MICHIGAN FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART 2021

Michigan elected Four Captains: Offensive-Ronnie Bell and Anthony Vastardis; Defense-Aidan Hutchinson and Josh Ross; Hassan Haskins replaced Bell as he was voted Alternate Captain

Observations on the Orange Bowl loss to Georgia, 11-34

Michigan Football Awards on December 19

All-Big Ten 2021 Defense: Hutchinson, Hill and Ojabo Offense: Stueber and Haskins Special Teams: Moody

Travel Squad to Maryland

Inside Michigan Football: Western Michigan Washington Northern Illinois Rutgers Wisconsin Nebraska Bye Week Northwestern Michigan State Indiana Penn State Maryland Ohio State Iowa Orange Bowl

Brad Galli & Jim Harbaugh Iowa Ohio State Maryland Penn State Indiana Michigan State Nebraska Wisconsin Rutgers Northern Illinois Washington Western Michigan

Football Discusses the Mentality of Hitting the Road for the First Time This Season

New Coaches, Scheme bring New Energy to Michigan Defense

First Day of Practice: August 6; Roster out on August 5

Jim Harbaugh signed a 4 year contract extension on January 8th; Warde Manuel signed a 5 year contract extension on February 18th. Harbaugh on February 25.

Biff Poggi rehired on July 10 as Associate Head Coach

Poggi relishing Michigan's Run

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Head Football Coaches; 12 Big Ten Coaches are ranked in front of Jim Harbaugh and Mel Tucker, and he ranks Michigan's coaching staff as the 6th best in the Big Ten and 29th in NCAA Football.

Spring Football Practice began on February 22--Spring Scrimmage held on April 10, 22-10

Developing Michigan Football Depth Chart for 2022

Scholarships Michigan Football 2021

Michigan Football Scholarship Summary for 2021

Observations on Michigan Football Recruiting in 2021

Michigan Football Recruits for 2022 (includes 22 signees and 360+ scholarship offers)

Michigan Football Recruiting

Michigan had 8 January, 2020 Enrollees; Ohio State had 14. Michigan has 11 January enrollees in 2021.

Michigan Football Visitors: Official and Unofficial

When former Michigan All-American, Bump Elliott, became Head Coach in 1959; it took him until year six in 1964 to capture a Big Ten Championship. It took Coach Harbaugh 7 seasons to wn the Big Ten Championship in 2021.

Observations on Michigan Football Games for 2001-2021 Seasons

Michigan Football Coaching Staff (Michigan Football Strength & Conditioning)

Schedule and Future Schedules

Josh Gattis is Co-Offensive Coordinator, and coaches Wide Receivers; he won the Broyles Award in 2021

Gattis on August 5 Gattis on September 7 Gattis on November 17

Monday Morning Quarterback Devin Gardner Georgia Iowa Ohio State Maryland Penn State Indiana MSU Northwestern Nebraska II Northwestern Rutgers Northern Illinois

Al Borges Georgia Iowa Ohio State Maryland Penn State Indiana MSU Northwestern Nebraska II Wisconsin II III Rutgers II III Western Michigan Washington Northern Illinois

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranked the Top 50 NCAA Division I Wide Receiver Coaches; Josh Gattis was ranked #4 as a Wide Receivers Coach, but finished unrecognized out of the Top 50. Gattis came in at #39 for Offensive Play-Callers, and finished #2.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top NCAA Offensive Coordinators

Offense: Michigan returned 4 starters from 2020 with Ronnie Bell, Hassan Haskins, Andrew Stueber, and Chuck Filiaga; other Wolverines who've started games include Ryan Hayes, Cade McNamara, A.J. Henning, Cornelius Johnson, Andrew Vastardis, and Zak Zinter

Position 1st Team 2nd Team 2022 Recruits

QB

McNamara

 McCarthy Denegal/Orji

Slot WR

Sainristil

Henning/Edwards/Anthony

 Morris
RB Haskins Corum/Edwards/Franklin/Gash Stokes

WR Z

Wilson

Anthony

 Walker
WR X C.Johnson Baldwin Clemons

TE

All/Schoonmaker/Honigford

Seltzer

 

Klein/Loveland
RT Stueber Jones/Persi Gentry
RG Zinter

Atteberry

C.Jones
C Vastardis Crippen
LG Keegan Filiaga  
LT Hayes Barnhart Lorenzetti

Offensive Snap Count (55+45 on Defense+8 on Special Teams=108 Players who've participated in games)

MFBPlayer Position(s) Unit WMU Wash NIU Rut Wisc Neb Nwst MSU Ind PSU MD OSU IA GA Totals
Hayes, Ryan OL Offense 48 70 37 55 72 84 91 83 68 72 64 63 56 65 928
Stueber, Andrew OL Offense 48 70 37 55 72 84 91 83 68 72 64 63 56 65 928
Vastardis, Andrew OL Offense 48 65 37 55 72 84 91 83 68 72 64 63 56 65 923
Johnson, Cornelius WR Offense 44 59 33 46 60 82 75 81 63 54 47 55 47 55 801
McNamara, Cade QB Offense 37 70 34 55 62 78 75 71 45 72 58 57 51 35 800
Keegan, Trevor OL Offense 44 70 20 45 67 50 0 35 68 72 42 63 56 65 697
Zinter, Zak OL Offense 16 62 37 55 67 20 0 0 68 72 64 63 56 65 645
Schoonmaker, Luke TE Offense 21 37 27 44 41 56 43 49 46 52 40 42 37 16 551
Haskins, Hassan RB Offense 19 34 12 19 39 42 39 34 58 70 39 49 35 17 506
All, Erick TE Offense 33 34 29 33 34 42 49 47 0 49 30 35 26 47 488
Sainristil, Mike WR Offense 25 18 26 21 28 40 52 23 40 33 29 35 32 33 435
Wilson, Roman WR Offense 32 56 18 18 46 0 5 7 26 40 38 45 35 42 408
Corum, Blake RB Offense 24 39 20 38 29 44 44 49 3 0 0 10 12 23 335
Honigford, Joel TE Offense 19 36 17 22 32 25 32 16 27 18 21 17 14 10 306
Filiaga, Chuck OL Offense 58 8 37 10 16 33 91 0 0 0 29 0 7 0 289
Anthony, Andrel WR Offense 14 0 13 0 9 0 36 72 24 16 28 13 24 16 265
Barnhart, Karsen OL Offense 16 0 20 0 4 59 91 48 0 0 17 0 7 0 262
Baldwin, Daylen WR Offense 13 0 32 35 25 40 38 2 11 4 26 2 15 12 255
Henning, A.J. WR Offense 12 18 5 7 21 15 14 32 2 6 19 2 10 19 182
McCarthy, J.J. QB Offense 26 0 23 0 10 6 14 12 23 0 8 6 12 30 170
Edwards, Donovan RB Offense 11 0 17 1 8 2 11 0 0 6 28 7 15 25 131
Jones, Trente OL/TE Offense 19 7 21 4 5 0 0 3 9 12 17 0 6 1 104
Selzer, Carter TE Offense 14 6 14 0 3 0 11 0 23 1 17 2 2 9 102
Crippen, Greg OL Offense 16 5 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 7 0 68
Atteberry, Reece OL Offense 6 0 20 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 17 0 7 0 58
Franklin, Leon RB Offense 8 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 1 0 26
Johnson, George DB/Slot Offense 7 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 24
Hibner, Matt TE Offense 0 0 11 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22
Bell, Ronnie WR Offense 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
Korican, Griffin OL Offense 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 20
Dunlap, Tavierre RB Offense 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 17
Rolapp, Will WR Offense 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 17
Torey, Matt WR Offense 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 17
Anderson, Raheem OL Offense 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
El-Hadi, Giovanni OL Offense 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Persi, Jeff OL Offense 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11
Dixon, Cristian WR Offense 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Harrison, Mathew WR Offense 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Villari, Dan QB Offense 1 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Buckman, Luke TE Offense 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Correll, Kraig OL Offense 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Staruch, Sam WR Offense 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Gash, Isaiah RB Offense 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7
Rumler, Nolan OL Offense 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Hughes, Danny n/a Offense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
Bowman, Alan QB Offense 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Bounds, Tristan OL Offense 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gelb, Mica OL Offense 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Hansen, Louis TE Offense 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Stewart, Noah OL Offense 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Taylor, Joe RB Offense 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bartholomew, Christain WR Offense 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Beetham, Josh TE Offense 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Boivin, Christian RB Offense 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bredeson, Max TE Offense 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Madden, Jesse QB Offense 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Smith, Payton QB Offense 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Game-2021 Rushing Passing Total First Downs 3rd/4th Down Red Zone Red Zone Points Total Points Plays Possession Turnovers Sacks Allowed Punts Blocked Punts
Western Michigan 335 216 551 22 9 of 14 3 13 47 60 28:09:00 0 0 2 0
Washington 343 44 387 20 9 of 18 4 21 31 71 34:20:00 0 0 4 0
Northern Illinois 373 233 606 28 4 of 9 6 42 63 65 30:49:00 0 0 0 0
Rutgers 112 163 275 15 4 of 11 4 20 20 54 27:23:00 0 0 5 0
Wisconsin 112 253 365 15 10 of 24 3 18 38 74 34:26:00 1 0 4 0
Nebraska 204 255 459 26 6 of 15 6 25 32 81 34:24:00 1 1 4 0
Northwestern 294 163 457 28 13 of 21 7 30 33 86 39:19:00 2 1 3 0
Michigan State 146 406 552 27 9 of 20 6 26 33 82 34:50:00 2 0 2 0
Indiana 188 223 411 19 4 of 13 6 29 29 66 32:36:00 1 3 4 0
Penn State 144 217 361 21 7 of 17 2 14 21 70 30:20:00 1 2 5 0
Maryland 151 352 503 24 8 of 16 6 38 59 75 29:58:00 0 1 3 0

Ohio State

Iowa

Georgia

297

211

88

190

250

237

487

461

325

24

21

16

6 of 9

4 of 11

8 of 18

7

4

3

42

28

3

42

42

11

61

62

63

28:12:00

28:21:00

25:45.00

1

2

3

0

1

4

2

5

2

0

0

n/a
Totals 2998 3202 6200 306 101 of 216 67 349 501 970 438:52:00 14 13 45 0

Harbaugh on February 25

NCAA Football Statistics

Big Ten Football Statistics

Michigan Football Team Statistics

Offensive Rank Big Ten Rank Category Defensive Rank Big Ten Rank
9th 1st Rushing 22nd 6th
68th 7th Passing 23rd 4th
19th 2nd Total 14th 4th
13th 2nd Scoring 8th 3rd
41st 5th Pass Efficiency 17th 5th
28th 4th Turnover Margin/Turnovers Gained 73rd 10th
n/a n/a Sacks 33rd 3rd
3rd 1st Sacks Allowed n/a n/a
1st 1st Tackles for Loss 70th 6th
38th 4th First Downs 15th 3rd
20th 3rd 3rd Down Conversions 20th 3rd
10th 2nd Red Zone 81st 12th
14th 3rd Time of Possession n/a n/a

Michigan may be 7th nationally in red zone offense, but they are 88th nationally in red zone touchdowns; this is a definite team weakness. They rank 6th nationally in red zone trips with 45.

Scorer/Offensive Producer Total Yards Rush Yards Pass Yards Return Yards TD Points Field Goal Points Extra Points Total Points Turnovers
Haskins, Hassan 1458 1327 131 0 120 0 0 120 0
Corum, Blake 1397 952 141 304 72 0 0 72 2
Henning, A.J. 694 162 79 453 18 0 2 20 0
Johnson, Cornelius 657 30 627 0 18 0 2 20 0
Wilson, Roman 499 59 420 20 18 0 0 18 0
Edwards, Donovan 439 174 265 0 24 0 0 24 1
All, Erick 437 0 437 0 12 0 0 12 0
Sainristil, Mike 339 7 305 27 12 0 0 12 1
Baldwin, Daylen 256 0 256 0 12 0 0 12 0
Anthony, Andrel 275 6 248 21 18 0 0 18 0
Schoonmaker, Luke 165 0 165 0 18 0 0 18 0
Bell, Ronnie 107 0 76 31 6 0 0 6 0
McCarthy, J.J.  124 124 0 0 12 0 0 12 2
Turner, D.J. 90 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0
Dunlap, Tavierre 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Villari, Dan 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kolesar, Caden 34 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0
Franklin, Leon 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Green, Gemon 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0
McNamara, Cade 26 26 0 0 6 0 0 6 7
Rolapp, Will 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hawkins, Brad 18 3 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Gash, Isaiah 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barrett, Michael 16 3 0 13 0 0 0 0 0
Colson, Junior 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0
Honigford, Joel 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hill, Daxton 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
Hughes, Danny 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dixon, Cristian 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robbins, Brad 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morris, Mike 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Selzer, Carter 9 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0
Mullings, Kalel 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Boivin, Christian 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moody, Jake 0 0 0 0 0 69 56 125 0
Bowman, Alan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Team -17 -17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 4705 3004 3202 1068 366 69 60 495 14

