Bama Wilson redshirted. Scott Lutrus redshirted. Sio Moore redshirted. The only LB who I can think of in recent years who played as a true frosh was Greg Lloyd, and he only played special teams.
We return all three starting LBs, two of whom are seniors. We return all three players who started the year as backups (Opoku, Kenney and Osiecki. We return Jerome Williams, who would have started last year but for an injury last spring. We return Ashinu and Vann, two players who made the two deep as true frosh but still redshirted. And Donohue, the transfer from Maryland who came with Brown, gets to play. That's ten deep at LB. Not counting Brandon Steg, who played on specials, or Maher, the transfer from 'Nova.
The odds that either Hicks or Sylva plays this year is incredibly slim.