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Ole Miss kept Mingo in-state as a four-star recruit from Brandon High School. He was a first-team all-state pick his senior year there and then stepped right into a starting job with Ole Miss, beginning all 12 games (12-172-14.3, one TD). His production increased as a sophomore (27-379-14.0, three TDs in 10 games, eight starts) and he played well in 2021 (22-346-15.7, three TDs in six starts) despite missing half the season with a broken left foot suffered in practice. Mingo started all 13 games in 2022, tying for the team lead with five receiving touchdowns (51-861-16.9). He set a school record with 247 receiving yards against Vanderbilt. -- by Chad Reuter

Johnson began his collegiate career at Miami and has a tattoo of late safety Sean Taylor on his right arm. After playing in eight games as a defensive lineman in 2017 (three tackles), he transferred to Oregon to be closer to home, citing "close family members going through severe health issues." The former four-star recruit sat out most of 2018 transferring, though he was able to play in the bowl game because he enrolled in January. He played in 13 games on defense in 2019 (14 tackles, five for loss with two sacks). He shifted to tight end in 2020. Three of his 10 receptions in 2020 went for scores and he covered 113 yards in total (11.3 per) in seven games with two starts. Coaches asked Johnson to switch positions again in 2021, playing in 11 games with three starts at outside linebacker (11 tackles, two for loss with one sack) to fortify the position group. He also had one catch for 11 yards on offense. Johnson stayed on defense for 11 games with 10 starts in 2022, receiving honorable mention All-Pac-12 Conference honors as the Ducks' leader with six sacks (39 tackles, 8.5 for loss, two pass breakups). He opted out of the team's bowl game to prepare for the draft. DJ's brother, PJ, played football at Arizona and was a seventh-round pick of the Detroit Lions in 2019. -- by Chad Reuter

Robinson went to South Carolina after being named the Georgia Defensive Player of the Year as a senior at Lee County High School. The four-star recruit was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2019, starting three of 12 games played (62 tackles, 1.5 for loss, one interception, four pass breakups). Robinson started all 10 games for the Gamecocks in 2020 (74 tackles, two for loss, one interception, four pass breakups) before transferring to Florida State the following year. He led the Seminoles with 84 tackles (seven for loss) and four interceptions while breaking up three other passes and forcing two fumbles in 12 games (11 starts) to garner first-team All-ACC accolades. Robinson repeated that honor in 2022, leading his defense with 99 tackles (five for loss), intercepting one pass and breaking up five others in 13 starts on the year. -- by Chad Reuter