2016 Record: 9-4 (6-3 SEC)
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108th in Total Offense (344ypg, 23.9ppg)
73rd in Passing Offense (216ypg)
110th in Rushing Offense (128ypg)
T-107th in First Downs (235)
69th in 3rd Down Conversions (39.5%)
84th in Offense Efficiency
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6th in Total Defense (299ypg, 17.9ppg)
2nd in Pass Defense (156ypg)
35th in Rush Defense (142ypg)
T-38th in Sacks (31)
T-14th in Interceptions (16)
4th in Defensive Efficiency
16th in Special Teams Efficiency
History vs. Michigan:
Michigan leads all-time series at 3-0
2003 Outback Bowl: 38-30 Michigan
2008 Capital One Bowl: 41-35 Michigan
2016 Citrus Bowl: 41-7 Michigan
Last Season:
vs UMass - W 24-7
vs Kentucky - W 45-7
vs North Texas - W 32-0
at #14 Tennessee - L 38-28
at Vanderbilt - W 13-6
vs Missouri - W 40-14
vs Georgia - W 24-10
at Arkansas - L 31-10
vs South Carolina - W 20-7
at #16 LSU - W 18-10
at #14 Florida State - L 31-13
SEC Championship vs #1 Alabama - L 54-16
Outback Bowl vs Iowa - W 30-3
Quarterback: Feleipe Franks 6'6" 219 lbs (RS Fr.), Luke Del Rio 6'1" 211 lbs (RS Jr.) or Malik Zaire 6'0" 226 lbs (5th year Sr.)
These are the options at QB that reportedly are neck and neck for the starting job and we likely won't know until game time. But what we do know is, Franks has never taken a collegiate snap, Zaire has very few and Del Rio isn't any good. Red-shirt freshman Franks was a 4 star Pro-Style QB out of Florida with offfers from Bama, FSU, Clemson and UGA among others. Del Rio, originally a Alabama walk-on in 2013 and then a Oregon State transfer to Florida in 2015, was originally the starting QB last year but started only 6 games after a number of injuries. He managed to throw for 1,358yds with 8 TDs and 8 INTs while completing 114/201 (56.8%) of his passes. Zaire comes to Florida with a career stat line of 55/93 (59.1%) completions, 786yds, 5 TDs and 0 INTs. He's also rushed for 324yds on 72 carries (4.5yd avg) with 2 TDs.
Running Back: Jordan Scarlett 5'10" 213 lbs (Jr.)
Scarlett won the starting job late last year and started in 8 games but appeared in 13. He had 889yds rushing on 179 carries (5ypc) with 6 TDs and a long of 46yds. He also added 4 catches for 23yds.
Wide Receivers: Antonio Callaway 5'11" 197 lbs (Jr.), Brandon Powell 5'9" 184 lbs (Sr.) and Tyrie Cleveland 6'2" 196 lbs (So.)
Callaway recorded 54 catches for 721yds and 3 TDs as well as 32yds rushing on 5 carries and 1 TD. Powell had 45 receptions for 387yds and 2 TDs and rushed 7 times for 18yds. Cleveland made 14 catches totaling 298 yds and 2 TDs including a 98yd TD catch..
Tight End: DeAndre Goolsby 6'4" 244 lbs (Sr.)
Goolsby caught 38 balls for 342yds and 3 TDs.
Left Tackle: Martez Ivey 6'5" 305 lbs (Jr.)
20 career starts.
Left Guard: Tyler Jordan 6'4" 309 lbs (Jr.)
10 career starts.
Center: T.J. McCoy 6'1" 308 lbs (RS So.)
4 career starts.
Right Guard: Fredrick Johnson 6'6" 311 lbs (Jr.)
10 career starts.
Right Tackle: Jawaan Taylor 6'5" 340 lbs (So.)
12 career starts.
Right Defensive End: Jabari Zuniga 6'3" 245 lbs (RS So.)
Started in 3 games last year and appeared in 12. He had 25 tackles with 8.5 for a loss, a forced fumble and a team leading 5 sacks. He also blocked a PAT attempt.
Defensive Tackles: Khairi Clark 6'2" 319 lbs (RS Jr.) and Taven Bryan 6'5" 292lbs (RS Jr.)
