover on the Falcons D

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2025 Air Force Preview
Air Force Offense Breakdown 
Season Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season

- The defensive front three should be solid. 6-7, 270-pound Daniel Grobe was an active end with 4.5 tackles for loss to go with his 31 stops, and the tackles should be a strength.

Payton Zdroik is a smallish brick block in the middle, with the quickness to come up with three sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss. Aidan Swartz is another big body who knows what he’s doing after a year in the starting mix.

- The linebacking corps has potential stat-sheet fillers. There’s a little work to do with a lack of overall experience, but after losing David Santiago to Michigan State, Blake Fletcher should step up and shine at one outside spot, and Luke Fisher has the makeup to be one of the team’s leading tacklers in the middle.

A pass rusher has to step up in the hybrid role on the outside, needing Jackson Adams and Chances Carter-Hill to form a strong rotation.

- The secondary needs a ton of work. Top tacklers Camby Goff and Jamari Bellamy are done, and Lincoln Tuioti-Mariner is off to Southern Utah after finishing fourth on the team in stops.

Safety Kyle Chen is the leading returning tackler among the defensive backs, and Houston Hendrix should be among the new stars at free safety. The cornerback situation is even more questionable with no appreciable experience. 

Air Force Offense Breakdown 
2025 Air Force Preview
Season Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season