Barkevious Mingo said he would embrace a switch from defensive end at LSU to outside linebacker at LSU.

"(I'm) mainly focusing on getting bigger, faster and stronger down at Athletes' Performance (in Gulf Breeze, Fla.)," Mingo told Around the League on Wednesday. "(I'm) really just working on improving ... me."

Mingo didn't begin playing football until his junior year in high school.

Mingo has gained 15 pounds since his final college start.

"If I had my choice, I'd choose defensive end, I played that through college," Mingo said. "But I don't see outside linebacker as being a challenge. It's the same position pretty much."