Upon Further Review Offense

Michigan Player-O WM+ WM- Wa+ Wa- NI+ NI- Rut+ Rut- Wis+ Wis- Neb+ Neb- Nw+ Nw- MSU+ MSU- Ind+ Ind- PSU+ PSU- MD+ MD- OSU+ OSU- Iowa+ Iowa- Geo+ Geo- Total+ Total- Net
Filiaga, Chuck 10.5 3 3 1 4.5 3 0.5 2 2 3.5 4.5 8.5 10.5 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 5 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 42.5 28.5 14
Stueber, Andrew 2 3.5 18 8.5 4.5 6.5 3 0 8.5 7.5 11 3 4 10.5 2.5 6 6.5 5.5 7 4 2 4.5 6 3 5 4 1 5.5 82.5 68.5 14
Vastardis, Andrew 12 1.5 10 5.5 14.5 5 10 12.5 10.5 7 6 6 15.5 9.5 8.5 12 8.5 10.5 9 5.5 4 5 11 3.5 4.5 4 2 11 126 95 31
Hibner, Matt 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Hayes, Ryan 4 3 22 3.5 10.5 2.5 7 8 2.5 3 9.5 8 11 9.5 5.5 3 10 1 6 16 7.5 3 11 4 5.5 4.5 1 4 113 73 40
Jones, Trent 0.5 0 2 4 4.5 2.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 14 11.5 2.5
Honigford, Joel 3.5 4.5 7.5 9 6.5 2 4.5 5 4.5 7.5 2 4.5 9 6 2 2 4 4.5 2 2 2 1 0 0.5 2 1 1.5 2 51 49.5 1.5
Selzer, Carter 2 2 0.5 4.5 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 11 7 4
Barnhart, Karsen 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 4.5 7 11.5 19 3 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 46.5 -27.5
All, Erick 6 3 11.5 5 13 0 11 1 5 2 8.5 2.5 20.5 2 17.5 5 0 0 9 5 3 3 11.5 2 10 2.5 18 3 144.5 36 108.5
Schoonmaker, Luke 4.5 0 7 7 8.5 3 8 5 3 11 13 6 6.5 8.5 8 4.5 5.5 7 4.5 8 2 4 9.5 4 9 2 1 2 90 70 20
Zinter, Zak 7 0 15.5 5 4 4 10.5 10 7 6.5 1.5 0 0 0 9.5 9 9.5 10.5 9 4 10 4 10.5 2 8.5 2.5 7.5 5 110 62.5 47.5
Crippen, Greg 0 0 1.5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 4.5
Keegan, Trevor 5.5 6 10.5 9.5 6.5 3 6 5 5 7.5 6.5 5 0 0 1 2 8.5 3.5 4.5 3 4 5 13 4 7 5 3 11 81 69.5 11.5
Atteberry, Reece 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
OL/TE Totals (14) 57.5 26.5 109 62.5 83.5 34.5 62.5 48.5 48 55.5 67 51.5 90.5 67.5 57.5 63.5 56.5 49 54 48 41 34.5 72.5 23 54.5 28 35 43.5 895 620.5 274.5
Villari, Dan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McNamara, Cade 0 0 5 11 2 6 3 6.5 1.5 6 2 7 6 6 1 1 1 5 1 2 2 4 0 1 1 1 2 5 27.5 61.5 -34
Edwards, Donovan 4.5 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 3.5 0 3 2 6 3 32 18 14
Corum, Blake 16.5 0 14.5 1 11.5 0 6 9 5 3 14 2.5 19 1 6.5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 4 2 0.5 7 100 33.5 66.5
Dunlap, Taviere 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
McCarthy, J.J.  0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 4 1 3 0 0 6 0 2 0 2.5 2 1.5 0 29 13 16
Haskins, Hassan 9.5 0 16 3 7 0 2 3 5.5 1 21.5 3 21.5 3 10.5 2 19.5 6 24 6 11 10 22.5 0 13.5 2 5.5 3.5 189.5 42.5 147
RB/QB Totals (7) 30.5 0 35.5 15 28.5 10 11 18.5 16 12 39.5 12.5 52.5 17 21 15 21.5 15 25 9 27 17 30.5 1 24 9 15.5 18.5 378 168.5 210.5
Anthony, Andrel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 1.5 0 4.5 0 3 1 0.5 0 0 1 4 0 20.5 3 17.5
Henning, A.J. 3 1 0 2 1.5 1 0 0 1 5 2 1 3.5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.5 3 1 2 1 2 0 3 16.5 23 -6.5
Johnson, Cornelius 0 2 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 4 0 7.5 0 4 1.5 7 4 3 0 3 2 4 1 44.5 16.5 28
Bell, Ronnie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sainristil, Mike 7 0 0 1.5 3 0 2 0 1 3 1.5 4 3 4 1 2 4 1 2.5 1 3 0 4.5 0 6.5 1 1.5 0 40.5 17.5 23
Wilson, Roman 1 1 3 7 1.5 2 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 0 4 3 6 3 4.5 1 1.5 0 6 3.5 36 22.5 13.5
Baldwin, Daylen 0.5 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 2.5 6 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 6.5 6.5
WR Totals (7) 11.5 4 5 13.5 12.5 3 3 1 6 13.5 10.5 6 14.5 9 11 4 16.5 1 15 5.5 22.5 11 13.5 3 12 7 16.5 7.5 11.5 7 4.5
Protection 15 23 8 14 18 20 24 30 34 46 43 55 28 33 55 75 31 47 29 48 43 53 31 40 33 42 42 63 433 589 -156
Coordinator (RPS) 3 22 11 16 11 15 16 30 20 24 25 25 12 33 16 33 13 24 16 23 22 12 15 12 18 15 11 13 209 307 -98
Offense UFR
Haskins, Hassan 147
All, Erick 108.5
Corum, Blake 66.5
Zinter, Zak 47.5
Hayes, Ryan 40
Vastardis, Andrew 31
Johnson, Cornelius 28
Sainristil, Mike 23
Schoonmaker, Luke 20
Anthony, Andrel 17.5
McCarthy, J.J. 16
Stueber, Andrew 14
Filiaga, Chuck 14
Wilson, Roman 13.5
Keegan, Trevor 11.5
Baldwin, Daylen 6.5
Crippen, Greg 4.5
Selzer, Carter 4
Hibner, Matt 3
Jones, Trent 2.5
Honigford, Joel 1.5
Edwards, Donovan 1
Bell, Ronnie 0
Franklin, Leon 0
Villari, Dan 0
Atteberry, Reece 0
Dunlap, Taviere -1
Henning, A.J. -6.5
Barnhart, Karsen -27.5
McNamara, Cade -34
Totals 552

2021 MICHIGAN Football Player

#

Position

Depth

Class

Height

Weight

Status

40 yd.

Vertical

Jump

Bench Press

ACT Composite /SAT Total

High School GPA

Quarterback

McNamara
McCarthy

McNamara, Cade 12 QB 1 Jr. 6'1" 212 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
McCarthy, J.J. 9 QB 2 Fr. 6'3" 197 Recruit n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Villari, Dan 4 QB 3 Fr. 6'4" 235 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bowman, Alan 15 QB 4 So. 6'4" 205 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Madden, Jesse 18 QB 5 Fr. 6'2" 198 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Smith, Peyton 17 QB 6 Fr. 6'3" 192 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Warren, Davis 16 QB 7 Fr. 6'2" 195 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Cade McNamara was 210 of 327 for 2,576 yards and 15 TDs with 6 interceptions in 14 starts; he ran 37 times for 26 yards after sacks were deducted for a TD, and his rating was 141.86, and earned 3rd Team All-Big Ten honors. Cade McNamara on December 5 Cade McNamara on November 15 Cade McNamara on September 27 Cade McNamara on August 30 McNamara Takes Command J.J. McCarthy enrolled January, 2021; he hit 34 of 59 passes for 516 yards and 5 TDs and an interception, and ran 27 times for a net of 124 yards after sacks were deducted for 2 TDs. J.J. McCarthy on October 12 Dan Villari ran 9 times for 35 yards, but missed a 2 point conversion run attempt. Alan Bowman transferred from Texas Tech on February 28th; he got in briefly against Northern Illinois, and threw an interception in his first attempt as a Wolverine ending our 4 game turnoverless streak. Bowman is now 2 of 4 for 9 yards. Peyton Smith, Davis Warren, and Jesse Madden are Walk-ons; both Madden and Smith got in the Northern Illinois game. Joe Milton entered the transfer portal on February 18; he decided on Tennessee on April 19, and was their starter. Walk-on Ren Hefley entered the transfer portal on May 7; he set a FCS record with 10 TD passes in his first game for Presbyterian, and is back in the transfer portal. Jayden Denegal and Alex Orji signed for 2022! We also have the pledges of preferred walk-ons, Declan Byle and Brandon Mann.

Michigan Quarterbacks

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan ranks the Top 50 Quarterbacks for the 2021-2022 Season; Cade McNamara didn't make the Top 50

Matt Weiss is the Quarterbacks Coach

Matt Weiss on September 1 Matt Weiss on September 29

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Quarterback Coachesor Gurus; neither Matt Weiss nor Jim Harbaugh didn't make the Top 50

Mike Hart is the Running Backs Coach

Mike Hart on August 19 Mike Hart on September 15 Mike Hart on October 20 Mike Hart on November 10

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Running Back Coaches; Mike Hart was ranked #8, but finished at #3.

Running Back (Tailback)

Haskins
Corum/Edwards/Franklin/Gash

Haskins, Hassan 25 RB 1 Sr. 6'1" 220 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Corum, Blake 2 RB 2 So. 5'8" 200 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Edwards, Donovan 7 RB 3 Fr. 6'0" 202 Recruit n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Dunlap, Tavierre 22 RB 4 Fr. 6'0" 222 Recruit n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Franklin, Leon 40 RB 4 Jr. 5'8" 206 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Gash, Isaiah 41 RB 6 Fr. 5'10" 178 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Boivin, Christian 40 RB 7 Fr. 6'0" 204 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hughes, Danny 24 RB 8 Jr. 6'0" 200 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Tiberia, Nico 36 RB 9 Fr. 5'9" 201 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Andrighetto, Lucas 31 RB 10 Sr. 6'1" 204 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Hassan Haskins had 270 carries for 1,327 yards and 20 TDs; he had 14 starts, and 18 receptions for 131 yards, and earned 1st Team All-Big Ten honors. Haskins had 452 carries without a fumble since 2019. Hassan Haskins on November 16 Hassan Haskins on September 28 Blake Corum had 144 carries for 952 yards and 11 TDs plus 24 catches for 141 yards and another TD; he earned 3rd Team All-Big Ten honors. Corum was our most explosive offensive player, but Haskins was our best offensive player. Blake Corum on December 16 Blake Corum on October 25 Blake Corum on August 20 Blake Corum on April 1. Donovan Edwards had 35 carries for 174 yards for 2 TDs plus 20 receptions for 265 yards for a TD; he threw a 75 yard TD pass to Roman Wilson against Iowa. Donovan Edwards on October 12 Tavierre Dunlap had 7 carries for 51 yards; he saw action in 2 games. Zach Charbonnet transferred to UCLA; Christian Turner tranferred to Wake Forest. All the new walk-ons competed for playing time including with Leon Franklin who had 8 carries for 33 yards; Franklin switched from #34 to #40, and played in 10 games. Isaiah Gash had 6 carries for 17 yards, and Christian Boivin had one carry for 2 yards. Danny Hughes played on special team in 10 games with a tackle; he also carried once against Maryland for 5 yards and caught a 3 yard pass. Lucas Andrigetto was out for the season. Gaige Garcia entered the transfer portal on May 18; he moved to Lehigh. C.J. Stokes signed for 2022!

Hassan Haskins on March 2

Hassan Haskins is a big fan of Mike Hart

Michigan's Greatest Running Backs

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 running backs for the 2021-2022 season; Hassan Haskins is ranked #33 at the start, but finished #6

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 running back duos for the 2021-2022 season; Hassan Haskins and Blake Corum were ranked #15, but finished #1.

Backfield

McNamara-Haskins-Sainristil

McCarthy-Corum-Henning

Villari-Edwards/Dunlap-Wilson/Anthony

Wide Receiver-X


Johnson
Baldwin

Johnson, Cornelius 6 X Wide Receiver 1 Jr. 6'3" 211 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Baldwin, Daylen 85 X Wide Receiver 2 Jr. 6'2" 219 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Dixon, Cristian 10 X Wide Receiver 3 Fr. 6'2" 197 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Harrison, Mathew 88 X Wide Receiver 4 Jr. 6'2" 205 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
O'Leary, Peyton 38 X Wide Receiver 4 Fr. 6'4" 190 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Staruch, Sam 84 X Wide Receiver 4 Fr. 6'1" 180 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bell, Ronnie 8 X Wide Receiver 7 Sr. 6'0" 192 Injured 4.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Friedman, Jake 40 X Wide Receiver 7 Fr. 6'2" 200 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments:  Cornelius Johnson had 40 catches for 627 yards, and 3 TDs plus a two point conversion; he had 14 starts, and blocked two punts against Northwestern and Iowa, and also has run 2 times for 24 yards. Cornelius Johnson on December 21 Cornelius Johnson on November 30 Cornelius Johnson on November 9 Cornelius Johnson on September 28 Cornelius Johnson on August 24 Ronnie Bell had one reception for 76 yards and a TD; unfortunately, he is out for the season with an ACL injury that required surgery. Ronnie Bell on August 26 Ronnie Bell on March 11. Bell on August 11 Cristian Dixon got in against Northern Illinois with one reception for 7 yards; he didn't play since so he redshirted. Xavier Worthy signed, but when he was unable to enroll early looked elsewhere, signed to play in 2021 with Texas and is a starter for the 5-7 Longhorns, and one of the most exciting players in NCAA Football this season. Darrius Clemons signed for 2022!