Last year Clark appeared in all 13 games with 3 starts. He accumulated 16 tackles with 1 for a loss and 1 sack. Bryan also appeared in every game as a rotational player with 2 starts. He tallied 17 tackles with 3 for a loss, 1 sack and a pass deflection.
Left Defensive End: CeCe Jefferson 6'1" 261 lbs (Jr.)
Jefferson recorded 30 tackles with 6.5 for a loss and 1.5 sacks last year in 12 games with 6 starts.
Outside Linebackers: Vosean Joseph 6'1" 226 lbs (So.) and Kylan Johnson 6'1" 231 lbs (RS So.)
Joseph appeared in every game and started one. He had 13 tackles with 1 for a loss, a pass deflection and a fumble recovery. Johnson started 6 of the 13 games he appeared in with 39 tackles with 5 for a loss, a sack, a pass deflection and a fumble recovery.
Middle Linebacker: David Reese 6'0" 244 lbs (So.)
The Farmington native started 4 of 12 games and had 49 tackles with 2 for a loss and a returned PAT block for a 2pt conversion.
Cornerbacks: Duke Dawson 5'10" 208 lbs (Sr.) and Chauncey Gardner 5'11" 205 lbs (So.)
Dawson started 7 of his 12 games with 24 tackles with 3.5 for a loss to go with 1 INT which he returned for a TD, 7 pass breakups and a forced fumble. Gardner started 3 of the 13 games he appeared in with 32 tackles, 0.5 for a loss, 3 pass breakups and 3 interceptions with one returned for a TD.
Free Safety: Nick Washington 6'0" 198 lbs (RS Sr.)
Washington started 6 of the 10 games he played in before suffering a season ending injury. He had 45 tackles, 1 INT and 2 pass breakups.
Strong Safety: Jeawon Taylor 6'0" 187 lbs (So.)
As a freshman, Taylor appeared in 10 games, mostly on special teams before suffering a season ending injury. He had 7 tackles.
Punter and Kicker: Johnny Townsend 6'1" 211 lbs (RS Sr.) and Eddy Pineiro 6'0" 173 lbs (RS Jr.)
Townsend punted 64 times last season for a nation leading 47.9avg and 29 of 50 or more yards with a long of 62 He's ran it once for -11 yards, passed twice with one completion for 7yds and an INT and he had 4 tackles.Pineiro was 21/25 (84%) on FGs with a long of 54 which he did twice. He was 3/3 for FGs of 50+ and 32/32 on PATs.
Returners: Antonio Callaway 5'11" 197 lbs (Jr.) and Kadarius Toney 5'11" 180 lbs (Fr.)
Callaway had 26 punt returns for an average of 8.3yds with a long of 39. He also had 3 kick returns for an average of 32.3yds and a long of 44 which was a TD (onside kick). Toney is a true freshman slotted to be in the KR role. He's a 3 star Athlete with a 4.45 40yd Dash out of Alabama with P5 offers from Bama, GT, South Carolina and Wake Forest.
Players to watch:
Jordan Scarlett - RB
Antonio Callaway - WR - SUSPENDED
Jabari Zuniga - DE
Chauncey Gardner - CB
Johnny Townsend - P
Eddy Pineiro - K
Prediction:
Last year's strength (their defense) is pretty inexperienced this year.. Some big time play makers despite the lack of experience in DE Jabari Zuniga and CB Chauncey Gardner however. Their offense is actually very talented and returns their top 2 WR's and their top RB and TE. The problem is their QB situation. Their OLine has decent experience but aside from Jawaan Taylor, they were only played because the person ahead of them last year was not very good and were mid-season replacements. I think our defense will be too much for their offense and no matter who the QB is, he won't have enough time to potentially abuse their one advantage (their WRs on our DBs). Our offense should be good enough to move the ball on their young defense, especially their linebackers. Their NFL punter will make field position a pain for most of our drives and their NFL kicker will add 3 anytime they cross our 35.
Barring a complete offensive disaster with multiple turnovers, I think we control the majority of the game and semi-comfortably cruise to a 34-20 win.
If rumors are true and Callaway is out.. 37-13 Michigan.
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