I think DE wise, Michigan is in pretty good shape....
DEs - I could see Hutch on one side, Paye on another. Uche is a big wild card who I see getting a lot more time and if he can keep the level of productivity per play that he had last year, look out. Paye got some great experience and was pretty productive for playing so much for the first time. Hutch certainly flashed early in the year that he’s gonna be a good one.... he’ll probably be 275-280 by next season too at 6’6”.
what about Luiji? Is it likely he still makes a mark on the field at Michigan? Are his injuries career threatening? I’m so intrigued by him still....guy killed it at the UA all American game as I recall....
DTs and Nose - Dwumfor and Kent are solid DTs IMO.... can either of them be a good NT? Get bigger and keep their speed to fill that role? Jeter is key as others have stated... the freshman Hinton and Mazi will certainly get a close look and one or both will probably play.... which oline men is most likely to move? These things don’t generally pan out or create much more then depth but who knows... sounds like PAEA has experience at DL but he was obviously moved to oline for a reason... perhaps one of the 6 incoming oline men have great experience at DT?
It’s gonna be interesting... imo it looks like DE is going to stay solid to very good potentially.... but that middle is gonna need bodies that can contribute....
Maybe they go more 3 dlinemen with Uche standing up at end more frequently?
DEs - I could see Hutch on one side, Paye on another. Uche is a big wild card who I see getting a lot more time and if he can keep the level of productivity per play that he had last year, look out. Paye got some great experience and was pretty productive for playing so much for the first time. Hutch certainly flashed early in the year that he’s gonna be a good one.... he’ll probably be 275-280 by next season too at 6’6”.
what about Luiji? Is it likely he still makes a mark on the field at Michigan? Are his injuries career threatening? I’m so intrigued by him still....guy killed it at the UA all American game as I recall....
DTs and Nose - Dwumfor and Kent are solid DTs IMO.... can either of them be a good NT? Get bigger and keep their speed to fill that role? Jeter is key as others have stated... the freshman Hinton and Mazi will certainly get a close look and one or both will probably play.... which oline men is most likely to move? These things don’t generally pan out or create much more then depth but who knows... sounds like PAEA has experience at DL but he was obviously moved to oline for a reason... perhaps one of the 6 incoming oline men have great experience at DT?
It’s gonna be interesting... imo it looks like DE is going to stay solid to very good potentially.... but that middle is gonna need bodies that can contribute....
Maybe they go more 3 dlinemen with Uche standing up at end more frequently?