Slot Wide Receiver

Sainristil
Henning/Edwards/Anthony

Sainristil, Mike 5 Slot WR 1 Jr. 5'10" 185 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Henning, A.J. 3 Slot WR 2 So. 5'10" 185 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Johnson, George 17 Slot WR 3 Jr. 6'0" 186 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Torey, Matt 39 Slot WR 3 Sr. 5'10" 183 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bartholomew, Christian 27 Slot WR 4 Fr. 6'0" 182 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Mike Sainristil had 21 receptions for 305 yards for 2 TDs plus a 7 yard carry; he had 5 starts, and did a great job blocking. Mike Sainristil on December 16 Mike Sainristil on November 22 Mike Sainristil on November 1 Mike Sainristil on October 11 Mike Sainristil on August 30 Mike Sainristil on April 5 A.J. Henning had 9 carries for 162 yards for 2 TDs plus a 2 point conversion run; he had 10 receptions for 79 yards. A.J. Henning on October 18 Henning on September 6 Andrel Anthony had 12 grabs for 248 yards and 3 TDs; he saw action in 11 games. Andrel Anthony on November 1 Matt Torey played in 10 games on special teams. Tyler Morris signed for 2022! Giles Jackson transferred to Washington.

Wide Receiver-Z

Wilson
Sainristil/Anthony

Wilson, Roman 14 Z Wide Receiver 1 So. 6'0" 180 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Anthony, Andrel 1 Z Wide Receiver 2 Fr. 6'2" 185 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Sainristil, Mike 5 Z Wide Receiver 2 Jr. 5'10" 185 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Rolapp, Will 30 Z Wide Receiver 4 Fr. 6'0" 186 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Thaw, Jake 26 Z Wide Receiver 5 Fr. 6'0" 190 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments:  Roman Wilson had 4 starts; he had 3 rushes for 59 yards including a jet sweep for 43 yards against Western Michigan, and had 25 catches for 420 yards and 3 TDs. Wilson had surgery following the Wisconsin game; he was eased back into the lineup, and got back to full strength by the end of the season. Roman Wilson on December 5 Roman Wilson on September 7. Transfer Daylen Baldwin had 5 starts, and saw action in all 14 games; he had 17 receptions for 256 yards and 2 TDs. Daylen Baldwin on October 4 Daylen Baldwin on September 14 Walk-ons that played against Northern Illinois included Will Rolapp, Christian Bartholomew, Sam Staruch, and Peyton O'Leary. Rolapp caught a 26 yarder against Maryland Thaw was mentioned by Harbaugh as someone who'll play a role in special teams this season, but he was out for the season with injury. Torey played on special teams in 11 games so far. Amorion Walker signed for 2022!

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan ranks the Top 50 Wide Receivers for the 2021-2022 seaons; he apparently is disrespecting Ronnie Bell intentionally with 7 other wide receivers in the Big Ten listed ahead of him. His final group did not recognize any Michigan Wide Receivers.

Jay Harbaugh moved back to coach Tight Ends and H-Backs after coaching running backs; he also coaches Special Teams

Jay Harbaugh on August 26 Jay Harbaugh on October 6 Jay Harbaugh on November 3

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Tight End Coaches; Jay Harbaugh didn't make the list while 8 other Big Ten Coaches did


Tight End


Schoonmaker/All/Honigford
Selzer

Schoonmaker, Luke 86 TE 1 Sr. 6'5" 250 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
All, Erick 83 TE 2 Jr. 6'4" 245 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Honigford, Joel 85 TE 3 5th 6'6" 257 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Selzer, Carter 89 TE 4 5th 6'8" 242 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hibner, Matthew 88 TE 5 Fr. 6'4" 244 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hansen, Louis 81 TE 6 Fr. 6'6" 252 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Buckman, Luke 35 TE 7 Sr. 6'5" 237 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bredeson, Max 82 TE 8 Fr. 6'2" 222 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Beetham, Josh 37 TE 9 So. 6'5" 239 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Howes, Noah 45 TE 9 Fr. 6'5" 234 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Neff, Hunter 80 TE 11 Jr. 6'2" 237 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Luke Schoonmaker started 10 games, Erick All started 8 games, and Joel Honigford had 5 starts. Joel Honigford on October 19 Joel Honigford on September 7 Erick All caught 38 passes for 437 yards for 2 TDs; he has done a tremendous job blocking, and earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors. All sustained a leg injury against MSU so he did not play against Indiana, but returned against Penn State for a game-winning TD. Erick All on October 5 Erick All on August 31 Luke Schoonmaker on November 30 Luke Schoonmaker on October 26 Luke Schoonmaker on September 28 Luke Schoonmaker on August 17 Schoonmaker had 17 catches for 165 yards and 3 TDs; he earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors. Carter Selzer played as the 4th TE, and appeared in all 14 games; he had one catch for 6 yards. Matt Hibner played in the opener and Northern Illinois, and on special teams; he made the trip to Wisconsin and played with contributions in 8 games with an appearance in the Iowa game. Louis Hansen, Luke Buckman, and Max Bredeson played against Northern Illinois. Hunter Neff was out for the season with injury. Marlin Klein and Colston Loveland signed for 2022!

Michigan Ends (Wide Receivers, Tight Ends, Wingbacks/Slots)

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan ranks the Top 50 Tight Ends for the 2021-2022 season; none of Michigan's Tight Ends made the list with 6 other Big Ten Tight Ends who did

Wide Receiver Rotation

Wilson-C.Johnson-Sainristil-All

Anthony-Henning-Baldwin-Schoonmaker

Seltzer-Honigford
Receiver Receptions Yards TDs
Johnson, Cornelius 40 627 3
All, Erick 38 437 2
Corum, Blake 24 141 1
Wilson, Roman 25 420 3
Sainristil, Mike 21 305 2
Baldwin, Daylen 17 256 2
Schoonmaker, Luke 17 165 3
Edwards, Donovan 20 265 1
Haskins, Hassan 18 131 0
Anthony, Andrel 12 248 3
Henning, A.J. 10 79 0
Bell, Ronnie 1 76 1
Dixon, Cristian 1 7 0
Honigford, Joel 1 10 0
Hughes, Danny 1 3 0
Rolapp, Will 1 26 0
Selzer, Carter 1 6 0
Totals 248 3202 21

The addition of Andrel Anthony, and the emergence of Cornelius Johnson, Roman Wilson, and Erick All make this group a solid threat in the passing game; Luke Schoonmaker, Mike Sainristil, Daylen Baldwin, and A.J. Henning give this group depth with pass catching backs, Hassan Haskins and Blake Corum.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan ranks the Top 50 Wide Receiver Tandems for the 2021-2022 season; there were 8 other Big Ten Wide Receiver Tandems mentioned, but not the Wolverines top two receivers

Michigan Offensive Line

Sherrone Moore is the best recruiter on Michigan's Coaching Staff; he has been promoted to Co-Offensive Coordinator and Run Game Coordinator

Moore on August 12 Moore on August 6 Moore on September 22 Moore on October 27

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Offensive Line Coaches; Sherrone Moore did not make the Top 50 list while 9 other Big Ten Coaches made the list, but he finished the season ranked #2, best in the Big Ten.

Right Tackle


Stueber
Jones/Persi

Stueber, Andrew 71 RT 1 5th 6'7" 338 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Jones, Trente 53 RT 2 Jr. 6'4" 307 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Persi, Jeffrey 79 RT 3 Fr. 6'7" 305 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Korican, Griffin 78 RT 4 Sr. 6'6" 316 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bounds, Tristan 72 RT 5 Fr. 6'8" 282 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Andrew Stueber had 14 starts at Right Tackle; he earned 1st Team All-Big Ten honors. According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), he had an overall grade of 71.6 with 65.1 on run blocking, and 81.2 on pass blocking on 927 snaps. His best games were Washington, Indiana, and Northern Illinois. Andrew Stueber on December 21 Andrew Stueber on November 23 Andrew Stueber on October 19 Andrew Stueber on September 13 Stueber on August 11 Andrew Stueber on March 11. Trente Jones played extensively in 11 games including as a double Tight End with one start; he has also played guard and tackle, and wore #80 when in as a Tight End. Trente Jones on October 12 Griffin Korican and Tristan Bounds played against Northern Illinois. Jeff Persi was listed as the backup in the Orange Bowl Depth Chart. Connor Jones, Andrew Gentry, and Alessandro Lorenzetti signed for 2022.

Right Guard


Zinter
Atteberry

Zinter, Zak 65 RG 1 So. 6'6" 320 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Atteberry, Reece 74 RG 2 Fr. 6'5" 307 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Correll, Kraig 54 RG 3 Sr. 6'4" 311 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Gelb, Mica 55 RG 4 Jr. 6'4" 292 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Zak Zinter had 11 starts at Right Guard; he earned 2nd Team All-Big Ten honors. According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), he had an overall grade of 66.1 with 67.2 on run blocking, and 60.5 on pass blocking on 733 snaps. His best games were Ohio State, Northern Illinois, and Iowa. Zak Zinter on November 2 Zak Zinter on September 21 Zak Zinter on April 1 Chuck Filiaga on September 7 Reece Atteberry, Kraig Correll, and Mica Gelb saw action as well with Atteberry appeared in 6 games; Trente Jones also backed up Right Guard along with his Tight End duties. Karsen Barhart played right guard against Nebraska. Nolan Rumler entered the transfer portal on October 1; he signed with Kent State on December 18.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 Centers for the 2021-2022 Season; Zak Zinter made #45 on the list which ranked him 7th in the Big Ten, and finished at #34 which was 4th on the list.

Center


Vastardis
Crippen

Vastardis, Andrew 68 C 1 5th 6'3" 294 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Crippen, Greg 51 C 2 Fr. 6'4" 290 Recruit n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Anderson, Raheem 62 C 3 Fr. 6'3" 302 Recruit n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Simmons, Peter 75 C 4 Fr. 6'3" 291 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Andrew Vastardis returned for a 6th year, and was voted Offensive Captain; he started all 14 games, and earned 2nd Team All-Big Ten honors. According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), he had an overall grade of 75.9 with 79.1 on run blocking, and 68.9 on pass blocking on 923 snaps. His best games were Western Michigan, Iowa, and Nebraska. Andrew Vastardis on November 22 Andrew Vastardis on October 4 Vastardis on August 26 Freshman Greg Crippen played in 5 games; the redshirt was burned. Raheem Anderson redshirted, but he did see action against Northern Illinois. Victor Olawatimi transferred from Virginia for 2022!


Left Guard


Keegan
Filiaga

Keegan, Trevor 77 LG 1 Jr. 6'6" 324 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Filiaga, Chuck 66 LG 2 5th 6'6" 337 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
El-Hadi, Giovanni 58 LG 3 Fr. 6'5" 318 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Trevor Keegan had 11 starts at Left Guard with action in 13 games; he earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors. According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), he had an overall grade of 62.6 with 65.6 on run blocking, and 50.4 on pass blocking on 697 snaps. His best games were Penn State, Northern Illinois, and Iowa. Karsen Barnhart started two games as Keegan nursed a shoulder injury. According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), he had an overall grade of 63.0 with 64.1 on run blocking, and 56.2 on pass blocking on 284 snaps. His best games were Northern Illinois, Northwestern, and Iowa. Trevor Keegan on November 8 Trevor Keegan on September 13 Trevor Keegan on August 31 Chuck Filiaga had 4 starts at Left or Right Guard with action in 10 games. According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), he had an overall grade of 75.9 with 79.1 on run blocking, and 68.9 on pass blocking on 923 snaps. His best games were Iowa, Western Michigan, and Northwestern. Giovanni El-Hadi saw action against Northern Illinois. Mahdi Hazime entered the transfer portal on August 31.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 Guards for the 2021-2022 season; none of Michigan's Offensive Guards made the lists.

Left Tackle

Hayes
Barnhart

Hayes, Ryan 76 LT 1 Sr. 6'7" 307 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Barnhart, Karsen 52 LT 2 Jr. 6'4" 307 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Persi, Jeffrey 79 LT 3 Fr. 6'7" 305 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Stewart, Noah 61 LT 4 Fr. 6'7" 274 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Fisher, Luke 60 LT 5 Jr. 6'4" 298 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Ryan Hayes started at Left Tackle in all 14 games; he earned 2nd Team All-Big Ten Honors. According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), he had an overall grade of 66.7 with 64.5 on run blocking, and 64.6 on pass blocking on 928 snaps. His best games were Northwestern, Maryland, and Northern Illinois. Karsen Barhart played as his backup in 8 games with 2 starts at Left and Right Guard. Ryan Hayes on December 21 Ryan Hayes on October 25 Ryan Hayes on September 27 Ryan Hayes on August 20 Ryan Hayes on April 9 Karsen Barnhart on October 12 Jeffrey Persi and walk-on Noah Stewart played against Northern Illinois. Jack Stewart moved to Defensive Line. Willie Allen transferred, and enrolled January, 2021, but re-entered the transfer portal on April 23 following Spring Drills and landed at Massachusetts.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 Offensive Tackles for the 2021-2022 season with Ryan Hayes ranked #35 on the list; he doesn't give Michigan's Offensive Line a place in the Top 50 for NCAA Football, and they made the list of the Top 3 in NCAA Football. Hayes finished #15 on the list, and Stueber ranked #26.

