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THE WOLVERINE THEWOLVERINE.COM 800-421-7751 1 No. 4 Michigan at Rutgers Date: Oct. 8, 2016 Site: High Point Solutions Stadium (52,454) Kickoff: 7:05 p.m. Television: ESPN2 Radio: Michigan Sports Network (950 AM in the Detroit area, Sirius channel 81, XM channel 81) with Dan Dierdorf, Jim Brandstatter and sideline reporter Doug Karsch, a regular contributor to TheWolverine.com. Series Facts: The Wolverines and Scarlet Knights are among the oldest football programs in the country, but they have played just two times in their history … Rutgers won the first matchup at home in 2014 (26-24) for their first Big Ten win; Michigan won last year at The Big House (49-16) … Nine players on the U-M roster hail from New Jersey. Opponent Preview: Reeling Rutgers Looks To Right The Ship Ryan Tice | Editor Forget a win on the field, Rutgers would take a moral victory Saturday against Michigan. After a 14-7 defeat at home against last year’s Big Ten West champion, Iowa, the Scarlet Knights were turned a whole dif- ferent shade of red in a humiliating 58-0 loss at No. 2 Ohio State last weekend. In that one, Rutgers mustered just 116 yards, the school’s worst offensive performance since a 2002 loss to West Virginia in which they tallied just 90. “They kind of fooled some people when they played with Iowa, but Iowa’s terrible,” ScarletNation.com senior writer Bob- by Deren said. “I was expecting a little more than what Iowa showed. “Rutgers’ lack of talent was obvious when they played Ohio State, there’s just no way to compensate for that huge gap. [First-year head coach Chris Ash] has installed a much better culture, kids are buying in, kids are getting bigger and stronger, and it’s a totally changed environment from last year — but the results aren’t showing up yet because he really doesn’t have the horses to run the race.” A bad situation got worse for Rutgers when star senior wideout and returner Janarion Grant was lost for the rest of the year in the first half against Iowa. The RU offense tallied just three completions and nine first downs in their first full game without him against the Buckeyes. Despite not appearing in the last game and a half, Grant still leads the team in all-purpose yards — by more than 230 — plus receptions and receiving yards, kickoff return yards, punt return yards and rushing touchdowns. Additionally, he ranks second in passing and scoring — trailing the kicker by just one point, with three less halves of football — and even third in rushing despite carrying the ball just 16 times. “He was their No. 1 playmaker, and to have to go without him really handicaps a team that’s already handicapped,” Deren ex- plained. “You can really see the receivers have so much trou- ble with press coverage that no matter who the quarterback is they’re just going to have problems.” Grant’s loss also makes a dangerous special teams return squad that had run back both a kickoff and punt for touchdowns into “a very ordinary unit,” according to Deren. There are no indications that redshirt junior quarterback Chris Laviano is about to lose his starting gig, but a job can only be so safe when a signal-caller is completing less than 50 percent of his throws. On the year, the 6-2, 221-pounder is 62-of-125 passing (49.6 percent) for 680 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions, while the team averages a paltry 140.2 yards per game through the air, ranking them 123rd nationally (out of 128 teams). He completed three of his first six throws against Ohio State, but then misfired on his next six attempts before being replaced late by true freshman Tylin Oden, a dual-threat who Ash has repeatedly said is not ready for the job. “Laviano isn’t setting the world on fire — and he bares a lot of the culpability [for an underwhelming passing offense] — but I don’t know if there are too many quarterbacks that could find windows with those receivers; they just can’t get open,” Deren noted. “Laviano is just a placeholder; they’re trying to install a power-spread offense with a kid who is a pro-style quarterback, so it’s like putting a square peg in a round hole. “Oden’s time is nearing, but I don’t see them ushering his first start against Michigan.” Junior running back Robert Martin becomes even more im- portant with Grant’s absence. The 5-11, 210-pounder posted back-to-back 100-yard outings before managing just 40 yards on 13 carries against a suffocating Buckeyes defense. He notched 13 touchdowns in his first two years, but had just one through his OCT. 6, 2016
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No. 4 Michigan at RutgersDate: Oct. 8, 2016Site: High Point Solutions Stadium (52,454)Kickoff: 7:05 p.m.Television: ESPN2

Radio: Michigan Sports Network (950 AM in the Detroit area, Sirius channel 81, XM channel 81) with Dan Dierdorf, Jim Brandstatter and sideline reporter Doug Karsch, a regular contributor to TheWolverine.com.

Series Facts: The Wolverines and Scarlet Knights are among

the oldest football programs in the country, but they have played just two times in their history … Rutgers won the first matchup at home in 2014 (26-24) for their first Big Ten win; Michigan won last year at The Big House (49-16) … Nine players on the U-M roster hail from New Jersey.

Opponent Preview: Reeling Rutgers Looks To Right The ShipRyan Tice | Editor

Forget a win on the field, Rutgers would take a moral victory Saturday against Michigan.

After a 14-7 defeat at home against last year’s Big Ten West champion, Iowa, the Scarlet Knights were turned a whole dif-ferent shade of red in a humiliating 58-0 loss at No. 2 Ohio State last weekend. In that one, Rutgers mustered just 116 yards, the school’s worst offensive performance since a 2002 loss to West Virginia in which they tallied just 90.

“They kind of fooled some people when they played with Iowa, but Iowa’s terrible,” ScarletNation.com senior writer Bob-by Deren said. “I was expecting a little more than what Iowa showed.

“Rutgers’ lack of talent was obvious when they played Ohio State, there’s just no way to compensate for that huge gap. [First-year head coach Chris Ash] has installed a much better culture, kids are buying in, kids are getting bigger and stronger, and it’s a totally changed environment from last year — but the results aren’t showing up yet because he really doesn’t have the horses to run the race.”

A bad situation got worse for Rutgers when star senior wideout and returner Janarion Grant was lost for the rest of the year in the first half against Iowa. The RU offense tallied just three completions and nine first downs in their first full game without

him against the Buckeyes.

Despite not appearing in the last game and a half, Grant still leads the team in all-purpose yards — by more than 230 — plus receptions and receiving yards, kickoff return yards, punt return yards and rushing touchdowns. Additionally, he ranks second in passing and scoring — trailing the kicker by just one point, with three less halves of football — and even third in rushing despite carrying the ball just 16 times.

“He was their No. 1 playmaker, and to have to go without him really handicaps a team that’s already handicapped,” Deren ex-plained. “You can really see the receivers have so much trou-ble with press coverage that no matter who the quarterback is they’re just going to have problems.”

Grant’s loss also makes a dangerous special teams return squad that had run back both a kickoff and punt for touchdowns into “a very ordinary unit,” according to Deren.

There are no indications that redshirt junior quarterback Chris Laviano is about to lose his starting gig, but a job can only be so safe when a signal-caller is completing less than 50 percent of his throws. On the year, the 6-2, 221-pounder is 62-of-125 passing (49.6 percent) for 680 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions, while the team averages a paltry 140.2 yards per game through the air, ranking them 123rd nationally (out of 128 teams).

He completed three of his first six throws against Ohio State, but then misfired on his next six attempts before being replaced late by true freshman Tylin Oden, a dual-threat who Ash has repeatedly said is not ready for the job.

“Laviano isn’t setting the world on fire — and he bares a lot of the culpability [for an underwhelming passing offense] — but I don’t know if there are too many quarterbacks that could find windows with those receivers; they just can’t get open,” Deren noted. “Laviano is just a placeholder; they’re trying to install a power-spread offense with a kid who is a pro-style quarterback, so it’s like putting a square peg in a round hole.

“Oden’s time is nearing, but I don’t see them ushering his first start against Michigan.”

Junior running back Robert Martin becomes even more im-portant with Grant’s absence. The 5-11, 210-pounder posted back-to-back 100-yard outings before managing just 40 yards on 13 carries against a suffocating Buckeyes defense. He notched 13 touchdowns in his first two years, but had just one through his

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first four 2016 appearances (he missed the season opener with a lingering injury).

“He bulked up from last year … runs really hard, is real tough be-tween the tackles; a real good, downhill runner,” Deren noted. “On a team that is deplete of talent, he’s the guy that would start on a lot of Big Ten teams, whereas some of the other guys wouldn’t be in the starting lineup or even the two-deep.”

The defense mirrors the offense with such glaring weaknesses at one position group that it effects the rest of the unit. The de-fensive line is solid on paper — fifth-year senior defensive tackle Darius Hamilton is the highest-rated recruit in school history (No. 11 overall) and was named the 2014 Defensive MVP before he missed last year, while classmate end Julian Pinnix-Odrick has realized his potential with four sacks in five games — but is still missing quality edge rushers.

Redshirt junior defensive lineman Kemoko Turay is a guy that Michigan fans might remember from the 2014 game — he blocked a possible go-ahead field goal late in the fourth quarter and also had half of a sack in the RU victory —but he hasn’t been able to redis-cover the magic of that season when he was named a Freshman All-American. After a pair of offseason shoulder surgeries, he has played just two snaps all year and doesn’t appear on this week’s depth chart.

It gets worse at linebacker, where the Scarlet Knights’ starters had played in a total of 25 games at the Division I level coming into the year — and the majority of that experience was on special teams only. The secondary has some encouraging pieces, but again they have their hands tied by the deficiencies they are playing behind.

Deren hypothesized that Rutgers matches up better against Mich-igan’s pro-style attack than Ohio State’s spread offense. However, they are still playing with the deck stacked against them, even at home in front of what should be a hostile environment with fans taking exception to Michigan’s plethora of New Jersey imports, ranging from linebackers and special teams coach Chris Patridge (a former prep coach at powerhouse Paramus Catholic) to his for-mer star pupils in redshirt sophomore linebacker Jabrill Peppers and freshman defensive end Rashan Gary, last year’s consensus No. 1 recruit.

“By the end, the talent gap is probably going to be too much to overcome — not probably, but it is,” Deren said. “It’s going to be a loud environment as long as there is no hurricane coming up the coast, but I think they’ll come out with energy. If they catch a few breaks early on, I think they could hang around for a little while and at least make it a little more respectable than 58-0.”

That’s likely as close as Rutgers can come to a victory Saturday.

Offensive Players To Watch

Junior RB Robert Martin: Despite just one start last year, he led the squad with 763 yards and six touchdowns on the ground. He brought just three starts into 2016 but also boasted 1,197 career

rushing yards and 13 touchdowns, and has really run with the starting gig by adding another 398 yards and a score in four games played (he missed the season opener). The 5-11, 210-pounder has averaged 99.5 rushing yards per contest in 2016.

