Roster total: 93
On the 85: 76
2025 Class: 3
Players listed from most veteran to most recent classes, 4* in composite rankings in bold, 5* bold and underlined.
Players on the 85: 1st through 4th year players who signed an NLI out of high school. Assumption is all 5th/6th years, all grad transfers and all walkons "put on scholarship" are actually on NIL and thus do not count against the 85.
(Assumed to be on NIL, not on the 85, in parentheses.)
*Final Year Of Eligibility
Offense (43)
QB: (Warren*), Denegal, Orji, Davis, Smith (5)
RB: (Dunlap*), Cabana, Hall, JMarshall, Ka’apana (5)
FB: Ludwig (1)
TE: Loveland*, (Bredeson*), Klein, Tonielli, ZMarshall, Prieskorn, Hansen (7)
OT: (Bounds*), Gentry*, CJones, Link, Sprague, Roebuck (6)
OG: (El-Hadi*), (Giudice*), Herring, Efobi, Frazier, Hamilton (6)
C: (Crippen*), (Anderson*), Guarnera (3)
WR: (Dixon*), (O'Leary*), Morris*, Clemons, English, Morgan, FMoore, Bell, IStewart, Goodwin (10)
Defense (48)
NT: (Iwunnah*), Grant, Pierce, Beigel, Palepale (5)
3T/5T: (Benny*), Lorenzetti, Graham, Etta, Bahr, Brandt, Hammond, Wafle, Kanka (9)
EDGE: (Bennett*), (Guy*), (McLaurin*), DMoore*, Koumba, Ishmail, Baxter, Nichols (8)
SAM: Hewlett, Sullivan (2)
ILB: (Hood*), Hausmann*, Barham, Rolder, MicahPollard, Bridgeman, HMoore, Curtis, Beasley, JadenSmith (10)
CB: WJohnson*, MylesPollard, Walker, Hill, Edmond, Lowe, Ewald (7)
S/NB: (McBurrows*), Sabb, Berry, KJones, Hillman, Waller, Oden (7)
K/P (2)
Doman, Samaha
***
NOTES
-"Too Early" because 20 of these guys won't be here by the time we get to Signing Day 12+ months from now. We still need a bunch of these guys to go in order to clear out room on the 85 for 2024. I'd be willing to bet that 2/3 to 3/4 of the guys in parentheses on this roster won't actually be here past 2024.
-One thing you can see based on what's likely to return in 2025 is that WR is a really important position - we need to make up some ground there, talent-wise. And we need numbers at safety/nickel, as well as EDGE/SAM.
-I like the percentage of 4* recruits we have in the 3rd/4th year classes at DB. That bodes well for having a good pass defense. And that's assuming Will Johnson won't be here after next season.
-We will almost surely have no returning 5* on the 2025 roster.
-I know he has been playing corner, but eye test says DJ Waller will be a safety by next season. Looking at his frame... that's not what cornerbacks look like.
-51/93 "bold type" on the roster is pretty close to where you want to see it. The most talented Michigan teams tend to be around 60%, and we've rarely been above that in the past. While the 2024 roster is light on 4*/5* talent, a solid 2025 class could gets things close to optimal in 2025. But we're going to need to pick things up a bit on the recruiting front to be there.
On the 85: 76
2025 Class: 3
Players listed from most veteran to most recent classes, 4* in composite rankings in bold, 5* bold and underlined.
Players on the 85: 1st through 4th year players who signed an NLI out of high school. Assumption is all 5th/6th years, all grad transfers and all walkons "put on scholarship" are actually on NIL and thus do not count against the 85.
(Assumed to be on NIL, not on the 85, in parentheses.)
*Final Year Of Eligibility
Offense (43)
QB: (Warren*), Denegal, Orji, Davis, Smith (5)
RB: (Dunlap*), Cabana, Hall, JMarshall, Ka’apana (5)
FB: Ludwig (1)
TE: Loveland*, (Bredeson*), Klein, Tonielli, ZMarshall, Prieskorn, Hansen (7)
OT: (Bounds*), Gentry*, CJones, Link, Sprague, Roebuck (6)
OG: (El-Hadi*), (Giudice*), Herring, Efobi, Frazier, Hamilton (6)
C: (Crippen*), (Anderson*), Guarnera (3)
WR: (Dixon*), (O'Leary*), Morris*, Clemons, English, Morgan, FMoore, Bell, IStewart, Goodwin (10)
Defense (48)
NT: (Iwunnah*), Grant, Pierce, Beigel, Palepale (5)
3T/5T: (Benny*), Lorenzetti, Graham, Etta, Bahr, Brandt, Hammond, Wafle, Kanka (9)
EDGE: (Bennett*), (Guy*), (McLaurin*), DMoore*, Koumba, Ishmail, Baxter, Nichols (8)
SAM: Hewlett, Sullivan (2)
ILB: (Hood*), Hausmann*, Barham, Rolder, MicahPollard, Bridgeman, HMoore, Curtis, Beasley, JadenSmith (10)
CB: WJohnson*, MylesPollard, Walker, Hill, Edmond, Lowe, Ewald (7)
S/NB: (McBurrows*), Sabb, Berry, KJones, Hillman, Waller, Oden (7)
K/P (2)
Doman, Samaha
***
NOTES
-"Too Early" because 20 of these guys won't be here by the time we get to Signing Day 12+ months from now. We still need a bunch of these guys to go in order to clear out room on the 85 for 2024. I'd be willing to bet that 2/3 to 3/4 of the guys in parentheses on this roster won't actually be here past 2024.
-One thing you can see based on what's likely to return in 2025 is that WR is a really important position - we need to make up some ground there, talent-wise. And we need numbers at safety/nickel, as well as EDGE/SAM.
-I like the percentage of 4* recruits we have in the 3rd/4th year classes at DB. That bodes well for having a good pass defense. And that's assuming Will Johnson won't be here after next season.
-We will almost surely have no returning 5* on the 2025 roster.
-I know he has been playing corner, but eye test says DJ Waller will be a safety by next season. Looking at his frame... that's not what cornerbacks look like.
-51/93 "bold type" on the roster is pretty close to where you want to see it. The most talented Michigan teams tend to be around 60%, and we've rarely been above that in the past. While the 2024 roster is light on 4*/5* talent, a solid 2025 class could gets things close to optimal in 2025. But we're going to need to pick things up a bit on the recruiting front to be there.
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