Offensive Line

Hayes-Keegan-Vastardis-Zinter-Stueber

Barnhart-Filiaga-Crippen-Atteberry-Jones

Persi-El-Hadi-Anderson-Korican

Michigan Offensive Line wins Joe Moore Award

Offensive Line UFR Net
Western Michigan 31
Washington 46.5
Northern Illinois 55.5
Rutgers 14
Wisconsin -7.5
Nebraska 15.5
Northwestern 23
Michigan State -6
Indiana 7.5
Penn State 6
Maryland 6.5
Ohio State 49.5
Iowa 26.5
Georgia -8.5
Totals 260
Michigan Player-OPP WMU Wash Nill Rutg Wisc Neb Nwsn MSU Ind PSU MD OSU Iowa Geo Total+
Team -1 -3 0 0 -1 -2 0 0 -4 0 -1 -5 -5 -3 -25
Hayes, Ryan 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 0 -12 0 -2 -2 -2 -20
Keegan, Trevor -1 -1 0 -1 -2 -2 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 -1 -8 -18
Vastardis, Andrew 0 0 0 -2 -3 -2 0 0 -4 -1 0 0 0 -4 -16
Zinter, Zak -4 0 0 -2 -2 0 0 0 -3 0 -1 0 0 -1 -13
Stueber, Andrew 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -1 0 0 0 -1 -6
Honigford, Joel 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 -3
Barnhart, Karsen 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
Hasskins, Hassan 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -5
Filiaga, Chuck -1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
Atteberry, Reece 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Edwards, Donovan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1
OL/TE Totals (9) -7 -6 0 -6 -10 -11 -1 0 -13 -15 -5 -7 -8 -21 -112
Offensive Line Protection Net
Western Michigan -7
Washington -6
Northern Illinois 0
Rutgers -6
Wisconsin -10
Nebraska -11
Northwestern -20
Michigan State -20
Indiana -16
Penn State -19
Maryland -10
Ohio State -7
Iowa -8
Georgia -21
Totals -161

In The Trenches with Doug Skene for Rutgers In The Trenches with Doug Skene for Wisconsin In The Trenches with Doug Skene for Nebraska Northwestern MSU Indiana Penn State Maryland Ohio State Iowa

Between the Lines with Jack Miller Nebraska Wisconsin II Northern Illinois Northwestern MSU Indiana Penn State Maryland Ohio State Iowa

Offensive Line Leading the Surge

Offensive Linemen Gelling as Season Opener Nears

Offense # Defense Special Teams

n/a

Anthony, Andrel

0

1

Sn/a

McBurrows, Ja'Den

n/a

n/a
Corum, Blake 2 Hawkins, Brad Moody, Jake
Henning, A.J. 3 Whittley, Jordan n/a
Villari, Dan 4 Gray, Vincent n/a
Sainristil, Mike 5 Turner, D.J. n/a
Johnson, Cornelius 6 Moten, R.J. n/a
Edwards, Donovan 7 Paige, Makari Smith, Peyton
Bell, Ronnie 8 n/a n/a
McCarthy, J.J. 9 n/a n/a
Dixon, Cristian 10 Solomon, Anthony n/a
McNamara, Cade 12 Ross, Joshua n/a
n/a 13 n/a Moody, Jake
Wilson, Roman 14 Johnson, Quinten n/a
Bowman, Alan 15 Hinton, Chris n/a
Davis, Warren 16 Perry, Jalen n/a
Smith, Peyton/Johnson, George 17 McGregor, Braiden n/a
Madden, Jesse 18 Harris, Keshaun n/a
n/a 19 Moore, Rod Doman, Tommy
n/a 20 Mullings, Kalel n/a
n/a 21 n/a n/a
Dunlap, Tavierre 22 Green, Gemon n/a
n/a 23 Barrett, Michael n/a
Hughes, Danny 24 Johnson, George n/a
Haskins, Hassan 25 Colson, Junior n/a
Thaw, Jake 26 Benny, Rashaun n/a
Bartholomew, Christian 27 McLaurin, Tyler n/a
n/a 28 Green-Warren, Darion n/a
n/a 29 Velazquez, Joey Anderson, Rhett
Rolapp, Will 30 Hill, Daxton n/a
Andrighetto, Lucas 31 Morant, Jordan n/a
n/a 32 Harrell, Jaylen Knight, Nolan
n/a 33 Green, German n/a
n/a 34 Hood, Jaydon n/a
Buckman, Luke 35 Kolesar, Caden n/a
Tiberia, Nico 36 Seldon, Andre n/a
Beetham, Josh 37 Dennis, Eamonn n/a
O'Leary, Peyton 38 Taylor, Joe n/a
Torey, Matt 39 /a n/a
Franklin, Leon 40 Boivin, Christian Friedman, Jake
Gash, Isaiah 41 Hill-Green, Nikhai n/a
n/a 42 Andrews, Trevor n/a
n/a 43 Russell, Andrew n/a
n/a 44 Luther, Joshua n/a
Howes, Noah 45 n/a Tarr, Greg
n/a 46 Lidback, Alexander n/a
n/a 49 n/a Wagner, William
n/a 50 Nichols, Jerome n/a
Crippen, Greg 51 n/a n/a
Barnhart, Karsen 52 Bennett, Kechaun n/a
Jones, Trente 53 n/a n/a
Correll, Kraig 54 Rooks, George n/a
Gelb, Mica 55 Ojabo, David n/a
n/a 56 Giudice, Dominick n/a
n/a 57 George, Joey n/a
El-Hadi, Giovanni 58 Smith, Mazi n/a
n/a 59 n/a n/a
Fisher, Luke 60 n/a n/a

Stewart, Noah

Anderson, Raheem

61

62

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

63

n/a

n/a
n/a 64 n/a n/a
Zinter, Zak 65 n/a n/a
Filiaga, Chuck 66 n/a n/a
n/a 67 Speight, Jess n/a
Vastardis, Andrew 68 n/a n/a
n/a 69 n/a n/a
n/a 70 Stewart, Jack n/a
Stueber, Andrew 71 n/a n/a
Bounds, Tristan 72 Pierre, Elijah n/a
n/a 73 n/a n/a
Atteberry, Reece 74 n/a n/a
Simmons, Peter 75 n/a n/a
Hayes, Ryan 76 n/a n/a
Keegan, Trevor 77 n/a n/a
Korican, Griffin 78 n/a n/a
Persi, Jeffrey 79 n/a n/a
Neff, Hunter 80 n/a n/a
Hansen, Louis 81 n/a n/a
Bredeson, Max 82 n/a n/a
All, Erick 83 n/a n/a
Honigford, Joel 84 n/a n/a
Baldwin, Daylen 85 n/a n/a
Schoonmaker, Luke 86 n/a n/a
Hibner, Matt/Harrison, Matt 88 n/a n/a
Selzer, Carter 89 n/a n/a
n/a 90 Morris, Mike n/a
n/a 91 Upshaw, Taylor Robbins, Brad
n/a 92 Iwunnah, Ike n/a
n/a 93 n/a Hussung, Cole
n/a 94 Jenkins, Kris n/a
n/a 95 Jeter, Donovan n/a
n/a 96 Welschof, Julius n/a
n/a 97 Hutchinson, Aiden n/a
n/a 99 Newburg, Gabe n/a

Defense: Michigan returns 8 Starters from 2020 including Aidan Hutchinson, Chris Hinton, Donovan Jeter, Josh Ross, Michael Barrett, Daxton Hill, Gemon Green and Vincent Gray; other players who have started include Taylor Upshaw

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Football Defenses for 2021; Michigan ranked #44 on the list and 7th in the Big Ten

DE-Strong Side

Hutchinson

Upshaw/McGregor

Moore/Klunder

DE-Wide Side

Morris

Welschof/Upshaw/Guy

 Henry
DT Hinton Welschof/Jenkins Graham
NT Smith Jeter/Speight/Whittley Grant
OLB

Ojabo

Harrell

  
ILB-MIKE Ross Mullings Rolder
ILB-WILL Colson Hill-Green Alexander/Pollard/Spurlock
RCB-Short Side Gray Green Johnson

LCB-Wide Side

Turner

Green

 Jones/Pollard
Nickel/FS Hill/Moore Moten Sabb/Dent/Berry

SS/Rover

Hawkins

Kolesar

Defensive Snap Count (45)

MFBPlayer Position(s) Unit WMU Wash NIU Rut Wisc Neb Nwst MSU Ind PSU MD OSU IA GA Totals
Hill, Daxton DB Defense 57 64 32 74 49 64 45 74 51 84 68 71 56 37 826
Gray, Vincent DB Defense 43 55 28 63 45 55 31 69 61 86 68 79 64 61 808
Hawkins, Brad DB Defense 55 71 32 74 48 64 43 75 49 86 5 74 59 63 798
Hutchinson, Aidan DL Defense 37 44 25 67 39 59 43 73 57 80 63 76 65 56 784
Ross, Josh LB Defense 51 65 32 24 49 64 40 75 58 86 55 60 54 65 778
Turner, D.J. DB Defense 29 27 10 23 18 6 43 64 50 86 68 79 63 51 617
Hinton, Chris DL Defense 35 40 23 53 39 40 30 63 34 52 32 50 43 45 579
Smith, Mazi DL Defense 28 40 23 50 26 40 30 57 32 46 43 46 37 48 546
Ojabo, David DL Defense 35 32 13 20 34 55 41 42 17 60 56 66 32 26 529
Colson, Junior LB Defense 19 33 13 31 20 27 20 41 44 67 51 66 46 42 520
Moten, R.J. DB Defense 49 48 18 56 34 59 37 48 17 1 63 18 17 29 494
Green, Gemon DB Defense 51 64 30 58 29 62 29 16 4 0 0 2 11 24 380
Hill-Green, Nikhai LB Defense 37 26 22 50 19 34 28 20 17 18 28 15 28 28 370
Moore, Rod DB Defense 14 13 10 0 4 0 8 0 19 65 75 77 38 37 360
Morris, Mike DL Defense 26 27 19 34 27 18 25 32 32 26 22 30 21 20 359
Jeter, Donovan DL Defense 21 17 15 21 14 16 14 17 25 22 34 30 20 26 292
Harrell, Jaylen DL Defense 19 24 28 20 21 7 12 11 0 0 11 2 32 28 215
Upshaw, Taylor DL Defense 28 27 18 13 12 4 0 6 23 36 0 12 17 12 208
Barrett, Michael LB Defense 5 0 16 0 3 1 15 0 45 21 24 22 21 14 187
Welschof, Julius DL Defense 8 10 19 7 8 0 14 16 13 22 16 14 20 12 179
Jenkins, Kris DL Defense 16 21 14 21 13 6 7 26 0 2 11 2 18 18 175
Mullings, Kalel LB Defense 14 6 11 43 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 7 3 92
Speight, Jess DL Defense 5 3 5 5 12 14 11 0 3 0 12 0 11 9 90
Paige, Makari DB Defense 13 3 19 0 6 0 9 0 1 0 9 0 7 0 67
Kolesar, Caden DB Defense 10 0 19 0 7 0 13 0 0 0 8 0 5 0 62
McGregor, Braiden DL Defense 12 5 14 7 4 0 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 60
Harris, Keshaun DB Defense 10 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 7 0 46
George, Joey DL Defense 7 0 5 0 3 0 5 0 4 0 7 0 4 3 38
Whittley, Jordan DL Defense 3 5 7 0 4 0 3 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 33
McBurrows, Ja'Den DB Defense 0 0 7 0 6 0 9 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 29
Perry, Jalen DB Defense 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 3 0 20
Benny, Rayshaun DL Defense 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17
Hood, Jaydon LB Defense 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 15
Guy, T.J. DL Defense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 11
Velazquez, Joey LB Defense 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 10
Rooks, George DL Defense 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 9
Johnson, Quinten DB Defense 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 8
Morant, Jordan DB Defense 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7
Green, German n/a Defense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
Solomon, Anthony LB Defense 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Andrews, Trevor DB Defense 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
McLaurin, Tyler LB Defense 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Newburg, Gabe DL Defense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pierre, Elijah DL Defense 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Giudice, Dominic DL Defense 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Seldon, Andre DB Defense 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Game-2021 Rushing Passing Total First Downs 3rd/4th Down Red Zone Red Zone Points Total Points Plays Possession Turnovers Sacks Punts Blocked Punts
Western Michigan 119 191 310 17 8 of 17 1 7 14 69 31:51:00 0 1 7 0
Washington 50 293 343 19 8 of 21 1 3 10 69 25:40:00 1 4 5 0
Northern Illinois 162 46 208 11 3 of 14 2 10 10 53 29:11:00 1 0 7 0
Rutgers 196 156 352 21 8 of 20 3 10 13 73 32:37:00 1 1 2 0
Wisconsin 43 167 210 12 4 of 15 2 10 17 55 25:11:00 3 6 8 0
Nebraska 140 291 431 19 4 of 14 3 15 29 60 25:36:00 2 1 4 0
Northwestern 100 133 233 10 5 of 16 1 0 7 55 20:41:00 2 1 7 1
Michigan State 199 196 395 20 6 of 14 2 15 37 66 25:10:00 2 3 5 0
Indiana 107 88 195 11 4 of 15 1 7 7 60 27:24:00 1 2 8 0
Penn State 109 223 332 20 11 of 27 4 14 17 86 29:40:00 1 7 4 0
Maryland 181 178 359 20 3 of 16 3 18 18 77 30:02:00 1 2 6 1