Redshirt freshman WR Jawuan Harris: With the loss of star playmaker Janarion Grant, fellow sub-six-foot dynamo Harris becomes the go-to receiver. The 5-9, 192-pounder made all three catches for his team Saturday against Ohio State and has 11 re-ceptions for 194 yards and two scores this year. The speedster was an All-Big Ten Freshman Team pick on the baseball diamond last spring, leading the conference and ranking fifth nationally with 37 stolen bases.

Redshirt junior QB Chris Laviano: Provided the 6-2, 221-pounder gets the first snap Saturday, he will have started the last 16 games for RU. The Scarlet Knights are just 5-10 with him starting under center. Laviano has thrown for 3,034 yards and 21 touchdowns against 15 interceptions in his career and does not provide much of a ground element (he has 76 net rushing yards in his career, averaging 0.7 yards per attempt).

Defensive Players To Watch

Fifth-year senior DE Julian Pinnix-Odrick: The 6-5, 274-pound team captain moved from defensive tackle to end be-fore the season and has already equaled or eclipsed his career totals for sacks (three coming into the year, he has four so far) and tackles for loss (five coming into the year, he has five). He’s also almost halfway to equaling his career total of 48 tackles coming into the year with 22 stops. His older brother, Jared Odrick, was a first-round draft pick in 2010 out of Penn State.

Redshirt sophomore FS Kiy Hester: The former Miami (Fla.) transfer debuted with seven starts, 36 tackles, five passes broken up and an interception last fall. The 6-0, 203-pounder has been even better this year, leading the team in tackles twice and total-ing double-digit stops in both of the last two games. He leads the squad with 36 tackles and five tackles for loss, while his three passes broken up are tied for second.

Senior SS Anthony Cioffi: The versatile defensive back who started five games in each of his first two years at cornerback moved to safety in 2015 and tallied a team-best four intercep-tions. He has stayed on the back line in 2016 and currently leads the squad with a pair of picks, plus three more passes broken up for a team-best five passes defended. He also ranks fourth on the squad with 25 stops and might have been the only Knight with a solid outing against Ohio State — he notched eight tackles and an interception.

Special Teams Player To Watch

Redshirt junior K David Bonagura: Although he had never kicked in a game before the start of this season, he has made 6 of 7 field goal attempts and all 13 extra points. On three-pointers, he has made each attempt from less than 40 yards with a long of 41.

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By The Numbers: Rutgers

2 Kicks were blocked by Rutgers last year; it marked the first time since 2006 they did not record four or more. Since 2009, their spe-cial teams unit has deflected more opponent attempts than anybody in the country with 49, but ScarletNation.com senior writer Bobby Deren noted that was mostly due to the schemes of a since-depart-ed special teams coordinator.

3 Of the Scarlet Knights’ first six opponents currently reside in the Associated Press poll's top five — No. 2 Ohio State (58-0 loss), No. 4 Michigan and No. 5 Washington (48-13 loss).

7 Straight Big Ten losses have been suffered by RU — by an aver-age margin of 28 points. Only Boston College, with its 10 straight ACC losses, has lost more games in a row to league foes. A 55-52 victory at Indiana on Oct. 17, 2015, was Rutgers’ last conference win.

17 Tackles is how many the projected starting linebackers for this week brought into this year during their careers at RU. Fifth-year senior strongside linebacker Greg Jones — who is at his fourth college after suiting up at East Stroudsburg, Middlesex Commu-nity College and Monroe College — played in one game last year at Rutgers, sophomore weakside linebacker Trevor Morris debuted with 12 special teams appearances last year and six tackles, while sophomore middle linebacker Deonte Roberts started once and to-taled 11 stops in 12 games played.

33.3 Percent is Rutgers’ red-zone touchdown conversion rate, which ranks 127th nationally out of 128 teams. The Scarlet Knights have scored just four touchdowns and five field goals on 12 posses-sions that reached opponents’ 20-yard line.

655 All-purpose yards were posted by senior wide receiver Janari-on Grant before he went down in game four with a season-ending injury. He still leads the team in that category, as well as touch-downs (five). He totaled three rushing scores, one via kickoff re-turn and another on a punt runback; he also threw for a touchdown.

Michigan Football Keys To The Game: RutgersChris Balas | Senior Editor

Michigan passed its first big test with a win over No. 8 Wis-consin in Ann Arbor, the first ranked team the Wolverines have played this year (though Colorado, unranked at the time the Buffaloes played at Michigan in week three, is now No. 21 na-tionally). The first road game would normally be a challenge, as well, but Rutgers shouldn’t pose much of a threat.

The Scarlet Knights are 2-3 this season, and though they’re much better at home (2-1) than on the road, they were blown out in both games against ranked teams (Michigan, of course, is No. 4). No. 14 Washington (who is now No. 5) opened the sea-son by pummeling the Scarlet Knights, 48-13 — and 10 of Rut-

gers' points came in garbage time of the fourth quarter. No. 2 Ohio State rolled to a 58-0 victory in Columbus last weekend, a week after Rutgers played relatively well in a 14-7 loss to Iowa.

Granted, Iowa isn’t very good, and one of Rutgers' biggest of-fensive threats in that game — receiver Janarion Grant — was lost for the season due to injury after a 76-yard catch and run to the Hawkeyes’ three-yard line. Grant, also an outstanding re-turn man, might have been the Scarlet Knights’ best hope to get his team some points against a vicious U-M defense.

There isn’t much that Rutgers does well, but Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh did his best to be complimentary Thursday morning on WXYT Radio 97.1 in Detroit.

“We are similar teams, very close … Rutgers probably is very much the kind of team we were last year and very similar to us this year, too,” Harbaugh said. “They haven’t gotten quite yet to the next step … getting confidence to win … but it’s a physical football team that is very athletic. They are looking to break through just like our team was looking to break through and win last year, then win a second time or win three in a row.”

Here are the keys to a Michigan win Saturday:

Don’t Turn The Ball Over: This one is obvious and basic, but there’s no delving deeply into obscure statistics when eval-uating a team that is outmatched at every position. A Wilton Speight interception, returned deep into Michigan territory last week, was the only reason Wisconsin put points on the board in a 14-7 U-M win, and the Wolverines’ redshirt sophomore quar-terback should have been picked off twice more.

Michigan’s backs have yet to lose a fumble this year, while Rutgers is tied for 108th nationally in fumbles recovered (one total) and 53rd in interceptions (0.8 per game). The Wolverines should be fine as long as concentration isn’t an issue.

Score In The Red Zone: This is the one area in which Rut-gers has had some success this year, holding opponents to 64.71 percent (still allowing 10 touchdowns, but only one field goal). Michigan, meanwhile, lost its swagger last week and managed only one touchdown on three attempts inside Wisconsin’s 20. A trio of failed second-down plays and a holding penalty were primarily to blame, but passing game coordinator Jedd Fisch said Wednesday that would be a point of emphasis in practice.

Regardless, Saturday’s 1-for-3 effort was probably an anomaly. U-M dropped to No. 61 nationally in success rate (85.19), but would be close to the top 40 had fifth-year senior kicker Kenny Allen not missed a 31-yard chip shot. Michigan finished sev-enth nationally a year ago (92.86 percent), so it’s unlikely this will be a season-long issue — unless, of course, the kickers continue to struggle.

Stop The Run: Michigan’s dominant front four makes it tough to run, and that doesn’t bode well for Rutgers. Still, the Scarlet Knights are averaging a respectable 191 yards per game on the

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ground and have a very good back in Robert Martin. He ran for 106 yards in the loss to Iowa, complemented by Justin Good-win’s 74 on only 11 carries. Martin struggled to find room at Ohio State, though, managing only 40 yards on 13 carries.

U-M will have to contain quarterback Chris Laviano, as well. He is more than capable of scrambling if the pocket breaks down and did so a couple times for first downs at OSU. The Wolverines did have a problem with that against UCF in a blow-out week-two win.

Rutgers is one of the worst passing teams in the country, howev-er, No. 123 out of 128 with only 140.2 yards per game through the air, and the Scarlet Knights lost one of their biggest weapons in Grant. They’ve been decent at protecting the ball with only two interceptions thrown, but that number will go up Saturday if they get into third-and-long situations. Rutgers is No. 100 nationally on third down, converting at a 34.94-percent clip.

Michigan is still tops in third-down defense, only allowing its opponents to convert 15.38 percent of the time.

The Breakdown: Grant might have made this one at least a bit more interesting … or at least given Rutgers a better chance to score. He played some wildcat, even threw passes on reverses and was arguably one of the more electric players in the coun-try. He was a threat to take it the distance on any kickoff or punt return.

Rutgers was down 14 in two of its wins (vs. Howard and New Mexico), and though the Scarlet Knights were better against Iowa, they took a huge step backward at Ohio State. It would be stunning if this were still a game at halftime.

TheWolverine.com Staff Picks

TheWolverine.com Senior Editor Chris Balas: Michigan 45, Rutgers 0

It’s tough to predict a shutout when all it takes is one blown coverage or fluke turnover to put a team in position to score, but this Michigan defense is special.

The Wolverine Senior Editor John Borton: Michigan 38 Rutgers 6

Hurricane Matthew is going to miss Piscataway, from all indi-cations — Hurricane Jim won’t.

TheWolverine.com Recruiting Editor Brandon Brown: Michigan 52, Rutgers 0

Michigan is good, Rutgers is not.

TheWolverine.com Analyst Doug Skene: Michigan 42, Rut-gers 6

Rutgers will bring everything they’ve got but will run square

into the brick wall that is Michigan’s defense.

The Wolverine.com Intern Leland Mitchinson: Michigan 49, Rutgers 3

Michigan holds a significant advantage over Rutgers in every phase of the game and the Wolverines win this one easily.

Michigan Football Notebook: Zordich Amazed At PickJohn Borton | Senior Editor

Michigan cornerbacks coach Mike Zordich has seen a few spec-tacular interceptions in his time. He’s still shaking his head over the one senior Jourdan Lewis pulled off against Wisconsin.

Lewis, of course, skied and hung what seemed like forever in plucking a one-handed pickoff against Badgers quarterback Alex Hornibrook, helping preserve Michigan’s 14-7 win over the visitors. Zordich noted that one ranks with the top grabs he’s ever seen, even by a receiver.

“It’s insane,” Zordich said. “I haven’t seen anything like that from a defensive player. I’ve seen a few guys, offensively, do it, but I don’t think so defensively. That was a helluva play.”

There’s far more to Lewis’ game than a highlight-reel intercep-tion. Since he returned from a variety of nagging injuries that kept him out of non-conference play, Lewis has shown a high level of operation in a number of ways.

He’s been strong against the run, as well as providing tight cov-erage versus receivers, in Zordich’s estimation.

