brady pallante

We don't have a good Pallante shot, unfortunately [Eric Upchurch]

The phonebooks are here!

#Michigan's 2016 fall roster pic.twitter.com/DmLDlF7e8A

— Steve Lorenz (@TremendousUM) August 7, 2016

We'll have our usual phonebook overreaction soon. This post is about a couple of absences:

Freddy Canteen and Brady Pallante are not listed on Michigan's official 2016 roster.

— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) August 7, 2016

Canteen's status was known to be in question after offseason surgery; this would appear to resolve that. No word yet on whether that's a transfer or a retirement. He kept bouncing between WR and corner throughout his career, never getting established at either spot. He wasn't expected to contribute this year, although the surgery probably had something to do with that.

Pallante is a bit of a a surprise since he saw scattered snaps towards the end of the year and Michigan is already two under their scholarship limit. While he didn't look like a guy who was going to play much going forward you'd think the program would keep him around for this year at least; looks like Pallante could read the enormous four- and five-star ratings on the wall.

Both Canteen and Pallante were slated to take up slots on the 2017 roster and will no longer. Michigan now has 21 slots in the 2017 class and is recruiting for around 30; it's not too hard to look at the roster and find another four spots from would-be fifth year seniors and early NFL Draft entry.

Previously: Podcast 7.0. The Story. Quarterback. Running Back. Wide Receiver. Tight End And Friends. Offensive Line.

Depth chart shows everybody just because.

The loss of Bryan Mone to injury hurts a depth chart that was looking quite excellent. They've still got a very solid two deep featuring two returning starters, the breakout guy from the spring game, and Matt Godin. With limited exceptions, those two starters were very good a year ago until Willie Henry got laid up with injury; this year they could be excellent.

The one catch here is because of Mone's absence. Without him, Michigan does not have a planetoid-style DT. Henry is a big dude but more of an explodes-in-either-direction kind of a guy; everyone else is decidedly a one-gap style of player. Michigan is going to have to play a lot of games when the backups are in, and might have some issues holding up against power that is powerful.

NOSE TACKLE: THAT'S SIR GLASGOW TO YOU

Rating: 4

Glasgow, right, exceeded all expectation [Bryan Fuller]

This got a 3 last year despite the fact that a walk-on had apparently locked the job down; that might have been pessimistic. By midseason RYAN GLASGOW had been awarded the Order Of St. Kovacs, indicating that his former walk-on status should no longer factor into any projections of his ability. Hell, by game two I was proclaiming him a major factor in Notre Dame's 53 yards rushing:

Glasgow was a penetrating, disruptive presence. Here he rips to the hole on a goal line play and just about gets a TFL:

That deserved better than a 1.5 yard gain after he nearly brought the back down in the backfield. Here he slants to the backfield effectively, forcing the back into traffic:Here he's got a full on double the whole play and puts it in the backfield, forcing a cutback.

Watching Glasgow clips from last year, his ability to zip through a gap and then actually do something jumps out. He's at his best when he's popping up in an unexpected gap.

A lot of nose tackles can get into that gap when the center goes to the second level without a bump; not many get all the way around the guard to make the tackle themselves.

Glasgow was also good at standing up single blocks. Sometimes it was at the line; sometimes he got a yard or two of depth to prevent cutbacks. He was adept at swatting his way through attempted momentary combos:

Consistently disruptive and hard to keep blocked, Glasgow was probably the most important part of Michigan's excellent run defense a year ago. I know the above clip is Indiana and thus prone to dismissal, but remember that Tevin Coleman guy? Yeah, Indiana could run the ball a bit last year.

One thing Glasgow is not is a pure 3-4 nose tackle. When opponents doubled him, one of two things generally happened: 1) he ripped one guy away and shot through a gap because it wasn't an extended double or 2) they both latched on and got motion on him.

Asking him to play a zero tech isn't going to go so well. Not many teams Michigan faced were able to take advantage of the fact Glasgow isn't a 330 pound man-mountain, but the two that did were kind of important: MSU and OSU. Glasgow in fact got yanked from big chunks of the MSU game because he just could not hold up against the Spartans mean and very good interior OL.