Ohio State

Iowa

Georgia

64

104

190

394

175

328

458

279

518

23

15

21

11 of 22

5 of 20

11 of 17

4

3

5

20

3

17

27

3

34

79

71

67

31:48:00

31:39:00a

34:15.00

0

1

0

4

1

0

4

8

2

0

1

0
Totals 1764 2859 4623 239 91 of 250 35 149 243 940 400:45:00 16 33 77 3

Upon Further Review Defense

Michigan Player-D WM+ WM- Wa+ Wa- NI+ NI- Rut+ Rut- Wis+ Wis- Neb+ Neb- Nw+ Nw- MSU+ MSU- Ind+ Ind- PSU+ PSU- MD+ MD- OSU+ OSU- Iowa+ Iowa- Geo+ Geo- Total+ Total- Net
Upshaw, Taylor 2 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 2 4 4 0 0 2.5 2 3 4 1 2 27 18 9
Morris, Mike 5 1 3.5 2 2.5 0 6.5 5 8 3 4 3 2.5 1.5 4 6 4 1 1.5 1.5 2 0 6 2 4 0 1 4 54.5 30 24.5
Welschof, Julius 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 1.5 0 0 6 0 1 4 18 16.5 1.5
Ojabo, David 3 10 2 0 2 2 7 3 15 2.5 14.5 1 10 4.5 18 2 10 1 14.5 4 14 5.5 21.5 4 8 3 1 0 140.5 42.5 98
Jenkins, Kris 1 1 0 0 4 1.5 4.5 1 2 1 7 0 3.5 0 4 5.5 0 0 0 0 1 1.5 1 0 7.5 0 9 2.5 44.5 14 30.5
Hinton, Chris 3.5 2.5 14 4 3.5 3 17 0 5 3 14.5 0 6 0.5 6 1 7 3 5.5 2 1 2 7.5 2.5 11.5 1 4 4 106 28.5 77.5
Harrell, Jaylen 1 0 4 2 6 3 1.5 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 5 8.5 28 17.5 10.5
Hutchinson, Aidan 23 1 16.5 2 10 1 24 1 25 2 30.5 3.5 17 2 29 7.5 27 5 22 5 25 1 40.5 1 19 1 15 4.5 323.5 37.5 286
Smith, Mazi 5 3.5 16 2 6 5 5 6.5 8.5 3 12.5 3 6 1 11 4 12 4.5 11 4 10 3.5 9.5 3 10.5 0 3.5 2 126.5 45 81.5
Whittley, Jordan 0 0 2.5 1 1.5 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.5 4.5 3
McGregor, Braiden 1 0 2 0 2.5 1 4 0 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 7
Speight, Jess 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 4 3.5 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3.5 7 13 -6
Jeter, Donovan 5 4 5 2 0.5 0.5 2.5 6 7 1 0.5 6 0 0 4 1 1 0 7.5 1 2.5 6 9 2 3 2 4 2.5 51.5 34 17.5
DL Totals (13) 52.5 23 72 17 40.5 21.5 72.5 25 79 23 89.5 17 50 12.5 80 30 64.5 17.5 68 23.5 55.5 26 99.5 16.5 77.5 15 44.5 37.5 945.5 305 640.5
Colson, Junior 1.5 0 6 9 3 0 7.5 6 1 2 6.5 4 1.5 5 7 1 7.5 9.5 6 12 3 15.5 2.5 9 7.5 11 4 10 64.5 94 -29.5
Solomon, Anthony 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mullings, Kalel 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.5 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 12 -5.5
Barrett, Michael 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 3 2 5 0 2 1 4 3.5 6 1 3 0 24 12 12
Hood, Jaydon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ross, Josh 12.5 12 17.5 6 6.5 8 6 8.5 7.5 4.5 10 19 12 2.5 11.5 11.5 11 6.5 8 10.5 10.5 8 13 4 9 10 10 14 145 125 20
Hill-Green, Nikhai 5 5 6.5 0 11 0 12.5 11.5 3.5 5 4.5 1.5 2 2.5 2.5 0 1 7 3 0 3.5 0 0 0 5 2 5 2.5 65 37 28
LB Totals (7) 19 17 30 15 23.5 8 29.5 38 13 11.5 21 24.5 15.5 14.5 21 12.5 22.5 25 22 22.5 19 24.5 19.5 16.5 27.5 24 22 26.5 305 280 25
Morant, Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gray, Vincent 7 0 5 5 5 1 7 2 1 3 5 6 2 3 1 2 8 5.5 6 7.5 1 2 12 7 5 4 4 7 69 55 14
Moten, R.J. 4.5 1 1 3 2 1 3 5 0.5 0 1 2 3 6 9 2 0 2 0 0 6 4 2 4 3 1.5 3 2 38 33.5 4.5
Kolesar, Caden 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5.5 0 5.5
Paige, Makari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Green, Gemon 4 4 10 0 2 3 4 6 3 3 5 8 1 3 1 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 32 34.5 -2.5
Moore, Rod 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 4.5 4.5 0 3 2 4.5 16.5 19 -2.5
Turner, J.T. 0 0 4 4 2 3 0 6.5 4 1 1 2 10.5 0 7 5 3 1 11 0.5 8 7.5 13 7 12 1 4 6 79.5 44.5 35
Hill, Daxton 8 2 7 6 5 1 12.5 8 9.5 2 16.5 7.5 7 4 7.5 8 8 0.5 9.5 6 9 7.5 4 7 6.5 5 4 1 114 65.5 48.5
Hawkins, Brad 2 5.5 9.5 1 1 1 6 4.5 3 1.5 7 4 4.5 4.5 4.5 9 3 0 3.5 2 0 0 5 8.5 5.5 1.5 5.5 6 60 49 11
Perry, Jalen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DB Totals (11) 25.5 12.5 38.5 23 19.5 10 32.5 32 23 10.5 35.5 29.5 23 11.5 30 29.5 22 9 34 18 26 22 40.5 38 35 16 24.5 30.5 414.5 301 113.5
Pressure 14 5 30 8 4 2 11 7 30 3 26 3 24 2 28 6 17 7 19 10 18 2 52 13 37 5 17 4 325 77 248
Coverage 18 16 31 23 15 4 26 22 18 7 16 28 26 15 22 18 25 11 32 23 15 20 31 32 25 22 13 26 313 277 46
Tackling 14 6 8 11 7 5 12 14 5 6 6 6 2 7 11 11.5 3 7 4 6 0 10 11 13.5 9 7.5 7 15 99 125.5 -26.5
Coordinator (RPS) 2 3 18 14 13 5 26 24 15 8 14 17 18 9 13 21 22 6 19 18 12 6 21 19 25 15 19 12 237 177 60
Defense UFR
Hutchinson, Aidan 286
Ojabo, David 98
Smith, Mazi 81.5
Hinton, Chris 77.5
Hill, Daxton 48.5
Turner, J.T. 35
Jenkins, Kris 30.5
Hill-Green, Nikhai 28
Morris, Mike 24.5
Ross, Josh 20
Jeter, Donovan 17.5
Gray, Vincent 14
Barrett, Michael 12
Hawkins, Brad 11
Harrell, Jaylen 10.5
Upshaw, Taylor 9
McGregor, Braiden 7
Kolesar, Caden 5.5
Moten, R.J. 4.5
Whittley, Jordan 3
Welschof, Julius 1.5
Solomon, Anthony 0
Newburg, Gabe 0
Johnson, George 0
Perry, Jalen 0
Paige, Makari 0
Morant, Jordan 0
Moore, Rod -2.5
Green, Gemon -2.5
Mullings, Kalel -5.5
Speight, Jess -6
Colson, Junior -29.5
Totals 779
Defensive Player WMU Wash Nill Rut Wisc Neb Nwst MSU Ind PSU MD OSU Iowa Geo Total
Ross, Josh 6 11 6 6 3 8 4 10 7 11 8 6 9 11 106
Hill, Daxton 6 6 1 5 6 5 6 6 7 2 3 7 5 4 69
Hutchinson, Aidan 4 4 2 5 3 6 3 3 5 7 5 7 4 4 62
Colson, Junior 2 4 1 5 3 5 1 6 8 12 4 2 3 4 60
Hawkins, Brad 2 5 2 4 2 5 6 4 3 6 1 9 5 6 60
Hill-Green, Nikhai 4 3 3 8 5 4 4 2 3 2 5 0 3 4 50
Gray, Vincent 1 6 5 2 1 2 0 3 3 5 2 6 5 5 46
Smith, Mazi 1 1 1 3 2 6 2 0 5 4 5 1 4 2 37
Ojabo, David 1 2 2 3 7 1 1 4 2 4 3 3 2 0 35
Moten, R.J. 5 2 4 7 0 3 0 2 0 0 6 2 3 1 35
Turner, D.J. 1 3 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 3 2 8 2 4 33
Moore, Rod 3 1 1 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 6 5 9 3 2 32.5
Hinton, Chris 2 2 1 5 4 5 1 0 2 3 0 2 2 0 29
Jeter, Donovan 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 2 1 2 24
Green, Gemon 4 4 1 4 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 22
Jenkins, Kris 0 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 7 22
Barrett, Michael 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 4 3 2 4 0 1 20
Morris, Mike 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 16
Harrell, Jaylen 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 15
Welschof, Julius 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 13
Mullings, Kalel 2 0 1 6 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10.5
Kolesar, Caden 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9
Upshaw, Taylor 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 7
Speight, Jess 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6
McGregor, Braiden 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Sainristil, Mike 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
Green, German 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Perry, Jalen 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.5
Johnson, Quentin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2.5
McBurrows, J'Den 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Paige, Makari 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Benny, Rayshaun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Haskins, Hassan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Guy, T.J. 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.5
Harris, Keshaun 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Johnson, George 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hood, Jaydon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
George, Joey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
McNamara, Cade 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Velazquez, Joey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Morant, Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
All, Erick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Hughes, Danny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Solomon, Anthony 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whittley, Jason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Torey, Matt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 54 67 54 69 50 57 44 50 60 78 64 71 68 69 854

John Harbaugh lent brother, Jim, his Linebackers Coach, Mike MacDonald, to be the new Wolverine Defensive Coordinator and Linebacker Coach, but just for one season as he returned to the Baltimore Ravens to be their Defensive Coordinator

McDonald on March 4 McDonald on August 5 McDonald August 5 Part 2 (McDonald) Mike McDonald on September 15 Mike McDonald on November 10

New Faces Making Big Contributions on Defense

Vance Bedford Georgia Iowa Ohio State Maryland Penn State Indiana MSU Northwestern Nebraska Preview Wisconsin How Teams will attack Michigan Rutgers Attacking Big Ten Teams Northern Illinois

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranked the Top NCAA Defensive Coordinators; Mike McDonald was ranked #42 behind 8 other Big Ten Defensive Coordinators, but finished at #7

Can New Coaches Fix Michigan Defense?

Nose Tackle


Smith
Jeter/Speight/Whittley/George

Smith, Mazi 58 NT 1 Jr. 6'3" 326 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Speight, Jess 67 NT 2 5th 6'5" 310 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
George, Joey 57 NT 3 Sr. 6'0" 262 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Welschof, Julius 96 NT 3 Jr. 6'6" 288 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Whittley, Jordan 3 NT 3 Sr. 6'1" 348 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Pierre, Elijah 72 NT 6 5th 6'1" 272 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Iwunnah, Ike 92 NT 7 Fr. 6'3" 306 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Stewart, Jack 70 NT 8 Jr. 6'4" 314 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments:  Mazi Smith had 14 starts at Nose Tackle; he has 37 tackles including 2.5 for loss with 3 quarterback hits and 3 pass deflections, and earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors. The deflection in the first quarter against MSU resulted in an interception by Mike Morris. Mazi Smith on December 21 Mazi Smith on November 30 Mazi Smith on November 9 Mazi Smith on September 28 Mazi Smith on August 30 Donovan Jeter backed up Smith and Hinton with 22 tackles, 2 for loss plus 2 pass deflections; he has played in all 13 games. Donovan Jeter on November 8 Donovan Jeter on September 27 Jeter on August 17 Jeter on March 11 Jess Speight, Transfer Jordan Whittley, Julian Welschof, and Joey George also played as backups; Speight had 5 tackles playing in 11 games, and Welschof had 11 tackles including .5 sack plus a tipped pass, and contributed on two tackles in the Orange Bowl on kickoffs. Welschof got his first start against MSU, and contributed in all 14 games. George played in 7 games with one tackle, and Whittley in 8 games with no tackles. Jess Speight on October 12 Julius Welschof on September 13 Whittley changed jersey from #93 to #3; he had no tackles. Jack Stewart moved over from offense, but didn't play. Freshman Ike Iwunnah redshirted. Elijah Pierre played against Northern Illinois. Phil Paea returned for a 5th year, but transferred to Utah State. Kenneth Grant signed for 2022!

Defensive Tackle


Hinton
Jeter/Jenkins/Welschof

Hinton, Chris 15 DT  1 Jr. 6'4" 310 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Jenkins, Kris 94 DT  2 Fr. 6'3" 275 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Jeter, Donovan 95 DT  2 5th 6'3" 325 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Benny, Rayshuan 26 DT  4 Fr. 6'5" 292 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Rooks, George 54 DT  4 Fr. 6'5" 270 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Giudice, Dominick 56 DT  6 Fr. 6'5" 275 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Chris Hinton had 31 tackles including a sack and a pass deflection plus 2 fumble recoveries in 14 starts; he earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors. Chris Hinton on December 16 Chris Hinton on November 15 Chris Hinton on October 18 Hinton Ready to Shine Chris Hinton on August 31 Kris Jenkins played extensively with 4 starts, and contributed in all 14 games; he had 21 tackles with 0.5 for loss and a quarterback hit. Kris Jenkins on November 16 Kris Jenkins Working on Little Things to make Big Impact Kris Jenkins on September 14 Rayshaun Benny and George Rooks also played in the opener, but both redshirted; Benny played in the Northern Illinois game and traveled to Nebraska. Both Benny and Rooks played against Iowa; Benny had 2 tackles. Dominick Guidice has moved to Defensive Tackle, and redshirted; he played briefly against Northwestern. Mason Graham signed for 2022! Davonte Miles decommitted, and signed with Bowling Green.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the 50 Top Defensive Tackles for the 2021-2022 season; Chris Hinton was ranked #10 on the list, but didn't make his final Top 50 for the season.