“He’s a complete player on the defensive side of the ball,” Zordich noted. “The kid is very competitive, very feisty. He’s very good at man-to-man coverage, very good at zone coverage when he has to drop in halves, and he knows how to get off blocks and make tackles.

“He can do it all. He’s a pretty good player.”

Zordich waves off any attempt to elevate Lewis and fellow se-nior cornerback Channing Stribling — who himself secured two interceptions against Wisconsin — beyond what would be wise. They both made technical errors against Wisconsin, he said, ones U-M is trying to clean up.

“They are pretty few and far between with him,” Zordich said of Lewis. “The thing is, when he does it, he knows it, and he’s pretty upset about it. He tries to figure it out real quick.”

Stribling saw a lot of throws his way against the Badgers, coming up with two of them. Zordich noted that the veteran is always ready. He accepted Zordich’s challenge to improve

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against the run, and there have been tangible results, he noted.

“Absolutely,” Zordich said. “Last week, he made a helluva play on their sideline in the run game. He stuck his face in there, his eyes were up. The more he’s playing this way, the more confi-dence he’s getting. He’s starting to see the light. Confidence can go a long way in this game, as everybody knows.”

Meanwhile, Michigan is scrambling for depth, with fifth-year senior cornerback Jeremy Clark injured and out for the rest of the year. While the entire team feels for Clark, Zordich stressed, it has to keep going, and that means continuing to develop strong backups.

Junior cornerback Brandon Watson leads that cast, with some young players still learning, Zordich shared.

“Brandon Watson had a helluva camp, and really since spring he’s played very well,” Zordich stated. “He played well in the spring, he played well in camp and he’s filling in just fine.

“[Freshman] Levert Hill is an extremely talented young man. He’s just got to grow and mature. He’s young. [Freshman] Da-vid Long, same way. His injury held him up a little bit, but now we’re starting to see some things out of him.

“It’s very unfortunate we lost Jeremy. You never want to lose a guy like that. But those three guys … can go in and play.”

Coaches Say Badgers' Challenge Was A Positive

Coaches on both sides of the football found it significant that the Wolverines were thrust into a fourth-quarter showdown against Wisconsin. The home crew stood one play away from a tie game, and perhaps overtime.

For Michigan’s offense, and redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight, dealing with Wisconsin’s defense proved a tall order, according to quarterbacks coach Jedd Fisch.

“It was an exciting game,” Fisch said. “You look back at Wis-consin, and since their Alabama game — which was the first game of the year a year ago — nobody got over 330 yards against that defense. It was about 15 games or so that they went without 330 yards. That was a tough defense. They are good.

“So, for Wilton to have an opportunity to go against those guys, that will be great for him as we go. Now we get on the road for the first time, and as the games continue to be all Big Ten play, all those things will mean it’s good for him that he had that Wisconsin game.”

Meanwhile, cornerbacks coach Mike Zordich insisted the battle against the Badgers will help the Wolverines’ defense — and team as a whole — significantly in the long run.

“It was good to be in a fight,” Zordich said. “It really was. We need to become callused that way, to go toe-to-toe with every-

body, bloody each other’s noses and see who comes out on top.

“It builds a team. It builds some character, and we needed it. It was good for the whole team.”

Miscellaneous Notes

• As a cornerbacks coach, Mike Zordich assures he can definite-ly appreciate the prowess of Michigan’s defensive line.

“They’re lights out,” Zordich said. “You go across the first four, then you bring in the second three or four, and they’re real-ly good. Coach [Greg] Mattison does a helluva job with them. Those guys are receptive to his coaching, they’re into it, and they just want to get better.

“They’re constantly talking on the sidelines during the games. They’ve been a huge plus, and they certainly help us out in the back end, big time.”

• The game against 2-3 Rutgers represents a tiebreaker for the Wolverines, who stand 1-1 all time versus the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers caught U-M right before a regime change two years ago, beating the Wolverines in Piscataway, N.J.

• Senior cornerback Channing Stribling’s two interceptions against Wisconsin have him fifth in the nation in that category, with three. He’s also ninth nationally with eight passes broken up.

• Redshirt sophomore linebacker Jabrill Peppers ranks third na-tionally on punt returns. He’s averaging a healthy 20.5 yards per return.

Michigan Football News & Views: Jim HarbaughJohn Borton | Senior Editor

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh was all business at his Monday press conference. Here are some highlights, Har-baugh’s comments and our take:

News: Sophomore left tackle Grant Newsome suffered a signif-icant knee injury that has ended his season.

Harbaugh: “He had a serious knee injury. He’ll be out for the year … it’s a reminder of just how tough the game of football is, and how serious injuries can be in the game of football.“What I do know is this: As far as character — human-being character, football character — nobody has ever come through here, this football team or this university, that I know of, with more of it than Grant Newsome. [His parents] should write a book on raising kids.

“Grant is the finest. We’re praying for him right now. It’s not a good feeling today … it’s as serious as a knee injury can be.”

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Views: Harbaugh obviously took a more ominous tone with this one, even more than with a normal season-ending injury. He noted Newsome was “tough as a two-dollar steak” at the hospi-tal, but acknowledged the severe nature of the injury.

Regardless, it’s going to be a long road back for Newsome, and he’s genuinely one for whom to root. Bright, sensitive and in-telligent, he’s a excellent example of the kind of student-athlete Michigan wants to put on the field.

The hope is that he’ll get back there at some point.

News: Plenty of shuffling could take place in filling the left tackle spot for Newsome.

Harbaugh: “There are different options. We’ll assess, as the week goes on, what the best are. Definitely Juwann [Bush-ell-Beatty, the redshirt sophomore who filled in after Newsome went down] is probably Plan A.

“Also, [fifth-year senior left guard] Ben Braden could go to tackle. [Junior center] Mason Cole could even go to tackle. We’ll see what the different options are.”

Views: The spot is too crucial for accepting anything other than the best available option, even if it means some adjustments inside. Bushell-Beatty’s performance will draw intense scrutiny from the video, and if he remains Plan A he’ll be expected to take some quick steps forward at Rutgers.

Then it comes down to whether the Wolverines would be bet-ter with him at left tackle, or with Braden at left tackle and freshman Ben Bredeson getting full run at left guard. Moving Cole back appears like it would be an extreme move, since he’s settled in at center, but Harbaugh noted redshirt junior Patrick Kugler could step in at center if that happened.

Either way, it’s a major loss since Newsome found himself tak-ing major strides at the spot.

News: Michigan’s New Jersey contingent is looking forward to going back home to perform on Saturday.

Harbaugh: “Speaking from experience, going back and playing in your hometown, or nearby, or in your home state, has always been a big thrill. Chris [Partridge, U-M linebackers coach and former New Jersey high school coach] has done an outstanding job, being from New Jersey. [Quarterbacks and receivers coach] Jedd Fisch, being from New Jersey … it’s been good having natives up in New Jersey that have really connected well.

“It’s been a positive.”

Views: There will be hits and misses in any state into which Michigan taps, but New Jersey has already produced a couple of home runs, in redshirt sophomore linebacker Jabrill Peppers and freshman defensive lineman Rashan Gary.

Peppers was already in the fold when Harbaugh arrived, but the coach is constantly seeking ways to make it more comfortable for players from various regions to make Ann Arbor their home, at least for four or five years.

Whether it’s New Jersey, Florida or California, that effort con-tinues, through relentless effort and innovation. A strong fol-low-up to Ohio State’s blowout against Rutgers might get other Jersey natives looking west.

News: Redshirt sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight contin-ues to have the confidence of his head coach, Harbaugh under-scoring Speight’s ability to progress through his reads.

Harbaugh: “It’s beyond his years. It’s been a real positive, his decision making and going through the film. He’s making good decisions — the right decisions.”

Views: Speight didn’t win the QB competition by a lot, Har-baugh noted shortly after tabbing the third-year Wolverine as the one. It’s reasonable to assume he’s behind center in large part because of the way he thinks the game and the decisions he makes.

Through five games, he’s thrown only two interceptions and Michigan has turned the ball over only three times. Those num-bers, combined with one of the top defenses in the nation, goes a long way toward a 5-0 record and a No. 4 national ranking.

It’s not like the Wolverines are playing to the defense, either. They came into the showdown with Wisconsin averaging 52 points a game, and would have scored 23 against a very good Badgers defense if some rather routine field goals had found the mark.

Speight has Harbaugh’s confidence to run the offense the way he wants it run. Anything anyone else says on the subject sim-ply doesn’t matter.

News: Fifth-year senior Ryan Glasgow has remained extremely solid at nose tackle, after missing the latter part of the 2015 season with a torn pectoral muscle.

Harbaugh: “He’s been outstanding. He was arguably our best defensive lineman last year, and he’s making a run for that again this year. High effort, talented … we know him as one of our top defensive linemen.”

Views: Some underestimated the loss to Michigan’s defense when Glasgow went out of the lineup last year. He’s been a stalwart, and stands out even in a deeper, more talented front than Michigan assembled in 2015.

Him remaining healthy is yet another key to Michigan’s sus-tained excellence on defense. Redshirt sophomore Bryan Mone got back into the lineup and saw some snaps against Wisconsin, a good sign for the future.

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With both of them, along with others like redshirt junior Mau-rice Hurst Jr. and senior Matt Godin, Michigan is as strong up the middle as it’s been in a long time.

Borton's Blog: Speight Shrugs Off Road WorriesJohn Borton | Senior Editor

Wilton Speight says he’s a little like golfer Dustin Johnson, and a little Patrick Reed. There’s no question he’s a lot of what Jim Harbaugh is seeking in a quarterback.

Speight, the redshirt sophomore, stares down his first road start without blinking. He looks as fearful as New Jersey’s governor might before an all-you-can-eat challenge.

Maybe that’s because Rutgers stands strong as a balsa wood hut in the path of a Category Five hurricane. Thank goodness for Howard and New Mexico, or former Ohio State defensive coordinator Chris Ash’s first season as head coach might have included a zero in the win column.

The Scarlet Knights are 2-3, having faced two strong teams — Washington and Ohio State. The Scarlet-Faced results: 0-2, and out-scored 106-13.

But we digress. Speight’s greatest comfort arises from feeling fully in command, with a level of preparation that wrings ner-vousness out like sweat from a twisted T-shirt.

First road start? It’s a shrug, not a shiver.

“It’s the next step in the journey,” Speight said. “We’ve got an end goal, and this is the next step to get to that goal. It’s not, ‘Oh, gosh, it’s my first road game,’ or, ‘I’ve got to do this or that to win.’ It’s move the ball down the field, move the chains and get the ball in the end zone. It’s just football.”

So far, football hasn’t dented him. In five games, he’s thrown for 1,094 yards and 10 touchdowns, connecting on 63.0 percent of his passes. Only twice has he tossed it to the other team on a schedule including top-25 squads Colorado and Wisconsin.

A year ago, Jake Rudock threw for 956 yards and five TDs in Michigan’s first handful of games, with six interceptions — three of them in a loss at Utah. He turned out all right, and Speight appears on a faster track.

That doesn’t mean he’s perfect, by any means. Sometimes avoiding interceptions involves luck, and Speight found some, making a couple dangerous throws against the Badgers that merely wound up incomplete.

The bottom line remains. Michigan stands No. 10 in the na-tion in scoring offense (44.4 points-per-game average), despite

its field goal woes in the 14-7 defensive standoff against the Badgers. The Wolverines haven’t lost, and Speight kept them in position to stay unblemished.

He’s thinking like his coaches, so much so that he beat Har-baugh to the punch in signalling timeout against Penn State when both saw a look they didn’t like. It’s a mind meld not only earning him the starting job, but keeping the Wolverines right where the bosses want them.

“Coach [Jedd] Fisch, Coach Harbaugh and I … when you meet together as much as we do and have been together for this long, you start to think the same way,” Speight acknowledged. “When you see something is not right, he’s probably thinking the same thing, or Coach Fisch up in the box is thinking the same thing. It’s good when that starts to happen.”

Fisch, the former NFL offensive coordinator, has exerted a ma-jor influence.

“Monumental,” Speight said. “He came in and really trans-formed me, not only as a quarterback but as a leader. It’s how I study the game, how I approach the game, how I approach every day, whether it’s up on campus or in Schembechler Hall.”

Speight, an avid golfer, didn’t get to see as much of the USA’s stirring Ryder Cup victory as he wanted. But he saw enough to make some competitive comparisons.

In one way, he likened himself to Johnson, the lanky, seemingly unemotional long-baller.

“A little bit of Dustin Johnson, just being calm, and he hits the ball really far,” Speight said. “I kind of relate that to the deep ball. I like the deep ball.”

The flip side involves Reed, the fiery, pumped-up golf pugilist who went toe-to-toe with Europe’s Rory McIlroy and won in a stirring bout on the decisive final afternoon.

“He likes to talk a little bit of trash and get in the opponent’s head,” Speight said. “I thought he carried the team well.”

Nobody would have expected the smack talk of Speight, but he set the record straight, noting exchanges with Wisconsin line-backer T.J. Watt.

“A little bit here and there,” Speight cautioned. “It’s nothing serious. Watt and I had a couple of words exchanged this week-end, all in good fun. It was more like sarcasm. I love the sar-casm trash talking: ‘Almost, man, almost.’”

Speight desires no almosts in his first season as a starter. So far, he's more than good.

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By The Numbers: U-M Finally Ends Losing Streak To Top-10 FoesAustin Fox | Contributor

With Michigan’s 14-7 win over No. 8 Wisconsin on Saturday, the Wolverines snapped a streak of 12 straight losses to top-10 competition. The Maize and Blue’s last win over a team ranked in the top-10 team came on Sept. 27, 2008, when they beat No. 9 Wisconsin, 27-25. The Wolverines have come incredibly close to beating other top-10 teams numerous times over the past eight years, but they were never able to finish the win — until Saturday.

Here’s a look at Michigan’s last 12 games against top-10 oppo-nents (prior to Saturday), all of which resulted in losses.

The losing streak began on Oct. 18, 2008, when the Wolverines traveled to Happy Valley to take on No. 3 Penn State. Michigan actually led 17-7 at one point, but the Nittany Lions ended the game on a 39-0 run to win, 46-17. The losing streak continued later that season when the Maize and Blue headed to Columbus to take on No. 10 Ohio State. Like the Penn State game, the Wol-verines hung tough in the first half, trailing 14-7 at halftime, but withered in the second frame and wound up losing, 42-7.

The only top-10 opponent Michigan faced in 2009 was Ohio State, who was once again ranked No. 10. On a gorgeous No-vember day in Ann Arbor, the Wolverines gave the Buckeyes a much tougher fight than expected but wound up falling, 21-10.

Michigan welcomed No. 7 Wisconsin to The Big House on Se-nior Day in 2010. The Rich Rodriguez-led Wolverines showed no emotion or energy whatsoever, though, and were blown out, 48-28. The Maize and Blue headed to Columbus the following week to take on No. 8 Ohio State. Once again, Rodriguez’s crew was blasted in embarrassing fashion, 37-7.

Michigan opened the 2012 season in Arlington against No. 2 Al-abama, hoping to show it was ready to once again compete on the national stage. However, that notion proved to be premature, and the Wolverines were demolished by the Crimson Tide, 41-14. Michigan faced a second top-10 team in the Outback Bowl that season, No. 10 South Carolina. The Maize and Blue led with just 12 seconds left, but then surrendered the game-winning score to lose, 33-28.

No. 3 Ohio State came to Ann Arbor on Nov. 30, 2013, in what wound up becoming one of the most infamous games of the Brady Hoke era. Trailing by one with just 32 seconds remaining, the Wolverines went for two and the win but failed and wound up losing, 42-41.

The following year, Michigan faced No. 8 Michigan State on Oct. 25, 2014, and was annihilated, 35-11. In the season finale that year, the Wolverines headed to Columbus to take on No. 6 Ohio State. Once again, the Maize and Blue gave the Buckeyes all they could handle, trailing by just seven with five minutes re-

maining before Ohio State pulled away and won, 42-28.

On Oct. 17, 2015, No. 7 Michigan State came to Ann Arbor. Leading 23-21 with 10 seconds remaining, Michigan lined up to punt, but punter Blake O’Neill fumbled the snap, allowing the Spartans to run it back for the game-winning score in a devastat-ing 27-23 loss.

In the season finale last year against No. 8 Ohio State, Michigan was surprisingly blown out at home, 42-13. That game, however, was the final loss of Michigan’s 12-game losing streak to top-10 opponents after Saturday's win over No. 8 Wisconsin.

By the Numbers: Michigan at Rutgers

3 Interceptions for senior cornerback Channing Stribling this season, which is tied for the most in the Big Ten.

9 Players on Michigan’s roster hail from the state of New Jer-sey, including freshmen defensive linemen Michael Dwumfour and Rashan Gary and running back Kareem Walker, sophomore linebacker Cheyenn Robertson, redshirt sophomore fullback Joe Beneducci, redshirt sophomore tackle Juwann Bushell-Beatty, redshirt sophomore linebacker Jabrill Peppers and redshirt junior offensive lineman Greg Froelich.

49.6 Pass completion percentage for Rutgers redshirt junior quar-

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terback Chris Laviano this season, which is the worst in the con-ference.

135.4 Passing yards per game Michigan’s defense is allowing, good for second-best in the country. Boston College is allowing the fewest, at 124.

140.2 Passing yards per game averaged by the Rutgers offense, which ranks 123rd nationally.

553 Is how many yards Rutgers was outgained last Saturday against No. 2 Ohio State. The Buckeyes racked up 669 yards of offense, while the Scarlet Knights only mustered 119.

1869 Was when Rutgers and Princeton played the first-ever col-lege football game. Michigan played its first game just 10 years later in 1879. Despite being two of the oldest college football programs, this will only be the third meeting between the schools.

The Week In Michigan Recruiting: Oct. 6Brandon Brown | Staff Writer

Here's a look back at the last week of action involving the Maize and Blue's recruiting efforts:

• Hot Boards are being updated daily and the most recent edition of each can be found linked at the bottom every day. Wide receiv-er is the latest position group to be looked at, and the outlook is fantastic. Michigan doesn't have a commitment at the position yet, but there's a real chance two five-stars and a couple of other highly rated players will end up in Ann Arbor.

• Michigan's newest commitment is Indianapolis Cathedral four-star offensive guard Emil Ekiyor. He discussed why Michigan was right for him, recruiting a teammate who is committed to Notre Dame, and his relationship with offensive coordinator and O-line coach Tim Drevno in this video interview.

• Rivals.com Midwest Analyst Josh Helmholdt gives great in-sight on what kind of player Michigan is getting in Ekiyor. The 325-pounder has a ton of upside because of his size and athlet-icism.

• Michigan has a fullback commit in Jacksonville (Fla.) Trinity Christian three-star Chase Lasater but have not let up on the na-tion's top fullback, Leesburg (Ga.) Lee County three-star Tory Carter. He's committed to LSU but will officially visit Michigan and is giving U-M a very serious look.

• Michigan's staff is starting to dive into the film of 2018 pros-pects, and one player who could benefit from that is Cumming (Ga.) West Forsyth tight end Ben Bresnahan. The 6-4, 218-pound-er was in Ann Arbor last weekend and is certainly on the radar for an offer moving forward.

• Pickerington (Ohio) Central 2018 four-star tight end Trenton Gillison already holds a Michigan offer and last weekend's trip to Ann Arbor made a big impact on him. He couldn't get over 111,000 screaming fans.

•Boston College commit Kwity Paye was also in Ann Arbor last weekend and is now very torn between the Eagles and Wolver-ines. His official visit in Ann Arbor opened his eyes, and the na-tion's No. 40 weakside defensive end now plans to make a final decision between just those two programs in the near future.

• Traverse City (Mich.) St. Francis outside linebacker Chris Ko-larevic is a senior leader on his team, and he's hoping that his work ethic and ability could lead to an opportunity to play at Michigan. He's already been told he's more than welcome as a preferred walk-on, but he strives for more. He discussed his re-cent trip to Ann Arbor and his hopes along the recruiting trail moving forward.

• Michigan hosted two five-star tackles last weekend and both came away beyond impressed. Alabama commit Alex Leather-wood tweeted that Michigan was his best visit ever, and his full-length quotes only backed up that claim. Lexington (Ky.) Lafay-ette's Jedrick Wills finally made his way to Ann Arbor, and he also struggled to verbalize just how special his visit was. Mich-igan might not be the favorite for the pair, but they are at least thinking hard about the Maize and Blue.

• Former Baltimore Gilman School star Taron Vincent, Rivals' No. 3 defensive tackle in the junior class, is now at IMG Acade-my in Florida, but his connection to former Gilman head coach Biff Poggi is strong. With Poggi now the associate head coach at Michigan, the Wolverines have a real shot. Vincent has been high on Ohio State for a long time, but the Poggi effect could help U-M compete in a serious way.

• Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy four-star center Cesar Ruiz is looked at as a Michigan lean at this point and couldn't have had a better official visit to Ann Arbor last weekend. The nation's top center was even somewhat of a ringleader with the other highly touted offensive linemen visiting U-M for the Wisconsin game.