Defensive End-Strong Side

Hutchinson
Upshaw/McGregor

Hutchinson, Aidan 97 DE-Strong 1 Sr. 6'6" 265 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
McGregor, Braiden 17 DE-Strong 2 Fr. 6'5" 265 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Newburg, Gabe 99 DE-Strong 3 Jr. 6'5" 251 Injured n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Aidan Hutchinson had 60 tackles, 16 for loss with 13.5 sacks, a blocked field goal, a fumble recovery, 3 tipped passes, 12 quarterback hits, and a forced fumble in 14 starts with 1st Team All-Big Ten and All-American Honors. Hutchinson was selected as one of four Heisman candidates for 2021, and won the Rotary Lombardi Trophy as the nation's best lineman. Aidan Hutchinson on December 5 Aidan Hutchinson on November 23 Hutchinson on October 26 Hutchinson on August 26 Aidan Hutchinson on March 2 Hutchinson overcoming ankle surgery. Braiden McGregor also saw action in 8 games with 5 tackles, one for loss, and a quarterback hit; he didn't play against Indiana, Penn State, or Iowa. McGregor on October 11 Gabe Newburg did not dress for the first 9 games nor travel due to injury; he returned to play against Indiana, but didn't travel to Penn State or Maryland nor did he play against Ohio State, Iowa or Georgia. Derrick Moore signed for 2022! Joey Klunder is also a preferred walk-on for 2022! Mario Eugenio decommitted for Cincinnati.

Defensive End-Wide Side

Morris
Upshaw/Guy

Morris, Mike 90 DE-Wide 1 Jr. 6'6" 278 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Upshaw, Taylor 91 DE-Wide 2 Jr. 6'4" 262 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Mike Morris had 4 starts; he had 16 tackles, one for loss with 0.5 sack plus a 5 yard interception and a tipped pass playing in all 14 games. Morris was used at Nose Tackle against Penn State. Mike Morris on November 1 Mike Morris on September 20 Taylor Upshaw had 7 tackles, 3.5 for loss including 2.5 sacks plus 3 quarterback hits with appearances in 11 games; he didn't travel to Maryland due to injury, but played against Ohio State, Iowa, and Georgia. Taylor Upshaw on November 8 Taylor Upshaw on October 11 Taylor Upshaw on April 5. Newcomers T.J. Guy and Kechaun Bennett will redshirt; Guy played against Northern Illinois and Maryland, and has 1.5 tackles with one for loss. Analyst Ryan Osborn exposes Harbaugh Hypocrisy

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 Defensive Ends for the 2021-2022 season; Aidan Hutchinson is ranked #6 on the list, and #8 on Edge Rushers, and finished #1.


Outside Linebacker (OLB)


Ojabo
Harrell

Ojabo, David 55 OLB 1 Jr. 6'5" 250 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Harrell, Jaylen 32 OLB 2 Fr. 6'4" 242 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Guy, T.J. 42 OLB 3 Fr. 6'5" 251 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bennett, Kechaun 52 OLB 4 Fr. 6'5" 241 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments:  David Ojabo had 35 tackles, 12 tackles for loss with 11 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 5 quarterback hits, 3 tipped passes, and a fumble recovery in 14 games with 6 starts; he is not ready for the NFL as he had no tackles against Georgia, but did earn 1st Team All-Big Ten honors. Opposing teams target him with the run as he is great on quarterback pressure, but not so good against the run. David Ojabo on November 2 David Ojabo on September 21 Jaylen Harrell started 3 games at Outside Linebacker; he had 14 tackles, 1.5 for loss with action in 12 games. Jaylen Harrell on October 5


Michigan Football Defensive Linemen

Defensive Line

Hutchinson-Hinton-Smith-Morris-Ojabo

Upshaw-Jenkins-Jeter-Welschof-Harrell

McGregor-Benny-Whittley-Speight-George-Upshaw-Guy

Defensive Lineman Total Tackles Tackles for Loss Sacks Forced Fumbles Fumble Recoveries Interceptions QB Hits Pass Deflections/Blocked Kicks Role/Status
Hutchinson, Aidan 60 16 13.5 2 1 0 12 3 DE-Strong Starter
Smith, Mazi 37 2.5 0 0 0 0 3 3 NT Starter
Ojabo, David 35 12 11 5 1 0 5 3 OLB Starter
Hinton, Chris 31 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 DT Starter
Jeter, Donovan 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 NT Backup
Jenkins, Kris 21 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 DT Backup
Morris, Mike 16 1 0.5 0 0 1 1 1 DE-Strong Backup
Harrell, Jaylen 14 1.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 OLB Backup
Welschof, Julius 11 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 NT Backup
Upshaw, Taylor 7 3.5 2.5 0 0 0 3 0 DE-Wide Backup
Speight, Jess 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NT Backup
McGregor, Braiden 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 DE-Strong Backup
Benny, Rayshuan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT Backup
Guy, T.J. 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE-Wide Backup
George, Joey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT Backup
Whittley, Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NT Backup
Totals 271.5 42.5 29 7 3 1 28 15 Totals
Defensive Line UFR Net
Western Michigan 29.5
Washington 55
Northern Illinois 19
Rutgers 47.5
Wisconsin 56
Nebraska 72.5
Northwestern 37.5
Michigan State 51
Indiana 47.5
Penn State 44.5
Maryland 29.5
Ohio State 83
Iowa 62.5
Georgia 7
Totals 642
Pressure 248

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranked Michigan as the #10 Defensive Line for the 2021-2022 season

Shaun Nua was the Defensive Line Coach

Shaun Nua on September 1 Shaun Nua on September 29 Shaun Nua on October 27

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Defensive Line Coaches; Shaun Nua was ranked #34, and #7 in the Big Ten, but finished the season ranked #1 and is off to USC.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Linebackers for 2021-2022; Josh Ross is ranked #46 on the list with 8 other Big Ten Linebackers ranked ahead of him, and David Ojabo ened up #4 on his final list

Inside Linebacker-MIKE


Ross
Mullings/Hood

Ross, Josh 12 ILB-MIKE 1 5th 6'2" 224 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Mullings, Kalel 20 ILB-MIKE 2 So. 6'1" 236 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hood, Jaydon 34 ILB-MIKE 3 Fr. 6'1" 212 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
McLaurin, Tyler 27 ILB-MIKE 4 Fr. 6'3" 237 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Lidback, Alexander 46 ILB-MIKE 5 Fr. 6'3" 223 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Josh Ross led the defense with 106 tackles, 9 for loss with 0.5 sack, 2 pass break ups, and 8 quarterback hits in 14 starts; Ross earned 3rd Team All-Big Ten honors. Josh Ross on November 22 Josh Ross on October 25 Josh Ross on October 4 Josh Ross on August 26 Josh Ross on April 1 Kalel Mullings was his backup; he had 10.5 tackles in 8 games, but didn't make the trip to Maryland; he returned to play against Ohio State, Iowa, and Georgia. Mullings fumbled a 3 yard kickoff return against Wisconsin. Kalel Mullings on October 18 Andrew Solomon played against Nebraska in a backup role; he saw action in 6 games, and traveled to Penn State. Cam McGrone declared for the NFL. Tyler McLaurin and Jaydon Hood redshirted at MIKE , but both played against Northern Illinois; Hood made the trip to Maryland and played. Alexander Lidback was a new walk-on. Cornell Wheeler transferred to Kansas. Jimmy Rolder signed for 2022!

Inside Linebacker-WILL


Colson
Hill-Green

Colson, Junior 25 ILB-WILL 1 Fr. 6'2" 225 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hill-Green, Nikhai 41 ILB-WILL 2 Fr. 6'1" 220 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Barrett, Michael 23 ILB-WILL 3 Sr. 6'0" 227 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Solomon, Anthony 10 ILB-WILL 4 Jr. 6'1" 215 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Velazquez, Joey 29 ILB-WILL 4 Jr. 6'0" 228 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Nichols, Jerome 50 ILB-WILL 6 Fr. 6'0" 224 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Knight, Nolan 32 ILB-WILL 7 Jr. 6'3" 215 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: True Freshman Junior Colson had 60 tackles, 0.5 sack plus a fumble recovery, 2 pass break ups, 3 quarterback hits, and has played extensively in all 14 games with 6 starts. Colson earned Freshman All-American honors. Junior Colson on November 10 Junior Colson on October 11 Nikhai Hill-Green had 50 tackles, two for loss plus a pass deflection in 6 starts, and action in all 14 games. Hill-Green on September 6 Nikhai Hill-Green on August 20 Michael Barrett started the Indiana game as coaches employed 3 linebackers throughout the game; he played in all 14 games with 18 tackles, 2 for loss including a sack, a quarterback hit plus a pass break up, and has two more tackles on special teams against Northwestern. Michael Barrett on November 15 Anthony Solomon saw action in 5 games including Ohio State and Iowa. Joey Velazquez saw action in 6 games with a fumble recovery against Wisconsin, but he didn't play against Northwestern or MSU; he traveled to Penn State and Maryland, and played on special teams plus had a tackle against Maryland. Ben Vansumeren transferred to Michigan State; William Mohan transferred to Tennessee. Adam Shibley, Andrew Warinner, and Adam Fakih are in the transfer portal with no takers yet. Deuce Spurlock, and Micah Pollard signed for 2022!

George Below coaches Linebackers

Helow on August 11 Helow on August 26 Helow on October 6 Helow on November 16

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranked the Top 50 NCAA Division I Linebacker Coaches; George Below was not on the list with 10 other Big Ten Linebackers coaches who did make the list, and he didn't finish in the Top 50 Linebacker Coaches for 2021.

Linebacker Rotation

Ross-Colson

Hood-Hill-Green-Barrett

Mullings/McLaurin-Solomon/Velazquez

Nichols-Knight-Lidback
Defensive Linebacker Total Tackles Tackles for Loss Sacks Forced Fumbles Fumble Recoveries Interceptions QB Hits Pass Break Ups/Blocked Kicks Role/Status
Ross, Josh 106 9 0.5 0 0 0 8 2 ILB-MIKE Starter
Colson, Junior 60 0.5 0.5 0 1 0 3 2 ILB-WILL Backup
Hill-Green, Nikhai 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 ILB-WILL Starter
Barrett, Michael 18 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 ILB-WILL Backup
Mullings, Kalel 10.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB-MIKE Backup
Hood, Jaydon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB-MIKE Backup
Velazquez, Joey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB-WILL Backup
Solomon, Anthony 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB-WILL Backup
Totals 246.5 13.5 2 0 1 0 12 6 Totals
Linebacker UFR Net
Western Michigan 2
Washington 15
Northern Illinois 15.5
Rutgers -8.5
Wisconsin 1.5
Nebraska -3.5
Northwestern 1
Michigan State 8.5
Indiana -2.5
Penn State -0.5
Maryland -5.5
Ohio State 3
Iowa 3.5
Georgia -4.5
Totals 25
Tackling -26.5

Linebackers have been below Michigan and Big Ten standards; however, they do have a true freshman starter with Junior Colson.

Steve Clinkscale was hired on May 11 to be the new Defensive Pass Game Coordinator and Defensive Backs Coach

Clinkscale on August 11 Clinkscale on September 7 Clinkscale on October 20

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Defensive Back Coaches; Steve Clinkscale made #9 on the list, and finished the season ranked #15

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Defensive Backs with no Wolverines on the list, but 7 in the Big Ten were mentioned, and 5 from the Big Ten made the final list.

Defensive Back (Field)-Wideside (LCB )


Turner
Green

Turner, D.J. 5 LCB 1 Jr. 6'0" 181 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Green, Gemon 22 LCB 2 Sr. 6'2" 181 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Perry, Jalen 16 LCB 3 Jr. 6'0" 187 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Green-Warren, Darion 28 LCB 4 Fr. 6'0" 173 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: D.J. Turner had 8 starts; he has 33 tackles, one for loss plus two interceptions and 7 pass break ups in 14 games which earned him Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors. Turner was greatly improved this season with the coaching of Stephen Clinkscale. D.J. Turner on December 16 D.J. Turner on November 23 D.J. Turner on October 5 D.J. Turner on September 14 Gemon Green had 6 starts with 24 tackles, 0.5 for loss and an interception; he left the Indiana game with a collarbone injury, but traveled to Maryland and dressed for Ohio State. He played against Iowa and Georgia. Gemon Green on October 19 Gemon Green on August 24 Gemon Green on April 9. Keshaun Harris and George Johnson also had one tackle each in relief; Harris has contributed in all 14 games. George Johnson and Eamonn Dennis played on special teams in 3 games; Dennis traveled to Penn State, and Johnson has moved back to wide receiver. Will Johnson, Kody Jones, and Myles Pollard signed for 2022!

Defensive (Boundry) Back-Shortside (RCB)

Gray
Green/Perry

Gray, Vincent 4 RCB 1 Jr. 6'2" 192 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
McBurrows, Ja'Den 1 RCB 2 Fr. 5'11" 197 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Harris, Keshaun 18 RCB 3 Jr. 5'11" 186 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Perry, Jalen 16 RCB 3 Jr. 6'0" 187 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Andrews, Trevor 42 RCB 5 Fr. 6'2" 218 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Luther, Joshua 44 RCB 5 Jr. 5'9" 184 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Vincent Gray had 45 tackles, 2.5 for loss, a sack, an interception, a quarterback hit, and 7 pass break ups plus a forced fumble on a special teams tackle; he was much improved under Coach Clinkscale, and has 13 starts earning 3rd Team All-Big Ten honors. Vincent Gray on October 26 Vincent Gray on August 31 J'Den McBurrows has two tackles; he got a pass break up against Northwestern, and has appeared in 3 games, but didn't travel to Maryland nor play against Ohio State, Iowa, or Georgia. He had his leg in a brace at the Orange Bowl. Jalen Perry played in 8 games with 2.5 tackles.