• Michigan hosted more than 30 prospects for the game against Wisconsin and virtually all of them were blown away. It's to be expected in a top-10 matchup, but the quotes from the kids were beyond positive. Here's a complete list of who was in attendance.

• Michigan used an intriguing formation now known as "The Train" against Wisconsin, and it's been discussed as innovative and original. The single-file, 11-man I-formation actually came from Chatfield High School in Colorado. Tight ends coach Jay Harbaugh stumbled across the unique pre-snap alignment while watching the highlight tape of Dalton Keene, a Virginia Tech commit who was ultimately offered. Keene discussed the offer and his eventual plans to check out Ann Arbor.

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Around The Big Ten: Week SixAustin Fox | Contributor

The Wolverine takes a look around the league heading into week six of action.

Illinois (1-3, 0-1 Big Ten)Illinois hosts Purdue on Saturday afternoon, with both teams hoping to obtain their first conference win ... This will be the 92nd meeting in a rivalry that dates back to 1890, with Illinois holding a slim 44-41-6 edge over the Boilermakers ... The win-ner of the game is annually awarded The Cannon rivalry trophy ... Senior defensive lineman Carroll Phillips’ 10 tackles-for-loss are the second-most in the country.

Indiana (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten)Indiana travels to No. 2 Ohio State this weekend ... The Hoo-siers’ win over then-No. 17 Michigan State last Saturday was its first home win over a ranked team since 2006 ... Although Indiana lost to Ohio State last year, 34-27, the 27 points given up were the third-most the Buckeye defense allowed in 2015 ... Redshirt junior quarterback Richard Lagow’s 319.5 passing yards per game lead the Big Ten.

Iowa (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten)After its disappointing home loss to Northwestern last Satur-day, Iowa hits the road to take on Minnesota ... This will be the 110th meeting between the two schools, with the first match-up occurring in 1891 ... Iowa has won 11 of the last 15 meet-ings, but is just 16-39-1 in games played in Minneapolis ... The Hawkeyes and Gophers battle for the Floyd of Rosedale trophy, a bronze pig that was the result of a bet between the governors of the two states in 1935.

Maryland (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten)Maryland heads to State College for a showdown with Penn State ... In the Terps’ last trip to Beaver Stadium in 2014, they defeated the Nittany Lions, 20-19 ... The two teams also played a nail-biter last year, with Penn State prevailing, 31-30 ... Mary-land has only committed two turnovers on the year, tied for third-fewest in the country.

Michigan State (2-2, 0-2 Big Ten)In an odd scheduling quirk, Michigan State will step out of con-ference to face BYU ... This will be the first meeting between the two schools, with the Spartans heading to Provo in 2020 to complete the home-and-home series ... Michigan State is cur-rently in the midst of its first two-game losing streak since 2012 ... BYU will be playing in the state of Michigan for a second straight season — the Cougars fell 31-0 in Ann Arbor last year.

Minnesota (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten)After dropping an overtime heartbreaker to Penn State in its conference opener, Minnesota hosts Iowa ... The Gophers lead the all-time series with Iowa, 62-45-2 ... Redshirt sophomore running back Rodney Smith ranks fourth in the Big Ten in both rushing yards per game (100.5) and total rushing yards (402)

... Senior receiver Drew Wolitarsky’s 24 receptions are the sec-ond-most in the conference.

No. 2 Ohio State (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten)No. 2 Ohio State welcomes Indiana to Columbus on Saturday ... The Buckeye defense is only allowing 9.3 points per game, the fewest in the nation ... The two teams played a tightly contested battle that came down to the wire last season in Bloomington, with Ohio State prevailing, 34-27 ... Redshirt junior quarter-back J.T. Barrett leads the Big Ten in completion percentage (68.6) and touchdown passes (14) ... Redshirt freshman running back Mike Weber’s 123.7 rushing yards per game leads the con-ference.

Penn State (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten)After its thrilling overtime victory over Minnesota last week-end, Penn State welcomes Maryland to Happy Valley ... After his 22-tackle performance Saturday, junior safety Marcus Al-len earned Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors ... Redshirt sophomore quarterback Trace McSorley’s 1,284 pass-ing yards are the most in the Big Ten.

Purdue (2-2, 0-1 Big Ten)Purdue heads to Illinois, hoping to rebound from last week’s blowout loss (50-7) to Maryland ... The Boilermakers have won eight of the last 11 meetings with the Illini ... Senior receiver Domonique Young’s 23 catches are tied for third-most in the Big Ten ... Redshirt sophomore quarterback David Blough’s 269.5 passing yards per game are the second-most in the con-ference, trailing only Indiana redshirt junior quarterback Rich-ard Lagow (319.5).

Rutgers (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten)Rutgers hosts No. 4 Michigan in the Big Ten’s only primetime showdown this weekend ... The Scarlet Knights’ 26-24 victory over Michigan in 2014 was their first as a member of the Big Ten ... Junior running back Robert Martin’s 99.5 rushing yards per game are good for fifth-best in the league ... This will be Michigan’s first road game of the season.

Schedule: Saturday, Oct. 8- Iowa at Minnesota: 12:00 PM (ESPN2)- Maryland at Penn State: 12:00 PM (BTN)- BYU at Michigan State: 3:30 PM (ABC/ESPN2)- Indiana at No. 2 Ohio State: 3:30 PM (ESPN)- Purdue at Illinois: 3:30 PM (BTN)- No. 4 Michigan at Rutgers: 7:00 PM (ESPN2)Bye: No. 12 Nebraska, Northwestern, No. 11 Wisconsin

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NFL Wolverines, How They Fared — Week FourChris Balas | Senior Editor

Tom Brady will start at quarterback when New England faces the Cleveland Browns on the road Sunday, returning following a four-game suspension for his alleged role in deflating foot-balls before games.

“It was great to be back in the building and see my coaches,” he told Westwood One Radio’s Monday Night Football halftime show. “And to get to work on actual football. I really enjoyed it.”

He refused to admit that revenge would be a motivator for him following a long process that was appealed several times.

“I’m pretty motivated [all the time],” Brady said. “I’ve been dealing with a lot of adversities over the course of my career. I know all athletes at this point in their careers, nothing has been handed to them or given to them. You have to work hard to earn it. And you draw on those lessons you have learned over the course of a long athletic career to deal with all types of these situations.

“I haven’t had the chance to be out there for four weeks. I’ve been watching my teammates go out and try to play at their very best, and they performed very well. I’m excited to go out there and join them.”New England went 3-1 in his absence and is in first place in the AFC East.

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2016 RUTGERS STATISTICAL LEADERSPassing Comp. Att. Yds. TD INTChris Laviano 62 125 680 5 2Tylin Oden 0 4 0 0 0Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. LG TDRobert Martin 71 398 5.6 80 1Justin Goodwin 32 144 4.5 24 0Janarion Grant 16 138 8.6 58 3Josh Hicks 27 127 4.7 19 0Tylin Oden 22 85 3.9 30 0Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TDJanarion Grant 20 210 10.5 76 0Jawuan Harris 11 194 17.6 75 2Andre Patton 8 108 13.5 22 3Nick Arcidiacono 7 54 7.7 13 0Justin Goodwin 6 49 8.2 25 0Carlton Agudosi 3 27 9.0 15 1Tackles UT AT Tot. TFL/Yds. Sacks/Yds.Kiy Hester 27 9 36 5.0/12 0Deonte Roberts 16 17 33 2.0/6 0Trevor Morris 16 14 30 1.0/7 1.0/7Anthony Cioffi 13 12 25 0 0Julian Pinnix-Odrick 12 10 22 5.0/27 4.0/23Blessuan Austin 17 5 22 0 0Greg Jones 12 8 20 2.0/9 1.0/3Isaiah Wharton 15 4 19 2.0/8 0Interceptions No. Yds. Avg. TDAnthony Cioffi 2 0 0 0K.J. Gray 1 5 5.0 0Isaiah Wharton 1 0 0 0Kicking PATM-A FGM-FGA LGDavid Bonagura 13-13 6-7 41Punting No. Yds. Avg. LGMichael Cintron 35 1339 38.3 53

2016 MICHIGAN SCHEDULEDate Opponent Result/Time (ET)Sept. 3 Hawai'i W, 63-3Sept. 10 Central Florida W, 51-14Sept. 17 Colorado W, 45-28Sep. 24 Penn State W, 49-10Oct. 1 Wisconsin W, 14-7Oct. 8 at Rutgers 7:00 p.m.Oct. 22 Illinois 3:30 p.m.Oct. 29 at Michigan State TBANov. 5 Maryland TBANov. 12 at Iowa 8:00 p.m.Nov. 19 Indiana TBANov. 25 at Ohio State TBA

2016 RUTGERS SCHEDULEDate Opponent Result/Time (ET)Sep 3 at Washington L, 13-48Sep 10 Howard W, 52-14Sep 17 New Mexico W, 37-28Sep 24 Iowa L, 7-14Oct 1 at Ohio State L, 0-58Oct 8 Michigan 7:00 p.m.Oct 15 Illinois 12:00 p.m.Oct 22 at Minnesota 12:00 p.m.Nov 5 Indiana TBDNov 12 at Michigan State TBDNov 19 Penn State 8:00 p.m.Nov 26 at Maryland TBD

INSIDE THE NUMBERSOffense U-M RU

Points Per Game 44.4 21.8First Downs 115 91Rushing Yards 1049 964Rushing Yards/Game 209.8 192.8Rushing Attempts 214 224Average Yards Per Rush 4.9 4.3Passing Yards 1171 701Passing Yards/Game 234.2 140.2Passing Attempts 158 133Average Yards/Catch 11.6 11.1Total Yards 2220 1665Average Yards Per Game 444.0 333.0Average Kickoff Return 15.5 21.7Average Punt Return 21.5 14.0Third-Down Conversions 34-72 29-83Third-Down Conv. Percent 47% 35%Fourth-Down Conversions 5-8 5-8Fourth-Down Conv. Percent 62% 62%

Defense U-M RUPoints Allowed Per Game 12.4 32.4First Downs Allowed 66 101Rushing Yards Allowed 561 1137Rushing Yards Allowed/Game 112.2 227.4Opponent Rushing Attempts 172 216Average Yards/Rushing Attempt 3.3 5.3Passing Yards Allowed 677 982Passing Yards Allowed/Game 135.4 196.4Opponent Passing Attempts 131 137Average Yards/Catch Allowed 11.1 12.3Total Yards Allowed 1238 2119Average Yards/Game Allowed 247.6 423.8Average Kickoff Return Allowed 19.9 21.5Average Punt Return Allowed 13.0 9.1Third-Down Conversions 10-65 26-72Third-Down Conv. Percent 15% 36%Fourth-Down Conversions 5-12 6-10Fourth-Down Conv. Percent 42% 60%

Class Breakdowns (2016 Depth Chart) Sr. Jr. So. Fr.U-M Offense 7 6 5 5U-M Defense 11 2 7 4U-M Specialists 6 1 2 4U-M Totals 24 9 14 13

RU Offense 9 7 4 4RU Defense 5 4 10 5RU Specialists 1 2 1 2RU Totals 15 13 15 11

Turnovers Gained Lost +/-U-M 9 3 +6RU 5 6 -1

Score By Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Avg.U-M 56 72 52 42 — 222 44.4RU 14 31 24 40 — 109 21.8

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OFFENSEPos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Yr.LT 65 Tariq Cole 6-6 313 So. 79 Zack Heeman 6-7 304 So.LG 60 Dorian Miller 6-2 294 Jr. 75 Zach Venesky 6-3 290 R-Fr.C 69 Derrick Nelson 6-3 295 5th-Sr. 73 Jonah Jackson 6-4 295 R-Fr.RG 70 Chris Muller 6-6 312 5th-Sr. 71 Marcus Applefield 6-5 305 So.RT 77 J.J. Denman 6-5 315 5th-Sr. 54 Kamaal Seymour 6-6 294 R-Fr.TE 42 Nick Arcidiacono 6-4 244 Sr. 81 Matt Flanagan 6-6 258 Jr.QB 5 Chris Laviano 6-2 221 Jr. 12 Zach Allen 6-3 210 Jr.or 17 Giovanni Rescigno 6-3 224 So.RB 7 Robert Martin 5-11 210 Jr. 8 Josh Hicks 5-10 213 Jr.or 32 Justin Goodwin 5-11 215 Sr.WR 88 Andre Patton 6-3 210 Sr. 13 Carlton Agudosi 6-6 220 5th-Sr.WR 3 Jawuan Harris 5-9 192 R-Fr. 84 John Tsimis 5-11 194 Jr.WR 84 John Tsimis 5-11 194 Sr. 87 Vance Matthews 6-3 213 5th-Sr.

SPECIALISTSPos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Yr.K 98 David Bonagura 6-0 229 Jr. 97 Jared Smolar 5-10 220 Fr.P 94 Michael Cintron 6-3 220 So. 99 Tim Gleeson 6-2 200 5th-Sr.LS 85 Alan Lucy 6-0 220 Jr. 62 Matthew Sportelli 6-1 245 Fr.

DEFENSEPos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Yr.DE 59 Darnell Davis 6-2 250 Jr. 98 Jimmy Hogan 6-4 258 So.or 90 Ron'Dell Carter 6-2 275 R-Fr.NT 51 Sebastian Joseph 6-4 295 Jr. 99 Kevin Wilkins 6-2 295 So.DT 91 Darius Hamilton 6-3 286 5th-Sr. 95 Jon Bateky 6-3 287 So.DE 53 Julian Pinnix-Odrick 6-5 274 5th-Sr. 12 Myles Nash 6-5 254 Jr.WLB 15 Trevor Morris 6-1 226 So. 35 Eric Margolis 6-3 239 So.MLB 26 Deonte Roberts 6-1 238 So. 40 Kevin Marquez 6-1 241 5th-Sr.SLB 33 Greg Jones 6-0 215 5th-Sr. 5 Ronnie James 6-0 198 So.or 44 T. Maddox-Williams 6-0 214 Fr.CB 11 Isaiah Wharton 6-1 202 So. 21 Ross Douglas 5-10 195 Jr.FS 2 Kiy Hester 6-0 203 So. 17 K.J. Gray 6-1 198 Fr.SS 31 Anthony Cio 6-0 203 Sr. 29 Lawrence Stevens 5-8 185 Fr.CB 10 Blessuan Austin 6-1 198 So. 18 Damon Hayes 6-1 198 Fr.

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OFFENSEPos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Yr.WR 82 Amara Darboh 6-2 215 5th-Sr. 9 Grant Perry 6-0 196 So.LT 76 Juwann Bushell-Beatty 6-6 311 R-So. 74 Ben Bredeson 6-5 310 Fr.LG 71 Ben Braden 6-6 335 5th-Sr. 74 Ben Bredeson 6-5 310 Fr.C 52 Mason Cole 6-5 305 Jr. 57 Patrick Kugler 6-5 303 R-Jr.RG 67 Kyle Kalis 6-5 305 5th-Sr. 74 Ben Bredeson 6-5 310 Fr.RT 78 Erik Magnuson 6-6 305 5th-Sr. 70 Nolan Ulizio 6-5 291 R-Fr.TE 88 Jake Butt 6-6 250 Sr. 2 Devin Asiasi 6-3 287 Fr.WR 82 Jehu Chesson 6-3 203 5th-Sr. 85 Maurice Ways 6-3 217 R-So.QB 3 Wilton Speight 6-6 243 R-So. 8 John O'Korn 6-4 215 R-Jr.FB 80 Khalid Hill 6-2 263 R-Jr 19 Henry Poggi 6-4 257 R-Jr.RB 4 De’Veon Smith 5-11 228 Sr. 32 Ty Isaac 6-3 230 R-Jr.or 12 Chris Evans 5-11 200 Fr

SPECIALISTSPos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr.PK 91 Kenny Allen 6-4 222 5th-Sr. 3 Quinn Nordin 6-1 205 Fr.P 91 Kenny Allen 6-4 222 5th-Sr. 3 Quinn Nordin 6-1 205 Fr.KO 91 Kenny Allen 6-4 222 5th-Sr. or 3 Quinn Nordin 6-1 205 Fr.H 15 Garrett Moores 6-5 217 Sr.LS 31 Scott Sypniewski 6-1 231 R-Jr. 50 Andrew Robinson 6-0 221 R-So.KR 26 Jourdan Lewis 5-10 186 Sr. 86 Jehu Chesson 6-3 203 5th-Sr.PR 5 Jabrill Peppers 6-1 205 R-So. 12 Chris Evans 5-11 200 Fr.

DEFENSEPos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr.DE 33 Taco Charlton 6-6 285 Sr. 15 Chase Winovich 6-3 245 R-So.DT 96 Ryan Glasgow 6-4 299 5th-Sr. 99 Matthew Godin 6-6 294 5th-Sr.DT 43 Chris Wormley 6-6 302 5th-Sr. or 73 Maurice Hurst 6-2 282 R-Jr. 99 Matthew Godin 6-6 294 5th-Sr.DE 43 Chris Wormley 6-6 302 5th-Sr. or 3 Rashan Gary 6-5 287 Fr.SLB 5 Jabrill Peppers 6-1 205 R-So. 59 Noah Furbush 6-5 238 R-So.ILB 9 Mike McCray 6-4 248 R-Jr. 10 Devin Bush Jr. 5-11 232 Fr.ILB 42 Ben Gedeon 6-3 247 Sr. 52 E. Mbem-Bosse 6-3 215 Fr.FS 25 Dymonte Thomas 6-2 199 Sr. 23 Tyree Kinnel 5-11 206 So.SS 44 Delano Hill 6-1 215 Sr. 23 Tyree Kinnel 5-11 206 So.CB 8 Channing Stribling 6-2 175 Sr. 28 Brandon Watson 5-11 203 R-So. or 22 David Long 5-11 187 Fr.CB 26 Jourdan Lewis 5-10 186 Sr. 28 Brandon Watson 5-11 203 R-So.

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2016 MICHIGAN CUMULATIVE FOOTBALL STATISTICSRushing ........................G No Gain Lost Net Avg TD Lg Yd/GSmith, De’Veon .............. 5 56 336 11 325 5.8 2 42 65.0Evans, Chris.................... 5 37 252 5 247 6.7 3 43 49.4Isaac, Ty ......................... 5 41 199 1 198 4.8 2 25 39.6Higdon, Karan ................ 4 22 146 1 145 6.6 3 40 36.2McDoom, Eddie ............. 5 7 66 10 56 8.0 0 19 11.2Chesson, Jehu ................ 5 7 48 4 44 6.3 1 17 8.8Peppers, J....................... 5 2 24 0 24 12.0 0 17 4.8Hill, Khalid...................... 5 11 19 0 19 1.7 5 4 3.8Davis, Kingston .............. 1 2 17 0 17 8.5 0 10 17.0Morris, Shane ................ 3 2 16 0 16 8.0 0 14 5.3Crawford, Kekoa ............ 5 2 11 0 11 5.5 0 11 2.2O’Korn, John .................. 4 3 7 0 7 2.3 0 3 1.8Hirsch, Michael .............. 2 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 1.0Beneducci, Joe ............... 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 1.0Hewlett, Joe ................... 1 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -1.0TEAM ............................. 2 3 0 4 -4 -1.3 0 0 -2.0Allen, Kenny ................... 5 1 0 11 -11 -11.0 0 0 -2.2Speight, Wilton .............. 5 15 19 66 -47 -3.1 0 9 -9.4Total ............................ 5 214 1163 114 1049 4.9 16 43 209.8Opponent .................... 5 172 758 197 561 3.3 2 87 112.2

Passing .........................G Att Comp % Int Yds TD Lg Yd/GSpeight, Wilton .............. 5 146 92 63.0 2 1094 10 54 218.8Morris, Shane ................ 3 4 4 100.0 0 45 0 18 15.0O’Korn, John .................. 4 8 5 62.5 0 32 0 12 8.0Total ............................ 5 158 101 63.9 2 1171 10 54 234.2Opponent .................... 5 131 61 46.6 6 677 5 70 135.4

Receiving ...................... G No Yds Avg TD Lg Yd/GDarboh, Amara .............. 5 23 335 14.6 5 46 67.0Butt, Jake ....................... 5 22 265 12.0 3 25 53.0Chesson, Jehu ................ 5 13 197 15.2 0 35 39.4Perry, Grant ................... 5 6 114 19.0 1 54 22.8Hill, Khalid...................... 5 6 47 7.8 0 15 9.4Poggi, Henry .................. 5 5 33 6.6 0 15 6.6Evans, Chris.................... 5 4 28 7.0 0 14 5.6Smith, De’Veon .............. 5 9 25 2.8 0 9 5.0Ways, Maurice ............... 3 1 22 22.0 0 22 7.3Isaac, Ty ......................... 5 1 21 21.0 0 21 4.2McDoom, Eddie ............. 5 3 20 6.7 0 8 4.0Crawford, Kekoa ............ 5 1 18 18.0 0 18 3.6Hirsch, Michael .............. 2 1 15 15.0 0 15 7.5Jocz, Michael ................. 5 1 12 12.0 0 12 2.4McKeon, Sean ................ 3 2 10 5.0 0 5 3.3Bunting, Ian ................... 4 2 6 3.0 0 4 1.5Asiasi, Devin .................. 5 1 3 3.0 1 3 0.6Total ............................ 5 101 1171 11.6 10 54 234.2Opponent .................... 5 61 677 11.1 5 70 135.4