Nickel

Hill
Moore

Hill, Daxton 30 Nickel 1 Jr. 6'0" 192 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Moore, Rod 19 Nickel 2 Fr. 6'0" 173 Recruit n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Seldon, Andre 36 Nickel 3 Fr. 5'8" 173 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Dennis, Eamonn 37 Nickel 4 Fr. 5'10" 175 Redshirt n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Taylor, Joe 38 Nickel 4 Fr. 5'10" 184 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments:  Daxton Hill had 68 tackles, 4.5 for loss with 0.5 sack, 4 quarterback hits, 2 interceptions, and 8 pass break ups in 14 starts plus a tackle on kickoff team; Hill earned 1st Team All-Big Ten honors, and is expected to declare for the 2022 NFL draft in January. Dax Hill on November 9 Dax Hill on October 19 Dax Hill on October 5 Dax Hill on September 7 Dax Hill on August 17 Dax Hill on March 11. Andre Seldon and Eamonn Dennis were other backups at Nickel, but Rod Moore was Hill's primary backup.

Ron Bellamy coaches Safeties

Bellamy on August 19 Bellamy on September 22 Bellamy on November 3

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division Safeties for 2021-2022; Daxton Hill made #28 on the list behind 7 other Big Ten Safeties, and finished the season ranked #7 with #2 in the Big Ten.

Free Safety

Moore
Moten/Paige

Moore, Rod 19 FS 1 Fr. 6'0" 173 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Moten, R.J. 6 FS 2 Fr. 6'0" 221 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Paige, Makari 7 FS 3 So. 6'3" 192 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Green, German 33 FS 4 Sr. 6'2" 190 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Russell, Andrew 43 FS 5 Fr. 6'2" 191 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Rod Moore started against Penn State, Maryland, and Georgia; he had 33 tackles plus a pass break up wth appearances in 10 games. Rod Moore on November 16 R.J. Moten had 7 starts with 34 tackles, a quarterback hit, and two pass break ups; he didn't start against Wisconsin or Indiana as Daxton Hill went back to start at Free Safety. R.J. Moten on November 2 R.J. Moten on September 21 R.J. Moten on August 24 Makari Paige saw action in 7 games with 2 tackles. German Green saw action in all 14 games on special teams; he got in at Safety against Maryland with a tackle. Andrew Russell has played on special teams in 3 games so far. Keon Sabb, Damani Dent and Zeke Berry signed for 2022!

Strong Safety/Rover

Hawkins
Kolesar

Hawkins, Brad 2 SS/Rover 1 5th 6'1" 221 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kolesar, Caden 35 SS/Rover 2 Jr. 5'10" 196 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Morant, Jordan 31 SS/Rover 3 Fr. 6'0" 210 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Johnson, Quinten 14 SS/Rover 4 Jr. 5'11" 200 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Brad Hawkins had 14 starts with 60 tackles, two for loss, 2 forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, a quarterback hit, and 4 pass break ups; Hawkins earned 3rd Team All-Big Ten honors. Brad Hawkins on December 5 Brad Hawkins on September 6 Brad Hawkins on March 2 Hawkins on August 11 Caden Kolesar also saw action at safety with 4 tackles, one for loss plus and interception and 4 special teams tackles; he has contributed in all 14 games. Caden Kolesar on September 14. Quinten Johnson played on special teams in 12 games with his first tackle against Northwestern and also had a tackle against Maryland; he also got a tackle on the fake punt against Penn State. Jordan Morant played in 8 games, and traveled to Penn State and Maryland; he got his first tackle of the season on a kickoff against Ohio State. Hunter Reynolds transferred to Utah State; Sammy Faustin left the team prior to Summer Camp in August.


Defensive Back Rotation

Turner-Gray-Hawkins-Moore Nickel:Hill

Perry-Paige-Moten-Kolesar Nickel: Moore

German Green-Morant-Q.Johnson-Green-Warren-Seldon-Harris-McBurrows-G.Johnson-Dennis

Defensive Back Total Tackles Tackles for Loss Sacks Forced Fumbles Fumble Recoveries Interceptions QB Hits Pass Break Ups/Blocked Kicks Role/Status
Hill, Daxton 68 4.5 0.5 0 0 2 4 8 FS Starter/Nickel
Hawkins, Brad 60 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 SS/Rover Starter
Gray, Vincent 45 2.5 1 0 0 0 1 7 RCB Backup
Moten, R.J. 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 FS Starter/Backup
Moore, Rod 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Nickel Backup
Turner, D.J. 33 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 RCB Backup
Green, Gemon 24 0.5 0 0 0 1 0 1 LCB Starter
Kolesar, Caden 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 FS Backup
Perry, Jalen 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RCB Backup
McBurrows, J'Den 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RCB Backup
Paige, Makari 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS Backup
Harris, Keshaun 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LCB Backup
Johnson, George 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LCB Backup
Johnson, Quentin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS/Rover Backup
Morant, Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS/Rover Backup
Green, German 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS/Rover Backup
Totals 310.5 11.5 1.5 2 1 6 7 32 Totals
Defensive Backs UFR Net
Western Michigan 13
Washington 15.5
Northern Illinois 9.5
Rutgers 0.5
Wisconsin 12.5
Nebraska 6
Northwestern 11.5
Michigan State 0.5
Indiana 13
Penn State 16
Maryland 4
Ohio State 2.5
Iowa 19
Georgia -6
Totals 118
Coverage 46
Defensive Unit Percent of Total Tackles Total Tackles Tackles for Loss Sacks Forced Fumbles Fumble Recoveries Interceptions QB Hits Pass Break Ups/Blocked Kicks
Backs 36.55% 310.5 11.5 1.5 2 1 6 7 32
Linebackers 29.02% 246.5 13.5 2 0 1 0 12 6
Line  31.96% 271.5 42.5 29 7 3 1 28 15
Special Teams-Other 2.47% 21 1 0 1 4 0 0 4
Totals 100% 849.5 68.5 32.5 10 9 7 47 57

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top NCAA Football Division I Special Teams Coaches; Jay Harbaugh came in at #50 behind 10 other Big Ten Coaches, but ended the season #1. He was voted the Footballscoop Special Teams Coordinator of the Year.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top NCAA Football Division I Strength & Conditioning Coaches; Ben Herbert came in at #37 behing 8 other Big Ten Coaches

Special Teams

PK

Moody

Hussung

P

Flyers

Robbins

German Green/Sainristil

Doman/Hussung

Torey/Turner/Hughes/Kolesar
Kickoffs Moody Hussung
Snapper Wagner Tarr/Neff (Boutorwick)
Holder Robbins
Punt Returns Henning/J.T. Turner Sainristil/Kolesar/Anthony
Kickoff Returns Corum/Sainristil

Anthony/Henning
National Rank Big Ten Rank Category
2nd 2nd Kickoff Return Defense

65th

15th

5th

2nd

Kickoff Returns

Field Goals

6th

36th

3rd

7th

Net Punting

Punt Return Defense
25th 4th Punt Returns

Special Teams-Other Role Total Tackles Forced Fumbles Fumble Recoveries Blocked Kicks
Sainristil, Mike Punt Returns 3 0 0 0
Green, German Kickoff Return 3 0 1 0
Kolesar, Caden Kickoff Return 3 0 0 0
Barrett, Michael Punt/Kickoff Returns 2 0 0 0
Haskins, Hassan Punt Returns 2 0 0 0
Johnson, Quinten Kickoff/Punt Return 1.5 0 0 0
McNamara, Cade Interception 1 0 0 0
Hill, Daxton Kickoff Return 1 0 1 0
Gray, Vincent Field Goal 1 1 0 0
Morant, Jordan Kickoff Return 1 0 0 0
All, Erick Interception 1 0 0 0
Welschof, Julius Kickoff Return 1 0 0 0
Hughes, Danny Kickoff Return 0.5 0 0 0
Russell, Andrew Punt Returns 0 0 0 0
Perry, Jalen Kickoff Return 0 0 0 0
Hutchinson, Aiden Punt Returns 0 0 0 1
Torey, Matt Punt Returns 0 0 0 1
Velasquez, Joey Punt Returns 0 0 1 0
Hinton, Chris Punt Returns 0 0 1 0
Harrell, Jaylen Kickoff Return 0 0 0 0
Johnson, Cornelius Punt Returns 0 0 0 2
Totals Kickoff/Punt/Int. 21 1 4 4

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Placekickers for 2021-2022; Jake Moody did not make the preview list, but finished as the #1 placekicker in the nation.

Placekicker/Field Goals/Extra Points/Kickoffs

Moody
Hussung

Moody, Jake 13 PK 1 Sr. 6'0" 211 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hussung, Cole 93 PK 2 Fr. 5'9" 194 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Anderson, Rhett 29 PK 3 5th 6'0" 172 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Jake Moody had 23 field goals in 25 attempts including a 52 yarder, and hit all 56 extra points in 14 starts, and is our leading scorer with 125 points; he also boomed 98 kickoffs with 65 touchbacks for a 62.8 yard average, and no kicks out of bounds. He won the NCAA Football Placekicker of the Year (Lou Groza Award), and earned 1st Team All-Big Ten honors. Jake Moody on December 16 Jake Moody on October 5 The Most Decorated Kicker in Michigan Football History Cole Hussung got a touchback on a kickoff against Northern Illinois. Rhett Anderson was also a backup. Dylan Hertzberg visited on September 18 and November 6.

Long Snapper


Wagner
Tarr

Wagner, William 49 Snapper 1 Jr. 6'1" 247 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Tarr, Greg 45 Snapper 2 Fr. 6'2" 207 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: William Wagner had 14 starts at snapper with Greg Tarr as backup. Evan Boutorwick pledged for 2022.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Snappers for 2021-2022; William Wagner came in at #26 on the initial list, but didn't make his final list

Holder

Robbins
?

Robbins, Brad 91 Holder 1 5th 6'1" 203 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments:  Brad Robbins has 13 starts at holder; he is a finalist for NCAA Holder of the Year.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Punters for 2021-2022; Brad Robbins came in at #8 on the list, but finished #18. Michigan ranked #29 on the list of Punter/Kicker Duos.

Punter

Robbins
Doman

Robbins, Brad 91 P 1 5th 6'1" 203 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Doman, Tommy 19 P 2 Fr. 6'5" 190 Recruit n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hussung, Cole 93 P 3 Fr. 5'9" 194 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Brad Robbins had 14 starts with 45 punts for a 46.33 yard average with 17 downed inside the 20; he earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors and was a Semi-Finalist for the Ray Guy Award. Brad Robbins on September 28 Tommy Doman and Cole Hussung backed him up. Flyers included German Green, Mike Sainristil, Matt Torey, Caden Kolesar, and J.T. Turner. German Green recovered A.J. Henning's fumble against Nebraska. Will Hart transferred to San Jose State.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Punter Returners for 2021-2022; Ronnie Bell came in at #39 on the list, and A.J. Henning finished #14 on his final list

Punt Returns
Henning
Kolesar/Turner/Anthony

Henning, A.J. 3 PR 1 So. 5'10" 185 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Anthony, Andrel 1 PR 2 Fr. 6'2" 185 Recruit n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kolesar, Caden 35 PR 2 Jr. 5'10" 196 Walk-on n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Sainristil, Mike 5 PR 2 Jr. 5'10" 185 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bell, Ronnie 8 PR 4 Sr. 6'0" 192 Injured 4.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: A.J. Henning returned 29 punts for 274 yards in 10 starts for a 9.45 yard per return average; he fumbled against MSU, Maryland, and Ohio State, but recovered all three fumbles. Henning earned 3rd Team All-Big Ten honors as a return specialist. Ronnie Bell had a 31 yard punt return, but injured his knee just before the end of the first half. Caden Kolesar misplayed some punts; he fumbled against Washington, and returned two punts for 24 yards. Andrel Anthony had a punt return called back due to penalty. J.T. Turner had a 25 yard punt return against Indiana; Mike Sainristil and Eamonn Dennis were available for returns.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, ranks the Top 50 NCAA Division I Kick Returners for 2021-2022; Michigan had nobody made the lists

Kickoff Returns


Henning
Anthony/Sainristil/Wilson/Corum

Corum, Blake 2 KOR 1 So. 5'8" 200 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Sainristil, Mike 5 KOR 2 Jr. 5'10" 185 Backup n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Henning, A.J. 3 KOR 3 So. 5'10" 185 Starter n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Anthony, Andrel 1 KOR 4 Fr. 6'2" 185 Recruit n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bell, Ronnie 8 KOR 5 Sr. 6'0" 192 Injured 4.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a

Comments: Henning had 6 returns for 179 yards for a 29.83 yard average. Blake Corum had 12 returns for 304 yards including a 79 yarder for a 25.33 yard average. Mike Sainristil had one return for 4 yards. Michael Barrett had a 15 yard return plus executed a tremendous lateral pass for a 81 yard TD return by A.J. Henning. Wilson returned a 20 yarder. Andrel Anthony got a 21 yard return against Indiana. Carter Selzer returned "pooch" kickoff for 3 yards. Kalel Mullings had a 3 yard return, and his fumble was recovered by Chris Hinton.