Total Offense ................ G Rush Pass Total PGSpeight, Wilton .............. 5 -47 1094 1047 209.4Smith, De’Veon .............. 5 325 0 325 65.0Evans, Chris.................... 5 247 0 247 49.4Isaac, Ty ......................... 5 198 0 198 39.6Higdon, Karan ................ 4 145 0 145 36.2Morris, Shane ................ 3 16 45 61 20.3McDoom, Eddie ............. 5 56 0 56 11.2Chesson, Jehu ................ 5 44 0 44 8.8O’Korn, John .................. 4 7 32 39 9.8Peppers, J....................... 5 24 0 24 4.8Hill, Khalid...................... 5 19 0 19 3.8Davis, Kingston .............. 1 17 0 17 17.0Crawford, Kekoa ............ 5 11 11 2.2Hirsch, Michael .............. 2 2 0 2 1.0Beneducci, Joe ............... 1 1 0 1 1.0Hewlett, Joe ................... 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0TEAM ............................. 2 -4 0 -4 -2.0Allen, Kenny ................... 5 -11 0 -11 -2.2Total ............................ 5 1049 1171 2220 444.0Opponent .................... 5 561 677 1238 247.6

All Purpose ...................G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total PGPeppers, J....................... 5 24 0 246 95 0 365 73.0Smith, De’Veon .............. 5 325 25 0 0 0 350 70.0Darboh, Amara .............. 5 0 335 0 0 0 335 67.0Evans, Chris.................... 5 247 28 0 0 0 275 55.0Butt, Jake ....................... 5 0 265 0 0 0 265 53.0Chesson, Jehu ................ 5 44 197 0 0 0 241 48.2Isaac, Ty ......................... 5 198 21 0 0 0 219 43.8Higdon, Karan ................ 4 145 0 0 0 0 145 36.2Perry, Grant ................... 5 0 114 6 0 0 120 24.0McDoom, Eddie ............. 5 56 20 0 0 0 76 15.2Hill, Khalid...................... 5 19 47 0 5 0 71 14.2Stribling, C. .................... 5 0 0 0 0 60 60 12.0Jocz, Michael ................. 5 0 12 27 0 0 39 7.8Poggi, Henry .................. 5 0 33 0 0 0 33 6.6Crawford, Kekoa ............ 5 11 18 0 0 0 29 5.8Henderson, B. ................ 5 0 0 0 28 0 28 5.6Hill, Delano .................... 5 0 0 0 0 27 27 5.4McCray, Mike ................. 5 0 0 0 0 22 22 4.4Ways, Maurice ............... 3 0 22 0 0 0 22 7.3Lewis, Jourdan ............... 2 0 0 0 21 0 21 10.5

Davis, Kingston .............. 1 17 0 0 0 0 17 17.0Hirsch, Michael .............. 2 2 15 0 0 0 17 8.5Morris, Shane ................ 3 16 0 0 0 0 16 5.3McKeon, Sean ................ 3 0 10 0 0 0 10 3.3O’Korn, John .................. 4 7 0 0 0 0 7 1.8Bunting, Ian ................... 4 0 6 0 0 0 6 1.5Hudson, Khaleke ............ 5 0 0 0 6 0 6 1.2Asiasi, Devin .................. 5 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.6Beneducci, Joe ............... 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.0Hewlett, Joe ................... 1 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -1.0TEAM ............................. 2 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -2.0Allen, Kenny ................... 5 -11 0 0 0 0 -11 -2.2Speight, Wilton .............. 5 -47 0 0 0 0 -47 -9.4Total ............................ 5 1049 1171 279 155 109 2763 552.6Opponent .................... 5 561 677 91 358 46 1733 346.6

Punt Ret .......................G No Yds Avg TD Lg Yd/GPeppers, J....................... 5 12 246 20.5 1 54 49.2Jocz, Michael ................. 5 1 27 27.0 0 0 5.4Perry, Grant ................... 5 0 6 0.0 1 6 1.2Total ............................ 5 13 279 21.5 2 54 55.8Opponent .................... 5 7 91 13.0 0 32 18.2

Kick Ret ........................ G No Yds Avg TD Lg Yd/GPeppers, J....................... 5 3 95 31.7 0 55 19.0Henderson, B. ................ 5 2 28 14.0 0 15 5.6Lewis, Jourdan ............... 2 2 21 10.5 0 18 10.5Hudson, Khaleke ............ 5 1 6 6.0 0 6 1.2Hill, Khalid...................... 5 2 5 2.5 0 5 1.0Total ............................ 5 10 155 15.5 0 55 31.0Opponent .................... 5 18 358 19.9 0 32 71.6

Punting .........................G No Avg Lg Blk TB FC 50+ In 20Allen, Kenny ................... 5 18 43.4 56 0 3 3 6 6Total ............................ 5 18 43.4 56 0 3 3 6 6Opponent .................... 5 35 37.4 61 1 1 8 5 5

Field Goals ....................G Att Made Lg BlkdAllen, Kenny ................... 5 8 4 39 0Tice, R. ........................... 3 1 0 0 0Total ............................ 5 9 4 39 0Opponent .................... 5 5 2 55 1

Defense ........................ G Tack Ast Tot TFL Sack PD FF FRGedeon, Ben .................. 5 12 30 42 5.5-25 2-17 1 0 0Peppers, J....................... 5 24 11 35 9.5-45 2.5-28 0 1 0McCray, Mike ................. 5 13 15 28 4.5-25 2.5-23 4 1 0Thomas, Dymonte ......... 5 18 10 28 0-0 0-0 1 0 0Winovich, Chase ............ 5 5 13 18 4.5-19 2.5-14 0 1 0Gary, Rashan .................. 5 6 11 17 4.5-17 1-9 0 0 0Godin, Matt ................... 5 9 8 17 2-4 1-2 0 0 0Glasgow, Ryan ................ 5 2 14 16 1.5-10 1-8 1 0 0Wormley, Chris .............. 5 7 9 16 4-19 3.5-18 0 0 0Hill, Delano .................... 5 8 7 15 2-5 0-0 1 0 0Hurst, Maurice ............... 4 6 8 14 4-12 2-7 0 0 1Stribling, C. .................... 5 4 7 11 0.5-0 0-0 5 0 0Clark, Jeremy ................. 4 6 4 10 0-0 0-0 2 0 0Kinnel, Tyree .................. 5 5 3 8 0-0 0-0 0 1 0Charlton, Taco ................ 3 1 6 7 2.5-8 2-7 0 0 0Watson, Brandon ........... 5 4 3 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Lewis, Jourdan ............... 2 6 0 6 1-4 0-0 2 0 0Bush, Devin .................... 5 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Glasgow, Jordan ............. 5 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1Hudson, Khaleke ............ 5 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Dwumfour, M. ............... 2 2 0 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0Pearson, AJ .................... 5 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

Int Ret ..........................G No Yds Avg TD Lg Yd/GStribling, C. .................... 5 3 60 20.0 1 51 12.0Hill, Delano .................... 5 1 27 27.0 1 27 5.4McCray, Mike ................. 5 1 22 22.0 0 22 4.4Lewis, Jourdan ............... 2 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0Total ............................ 5 6 109 18.2 2 51 21.8Opponent .................... 5 2 46 23.0 0 46 9.2

Scoring ......................... G TD FG SAF PAT-1 PAT-2 Total PGAllen, Kenny ................... 5 0 4 0 24 0 36 7.2Darboh, Amara .............. 5 5 0 0 0 0 30 6.0Hill, Khalid...................... 5 5 0 0 0 0 30 6.0Butt, Jake ....................... 5 3 0 0 0 0 18 3.6Evans, Chris.................... 5 3 0 0 0 0 18 3.6Higdon, Karan ................ 4 3 0 0 0 0 18 4.5Isaac, Ty ......................... 5 2 0 0 0 0 12 2.4Perry, Grant ................... 5 2 0 0 0 0 12 2.4Smith, De’Veon .............. 5 2 0 0 0 0 12 2.4Asiasi, Devin .................. 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.2Chesson, Jehu ................ 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.2Hill, Delano .................... 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.2Peppers, J....................... 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.2Stribling, C. .................... 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.2Tice, R. ........................... 3 0 0 0 6 0 6 2.0Total ............................ 5 30 4 0 30 0 222 44.4Opponent .................... 5 8 2 0 8 0 62 12.4