Walk-Ons 2021

Anderson, Rhett 29 PK 3 5th 6'0" 172
Andrews, Trevor 42 RCB 6 Fr. 6'2" 218
Andrighetto, Lucas 31 RB 6 Sr. 6'1" 204
Bartholomew, Christian 27 Z Wide Receiver 4 Fr. 6'0" 182
Beetham, Josh 37 TE 7 So. 6'5" 239
Boivin, Christian 40 SS/Rover 4 Fr. 6'0" 204
Bredeson, Max 82 TE 7 Fr. 6'2" 222
Buckman, Luke 35 TE 7 Sr. 6'5" 237
Correll, Kraig 54 C 6 Sr. 6'4" 311
Fisher, Luke 60 LT 5 Jr. 6'4" 298
Franklin, Leon 34 RB 7 Jr. 5'8" 206
Friedman, Jake 40 X Wide Receiver 4 Fr. 6'2" 200
Gash, Isaiah 41 RB 7 Fr. 5'10" 178
Gelb, Mica 55 RT 4 Jr. 6'4" 292
George, Joey 57 DT 7 Sr. 6'0" 262
Harris, Keshaun 18 RCB 5 Jr. 5'11" 186
Harrison, Mathew 88 X Wide Receiver 4 Jr. 6'2" 205
Hazime, Mahdi 64 LG 4 Jr. 6'2" 319
Howes, Noah 45 TE 7 Fr. 6'5" 234
Hughes, Danny 24 RB 5 Jr. 6'0" 200
Hussung, Cole 93 PK/P 2 Fr. 5'9" 194
Knight, Nolan 32 ILB-WILL 7 Jr. 6'3" 215
Kolesar, Caden 35 FS 4 Jr. 5'10" 196
Korican, Griffin 78 LG 3 Sr. 6'6" 316
Lidback, Alexander 46 ILB-MIKE 5 Fr. 6'3" 223
Luther, Joshua 44 RCB 6 Jr. 5'9" 184
Madden, Jesse 18 QB 7 Fr. 6'2" 198
Moody, Jake 13 PK 1 Sr. 6'0" 211
Neff, Hunter 80 TE 7 Jr. 6'2" 237
Nichols, Jerome 50 ILB-WILL 6 Fr. 6'0" 224
O'Leary, Peyton 38 X Wide Receiver 4 Fr. 6'4" 190
Pierre, Elijah 72 NT 6 5th 6'1" 272
Robbins, Brad 91 P/Holder 1 5th 6'1" 203
Rolapp, Will 30 Z Wide Receiver 4 Fr. 6'0" 186
Russell, Andrew 43 FS 7 Fr. 6'2" 191
Selzer, Carter 89 TE 3 5th 6'8" 242
Simmons, Peter 75 RT 5 Fr. 6'3" 291
Smith, Peyton 17 QB 5 Fr. 6'3" 192
Speight, Jess 67 NT 3 5th 6'5" 310
Staruch, Sam 84 X Wide Receiver 4 Fr. 6'1" 180
Stewart, Noah 61 LT 5 Fr. 6'7" 274
Tarr, Greg 45 Snapper 2 Fr. 6'2" 207
Taylor, Joe 38 Nickel 3 Fr. 5'10" 184
Thaw, Jake 26 Z Wide Receiver 4 Fr. 6'0" 190
Tiberia, Nico 36 RB 7 Fr. 5'9" 201
Torey, Matt 39 Z Wide Receiver 4 Sr. 5'10" 183
Vastardis, Andrew 68 C 2 5th 6'3" 294
Wagner, William 49 Snapper 1 Jr. 6'1" 247
Warren, Davis 16 QB 5 Fr. 6'2" 195

14 Walk-ons fill huge roles on this year's Michigan Football Team

Izaak Gerkis, Kark Kerska, Andy Maddox, and Max Wittwer were no longer on the roster, but were on the Spring roster. In all, 49 walk-ons for 35 roster spots. Five may be on scholarship including Andrew Vastardis, Jake Moody, William Wagner, Caden Kolesar, and Brad Robbins. Andy Russell, Leon Franklin, Joey George, Carter Selzer, Jess Speight, and Matt Torey participated in the first game against Western Michigan; Russell and Torey have played in two games thus far. Danny Hughes played against Washington and Northern Illinois. Will Rolapp, Matt Harrison, Mica Gelb, Griffin Korican, Sam Staruch, Peyton O'Leary, Luke Buckman, Max Bredeson, Isaiah Gash, Jesse Madden, Joe Taylor, Joey George, Kraig Correll, and Christian Bartholomew all played against Northern Illinois. Andrew Vastardis was team Captain.

BigGameBoomer, an Oklahoma fan, predicts the NCAA Football All-American picks for 2021-2022 along with Most Exciting Players; Aidan Hutchinson was the only Michigan player on these lists

Schedule 2021

Observations on the win over Western Michigan, 47-14

Observations on the win over Washington, 31-10

Observations on the win over Northern Illinois, 63-10

Observations on the unimpressive win over Rutgers, 20-13

Observations on the win over Wisconsin, 38-17

Observations on the win over Nebraska, 32-29

Observations on the win over Northwestern, 33-7

Observation on the loss to Michigan State, 33-37

Observations on the win over Indiana, 29-7

Observations on the win over Penn State, 21-17

Observations on the win over Maryland, 59-18

Observations on the win over Ohio State, 42-27

Observations on the win over Iowa, 42-3

Observations on the Orange Bowl loss to Georgia, 11-34

In the Trenches Previews: Western Michigan, Washington, Northern Illinois, Nebraska, Northwestern, Michigan State, Indiana, Penn State, Maryland, and Ohio State

Big Ten Football Team

Returnding Starters

Offense

 Returning Starters Defense Total
Rutgers 11 8 19
Indiana 8 9 17
Minnesota 9 7 16
Michigan State 8 8 16
Wisconsin 7 8 15
Illinois 8 7 15
Penn State 7 7 14
Maryland 8 6 14
Purdue 7 7 14
Nebraska 4 9 13
Ohio State 7 5 12
Michigan 3 9 12
Iowa 5 7 12
Northwestern 2 4 6

Coach and Player Attrition in the Harbaugh Era so far, 2015-2022: Who is Leaving Ann Arbor Next???

Coaches/Staff (46+) New Destination

Baxter, John

Brown, Don

Brown, Tyler

Bush, Devin

Bush, Gwen

USC

Arizona/Massachusetts

Philadelphia Eagles

Mississippi

Florida

Campbell, Erik

Camponile, Anthony

Connolly, Fergus

Connecticut/Delaware/Bowling Green

Miami Dolphins

Performance Coach

Debord, Mike

Devan, Kyle

Doherty, Matt

Kansas

Colorado

Miami-FL

Drevno, Tim

Dudek, Matty

Durkin, D.J.

Enos, Dan

USC

Mississippi State

Maryland/Mississippi/Texas A&M

Alabama/Miami-FL/Cincinnati/Maryland

Fisch, Jedd

Frey, Greg

Hamilton, Pep

Hastings, Joe

UCLA/Los Angeles Rams/New England/Arizona

Florida State/Duke

Washington (XFL)/Los Angeles Chargers/Houston Texans

Indiana State

Jackson, Greg

Jean-Mary, Brian

Kovacs, Jordan

Linguist, Maurice

McDaniels, Ben

McElwain, Jim

Mattison, Greg

Morgan, Courtney

Netter, Al

Nua, Shaun

Partridge, Chris

Petenga, Cooper

Prince, Ron

Dallas Cowboys

Tennessee

Cincinnati Bengals

Buffalo

Houston Texans

Central Michigan

Ohio State

Washington

Yale

USC

Mississippi

Washington

Howard

Richards, Bam

Rogan, J.T.

Sandweiss, Elijah

Loachapoka, Alabama

Sales Mgr./Snap! Raise

Howard

Smith, Alfonso

Smith, Brian

Taurisani, Mark

Waggener High School

Rice

Illinois
Tolbert, Kevin Retired/Bowling Green

Tuioti, Tony

Warinner, Ed

Washington, Al

Fresno State

Florida Atlantic

Ohio State

Wheatley, Tyrone

Woody, Nate

Wright, Tank

Zordich, Mike

Jacksonville Jags

Army

Army

Central Michigan
Transfer/Left Program (94+) New Destination

Allen, Willie

Anthony, Jordan

Baty, Ramsey

Black, Tarik

Bunting, Ian

Canteen, Freddy

Massachusetts

Troy State

n/a

Texas

California

Notre Dame/Tulane

Carpenter, Zach

Caratan, George

Castleberry, Jordan

Charbonnet, Zach

Cheeseman, Cameron

Cole, Brian

Indiana

Arkansas

Maryland

UCLA

n/a

East Mississippi CC/Mississippi State

Countess, Blake

Crawford, Kekoa

Auburn

California
Davis, Kingston Alabama-Birmingham/Legal
Dawson, David Iowa State/Morgan State
Dawson, Reon Medical

Dukes, Jaron

Dwumfour, Michael

Fakih, Adam

Filiaga, Chuck

Faustin, Sammy

Garcia, Gaige

n/a

Rutgers

n/a

Minnesota

n/a

Lehigh

Garrett, Julian

Gil, Devin

Green, Derrick

Green-Warren, Darrion

n/a

South Florida

TCU

Nevada
Hall, JaRaymond Central Michigan

Harris, Drake

Hart, Will

Hefley, Ren

Hudson, James

Hussung, Cole

Irving-Bey, Deron

Western Michigan

San Jose State

Presbyterian

Cincinnati

n/a

Central Michigan

Jackson, Giles

Jackson, Nate

Washington

Grand Valley

Johnson, Dytarious

Johnson, George

Johnson, Ron

Eastern Illinois

Massachusetts

Rutgers/Towson
Johnson, Shelton n/a

Jones, DeMario

Jones, Reuben

Kelly-Powell, Jaylen

Lewis, Aaron

McCaffrey, Dylan

McDoom, Eddie

McNamara, Kyle

Bowling Green

West Virginia

Akron

Rutgers

Northern Colorado

South Florida

Western Kentucky
Malone-Hatcher, Corey Medical

Malzone, Alex

Martin, Oliver

Miami-OH

Iowa/Nebraska

Mbem-Bosse, Elysee

Milton, Joe

Davenport

Tennessee

Mitchell, Ahmir

Mohan, William

Rutgers

Tennessee

Morris, Shane

Muhammad, Mustafa

Paea, Phil

Central Michigan

Houston/Kilgore Junior College

Utah State

Pallante, Brady

Peters, Brandon

Reynolds, Hunter

Rumler, Nolan

Medical

Illinois

Utah State

Kent State

St. Juste, Ben

Samuels, O'Maury

Savage, Osman

Seldon, Andre

Sessa, Michael

Selzer, Alan

Shallman, Wyatt

Shibley, Adam

Sims, Myles

Singleton, Drew

Solomon, Anthony

Solomon, Aubrey

Spanellis, Stephen

Minnesota

Legal

Alabama A&M

New Mexico State

n/a

Indiana State

Ohio University

Notre Dame

Georgia Tech

Rutgers

Arizona

Tennessee

Vanderbilt
Speight, Wilton UCLA
Sypniewski, Scott Vanderbilt

Taylor-Douglas, Ross

Taylor, Kurt

Thomas, Charles

Rutgers

Iowa Central Community College/Tennessee Tech

n/a

Tice, Ryan

Turner, Christian

 

Eastern Michigan/Tennessee/Central Michigan

Wake Forest

Tulley-Tillman, Logan

Turner, Christian

Ulizio, Nolan

Vansumeren, Ben

Veingrad, Ryan

Vilain, Luiji

Villari, Dan

Walker, Kareem

Warinner, Andrew

Washington, Keith

Ways, Maurice

Wheatley, Tyrone Jr.

Wheeler, Cornell

Wilson, Tru

Woods, J'Marick

Worthy, Xavier

Legal/UTEP

Wake Forest

Pittsburgh

Michigan State

Florida Atlantic

Wake Forest

Syracuse

Fort Scott CC/Mississippi State/South Alabama

n/a

West Virginia

California

Stony Brook/Morgan State

Kansas

Northern Colorado

Duke

Texas
Decommitments (48+) School

Alexander, Alex

Allen, Markus

Baldwin, Tim

Branham, Kalil

Brunning, Evan

Burke, Ethan

Conti, Zach

Couch, Te'Cory

DeWeaver, Messiah

Massachusetts

Wisconsin

Indiana

Kentucky

Michigan State

Texas

Eastern Michigan

Miami-Florida

Michigan State

Dillon, A.J.

Doyle, Kevin

Dunaway, Carter

Boston College

Arizona

Princeton

Ekiyor, Emil

Elliott, Jordan

Alabama

Texas

Enis, Kiante

Eugenio, Mario

Indiana

Cincinnati

Falcon, Matt

Gray, Eric

Groves, Taylor

Western Michigan

Tennessee

Mississippi
Hamilton, Devery Stanford
Harding, Dele Illinois

Herbert, Kai-Leon

Herron, Stephen

Miami-FL

Stanford
Holloman, Jeremiah Georgia
Irvin, Jalil Auburn
Johnson, Antwuan Bowling Green

Lasater, Chase

Macon, Ricardo

Martin, Tyler

Mazzccua, Micah

Miles, Davonte

Pesek-Hickson, Amauri

Phinney, Casey

Florida Atlantic

Central Michigan

Arizona

Baylor

Bowling Green

Kansas

Boston College

Reese, David

Reese, Otis

Florida

Georgia/Mississippi 

Richardson, Antwaine

Rowser, Myles

Scott, Sir Patrick

Starlings, Joel

Maryland

Arkansas

Marshall

n/a
Swenson, Erik Oklahoma

Taylor, Leonard

Trent, TaShawn

Vansumeren, Alex

Cincinnati

Youngstown State

Michigan State
Viramontes, Victor California/Minnesota/UNLV

Warren, Denver

Weaver, Rashad

Weekley, Zonterio

Woods, Tyrece

Bowling Green

Pittsburgh

Western Michigan

Buffalo

46+94+48=188 divided by 7 years=27+ per season; this doesn't include walk-on attrition. What kind of operation is Coach Harbaugh running? Why are so many leaving?

Does Michigan Have a Transfer Problem?

A lot of coaches and players have left the Michigan football program over the past four seasons, and some never arrived although previously committed. A.J. Dillon was one of the top running backs in the NCAA since 2016; David Reese was one of the nation's top linebackers. How some of Michigan transfers have done at their new schools. Greg Mattison slams Michigan Football Culture to recruit, J.C. Latham. Michael Spath weighs in on Michigan Football Culture

Michigan Football Recruiting

Michigan Football Visitors: Official and Unofficial

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