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1 Kekoa Crawford WR 6-2 195 Fr. Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (Santa Margarita Catholic)1 Nick Eubanks TE 6-5 236 Fr. Plantation, Fla. (American Heritage)2 Devin Asiasi TE 6-3 287 Fr. Shoreview, Calif. (De La Salle)2 Carlo Kemp DE 6-3 255 Fr. Boulder, Colo. (Fairview)3 Rashan Gary DE 6-5 287 Fr. Plainfield, N.J. (Paramus Catholic)3 Quinn Nordin K 6-1 205 Fr. Rockford, Mich. (Rockford)3 Wilton Speight QB 6-6 243 Jr. Richmond, Va. (The Collegiate School)4 Reuben Jones LB 6-4 222 So. Lakeland, Fla. (Lake Gibson)4 De’Veon Smith RB 5-11 228 Sr. Warren, Ohio (Howland)5 Jabrill Peppers LB/DB 6-1 205 Jr. East Orange, N.J. (Paramus Catholic)6 Michael Sessa QB 6-8 205 Fr. Hinsdale, Ill. (Hinsdale Central)6 Kareem Walker RB 6-1 207 Fr. Wayne, N.J. (DePaul Catholic)6 Keith Washington CB 6-2 170 So. Prattville, Ala. (Prattville)7 Khaleke Hudson S 6-0 205 Fr. McKeesport, Pa. (McKeesport)7 Shelton Johnson DE 6-5 212 So. Delray Beach, Fla. (Atlantic Community)7 Shane Morris QB 6-3 213 Sr. Hazel Park, Mich. (De La Salle)8 John O’Korn QB 6-4 215 Sr. Huntingdon, Pa. (St. Thomas Aquinas)8 Channing Stribling CB 6-2 175 Sr. Matthews, N.C. (Butler)9 Mike McCray LB 6-4 248 Sr. Trotwood, Ohio (Trotwood-Madison)9 Grant Perry WR 6-0 196 So. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice)10 Devin Bush LB 5-11 232 Fr. Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Flanagan)12 Chris Evans RB 5-11 200 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Ben Davis)12 Alex Malzone QB 6-2 224 So. Farmington Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice)13 Eddie McDoom WR 6-0 180 Fr. Winter Garden, Fla. (West Orange)13 Josh Metellus S 6-0 204 Fr. Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Flanagan)14 Drake Harris WR 6-4 188 Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Grand Rapids Christian)15 Garrett Moores QB 6-5 217 Sr. Northville, Mich. (Detroit Catholic Central)15 Chase Winovich DE 6-3 245 Jr. Jefferson Hills, Pa. (Thomas Jefferson)16 Jack Wangler WR 6-1 200 Sr. Royal Oak, Mich. (De La Salle)17 Will Hart P 6-3 190 Fr. Hunting Valley, Ohio (University School)17 Ron Johnson DE 6-4 245 Fr. Camden, N.J. (Camden)17 Simeon Smith WR 6-6 210 Fr. Kalamazoo, Mich. (Loy Norrix)17 Tyrone Wheatley TE 6-6 276 So. Buffalo, N.Y. (Canisius)18 AJ Pearson S 6-0 197 5th Sr. Johns Creek, Ga. (Northview)18 Brandon Peters QB 6-5 216 Fr. Avon, Ind. (Avon)19 Henry Poggi FB 6-4 257 Sr. Baltimore, Md. (Gilman School)19 Jared Wangler LB 6-2 229 Jr. Royal Oak, Mich. (De La Salle)20 Drake Johnson RB 6-1 201 5th Sr. Ann Arbor, Mich. (Pioneer)20 Matt Mitchell CB 5-10 186 Jr. Dexter, Mich. (Dexter)22 Karan Higdon RB 5-10 189 So. Sarasota, Fla. (Riverview)22 David Long CB 5-11 187 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif (Loyola)23 Kingston Davis RB 6-1 245 Fr. Prattville, Ala. (Prattville)23 Tyree Kinnel S 5-11 206 So. Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne)24 Lavert Hill CB 5-11 168 Fr. Detroit, Mich. (Martin Luther King)24 Jake Martin WR 5-11 195 Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Forest Hills Northern)25 Nate Johnson WR 5-11 185 Fr. Thompson’s Station, Tenn. (Independence)25 Dymonte Thomas S 6-2 199 Sr. Alliance, Ohio (Marlington)25 Brendan White WR 6-1 191 So. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Notre Dame Prep)26 Jourdan Lewis CB 5-11 186 Sr. Detroit, Mich. (Cass Technical)27 Joe Hewlett RB 6-0 195 Jr. Novi, Mich. (Northville)27 Tru Wilson S 5-10 190 Fr. Warren, Mich. (De La Salle)28 Austin Brenner WR 6-2 183 Jr. Saline, Mich. (Saline)28 Brandon Watson CB 5-11 203 Jr. Wilmington, Del. (Eastern Christian Academy)29 Jordan Glasgow S 6-1 210 So. Aurora, Ill. (Marmion Academy)30 Joe Beneducci FB 5-9 212 Jr. Far Hills, N.J. (West Morris Mendham)30 Tyler Cochran S 6-1 190 Fr. Royal Oak, Mich. (Orchard Lake St. Mary’s)31 James Foug K/P 5-11 175 So. Palo Alto, Calif. (Palo Alto)31 Scott Sypniewski LS 6-1 231 Sr. Ottawa, Ill. (Marquette)32 Louis Grodman DB 5-11 183 So. Commerce, Mich. (Walled Lake Northern)32 Ty Isaac RB 6-3 230 Sr. Shorewood, Ill. (Joliet Catholic Academy)33 Taco Charlton DE 6-6 272 Sr. Pickerington, Ohio (Central)34 Jeremy Clark CB 6-4 206 5th Sr. Madisonville, Ky. (Madisonville North Hopkins)34 Kenneth Ferris TE 6-5 237 So. Fowlerville, Mich. (Fowlerville)35 Brian Chu FB 5-10 223 Jr. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia35 Nate Schoenle WR 6-2 185 Fr. Plymouth, Mich. (Gabriel Richard)35 Josh Uche LB 6-3 217 Fr. Miami, Fla. (Columbus)

36 Devin Gil LB 6-2 230 Fr. Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Flanagan)36 Taylor Krupp DB 6-1 186 So. New Lothrop, Mich. (New Lothrop)37 Dane Drobocky DE 6-3 234 Fr. Bowling Green, Ky. (Bowling Green)37 Bobby Henderson FB 6-0 242 5th Sr. Hopewell Junction, N.Y. (John Jay)38 Camaron Cheeseman LS 6-4 225 Fr. New Albany, Ohio (Gahanna Lincoln)38 Bradley Deeg LS 6-0 176 So. Plymouth, Mich. (Plymouth)39 Spencer Dickow FB 6-0 237 So. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice)40 Wyatt Shallman LB 6-3 242 Sr. Hartland, Mich. (Detroit Catholic Central)40 Kenneth Sloss WR 5-11 170 Sr. Monroe, Mich. (Monroe)40 Nick Volk FB 5-11 250 Jr. Frankenmuth, Mich. (Frankenmuth)41 Michael Hirsch FB 6-1 245 Jr. Glenview, Ill. (Glenbrook South)41 Ryan Tice K/P 6-1 170 So. Saline, Mich. (Saline)41 Jacob West S 6-0 195 So. Pinckney, Mich. (Pinckney)42 Joseph Files TE 6-4 252 So. Lake Orion, Mich. (Cranbrook Kingwood)42 Ben Gedeon LB 6-3 247 Sr. Hudson, Ohio (Hudson)43 Chris Wormley DE 6-6 302 5th Sr. Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer)44 Delano Hill S 6-1 215 Sr. Detroit, Mich. (Cass Technical)46 Michael Wroblewski LB 6-2 242 Sr. Saint Clair Shores, Mich. (Detroit Jesuit)49 Anthony Dalimonte S 5-9 176 Sr. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice)50 Michael Dwumfour DT 6-2 300 Fr. Wayne, N.J. (DePaul Catholic)50 Michael Onwenu OL 6-3 350 Fr. Detroit, Mich. (Cass Technical)50 Andrew Robinson LS 6-0 221 Jr. Troy, Mich. (Troy Athens)51 Peter Bush LB 6-2 210 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona Del Mar)51 Greg Froelich OL 6-2 257 Sr. Maplewood, N.J. (Deerfield Academy)52 Mason Cole OL 6-5 305 Jr. Tarpon Springs, Fla. (East Lake)52 Elysee Mbem-Bosse LB 6-3 215 Fr. Ellenwood, Ga. (Cedar Grove)53 Salim Makki DT 6-0 264 Jr. Dearborn, Mich. (Fordson)54 Carl Myers DT 6-3 268 Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (West Catholic)55 David Dawson OL 6-4 325 Sr. Detroit, Mich. (Cass Technical)55 Garrett Miller DT 6-4 271 Sr. Adrian, Mich. (Sand Creek)56 Jameson Offerdahl LB 6-2 214 So. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Cardinal Gibbons)57 Patrick Kugler OL 6-5 303 Sr. Wexford, Pa. (North Allegheny)58 Alex Kaminski LB 5-11 209 Jr. Ada, Mich. (Lowell)59 Noah Furbush LB 6-5 238 Jr. Kenton, Ohio (Kenton)63 Ben Pliska OL 6-4 276 5th Sr. Kirkland, Wash. (Lake Washington)65 Anthony Kay OL 6-4 275 Fr. West Bloomfield, Mich. (West Bloomfield)67 Kyle Kalis OL 6-5 305 5th Sr. Lakewood, Ohio (Saint Edward)68 Andrew Vastardis OL 6-3 305 Fr. Ashburn, Va. (Stone Bridge)70 Nolan Ulizio OL 6-5 291 So. West Chester, Ohio (Lakota West)71 Ben Braden OL 6-6 335 5th Sr. Rockford, Mich. (Rockford)72 Stephen Spanellis OL 6-6 335 Fr. Baltimore, Md. (Gilman School)73 Maurice Hurst DT 6-2 282 Sr. Westwood, Mass. (Xaverian Brothers)74 Ben Bredeson OL 6-5 310 Fr. Hartland, Wis. (Arrowhead)75 Jon Runyan OL 6-4 304 So. Philadelphia, Pa. (St. Joseph’s Prep)76 Juwann Bushell-Beatty OL 6-6 311 Jr. Paramus, N.J. (Paramus Catholic)77 Grant Newsome OL 6-7 318 So. McLean, Va. (The Lawrenceville School, N.J.)78 Erik Magnuson OL 6-6 305 5th Sr. Carlsbad, Calif. (La Costa Canyon)79 Greg Robinson OL 6-6 290 Fr. Hudson, Ohio (Hudson)80 Khalid Hill FB 6-2 263 Sr. Detroit, Mich. (East English Village Prep Academy)81 Michael Jocz TE 6-4 239 5th Sr. Novi, Mich. (Novi)81 Dan Jokisch TE 6-4 240 Fr. Clarkston, Mich. (Orchard Lake St. Mary’s)82 Amara Darboh WR 6-2 215 5th Sr. West Des Moines, Iowa (Dowling Catholic)83 Zach Gentry TE 6-7 244 So. Albuquerque, N.M. (Eldorado)84 Sean McKeon TE 6-5 240 Fr. Dudley, Mass. (Shepherd Hill Regional)85 Maurice Ways WR 6-3 217 Jr. Beverly Hills, Mich. (Detroit Country Day)86 Jehu Chesson WR 6-3 203 5th Sr. St. Louis, Mo. (Ladue Horton Watkins)86 Conner Edmonds TE 6-5 245 Fr. Richfield, Wis. (Germantown)88 Jake Butt TE 6-6 250 Sr. Pickerington, Ohio (Pickerington North)88 Jack Dunaway LB 6-3 222 So. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice)89 Ian Bunting TE 6-7 252 Jr. Hinsdale, Ill. (Hinsdale Central)90 Bryan Mone DT 6-4 310 Jr. Salt Lake City, Utah (Highland)91 Kenny Allen K/P 6-4 222 5th Sr. Fenton, Mich. (Fenton)92 Cheyenn Robertson LB 6-3 238 So. Union City, N.J. (St. Peter’s Prep)93 Lawrence Marshall DE 6-4 268 Jr. Southfield, Mich. (Southfield)96 Ryan Glasgow DT 6-4 299 5th Sr. Aurora, Ill. (Marmion Academy)99 Matthew Godin DT 6-6 294 5th Sr. Novi, Mich. (Detroit Catholic Central)

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