The other main issue with Glasgow's game seems fixable and was partially scheme-based anyway: pass rush. A lot of teams will leave their nose tackle on screen duty. He'll occupy a blocker or two with a token rush that keeps him near the line of scrimmage in case it's a trap. Glasgow got some of that duty a year ago. He also had a bunch of plays on which he attempted to get to the QB, and the results there weren't great. Glasgow wasn't so much as credited with half a sack last year. I know he got at least one because he had a sack/strip/recovery against Indiana (Michigan hasn't issued sacks for forced fumbles for a couple years now); one is still not many. Literally.

Given Glasgow's ability to warp past OL the lack of pass rush is a bit of a puzzle; that has undoubtedly been an offseason focus for him. If the 2015 edition of Ryan Glasgow can add a reasonable amount of that to his repertoire he'll go from Michigan fan's best-kept secret to a man of wider renown.

[After THE JUMP: Ogre, take two]

We get excited about certain things around these parts. Like fun-to-size ratios. And new official rosters with updated weights. We've had 24 hours to parse the Spring data, and with Brian on the road today it's up to me to see how they've grown:

Things of [a Certain Definition of] Interest:

• Brady Pallante is a fullback
• Ross Douglas is listed as Ross Taylor-Douglas, and is back at corner
• Ian Bunting is up to 6'7/243
• A.J. Williams is up to offensive tackle size (6'6/285)

Weight Gain/Loss 2000

A reminder of internet policy on weight changes: all weight gain is muscle fiber, all weight lost was fat, and all static weight means fat was replaced with muscle fiber. I've highlighted things discussed after.

Player	'11	'12	'13	S'14	F'14	Sp'15	'11- '12	'12-'13	'13-'14	'14- 15
Quarterbacks
Shane Morris			202	202	204	209			2	5
Wilton Speight				230	234	235				1
Alex Malzone						218				N/A
Running Back
Derrick Green			240	227	220	234			-20	14
DeVeon Smith			224	223	220	228			-4	8
Drake Johnson		203	213	212	211	207		10	-2	-4
Ty Isaac					225	240				15
Fullback & Tight End
Joe Kerridge			238	247	244	249			6	5
Sione Houma		221	231	240	242	243		10	11	1
Wyatt Shallman			237	243	239	244			2	5
Brady Pallante					263	276				13
A.J. Williams		282	265	263	260	285		-17	-5	25
Jake Butt			237	250	249	248			12	-1
Khalid Hill			258	255	252	252			-6	0
Ian Bunting					227	243				16
Wide Receiver
Amara Darboh		218	212	214	211	216		-6	-1	5
Jehu Chesson		183	196	195	197	207		13	1	10
Dennis Norfleet		170	169	167	169	168		-1	0	-1
Freddy Canteen				170	176	185				9
Da'Mario Jones			192	198	196	199			4	3
Jaron Dukes			190	200	197	204			7	7
Maurice Ways					195	205				10
Drake Harris				180	176	174				-2
Brian Cole						200				N/A
Offensive Line
Jack Miller	263	287	290	297	299	297	24	3	9	-2
Patrick Kugler			287	295	299	297			12	-2
Graham Glasgow			303	308	311	303			8	-8
Kyle Kalis		292	302	304	298	292		10	-4	-6
David Dawson			297	295	296	309			-1	13
Dan Samuelson			283	282	292	289			9	-3
Ben Braden		299	318	319	322	331		19	4	9
Mason Cole				275	292	287				-5
Erik Magnuson		290	285	295	294	296		-5	9	2
Blake Bars		282	291	290	294	281		9	3	-13
Chris Fox			338	310	309	303			-29	-6
L. Tuley-Tillman			300	290	290	309			-10	19
J. Bushell-Beatty					319	319				0
Defensive Line
Ryan Glasgow		294	300	300	296	297		6	0	-4
Bryan Mone				315	312	325				13
Ondre Pipkins		337	315	313	306	317		-22	-9	11
Willie Henry		302	306	297	293	311		4	-13	18
Matthew Godin		270	280	283	286	287		10	6	1
Maurice Hurst Jr.			270	277	282	281			12	-1
Chris Wormley		268	289	292	295	300		21	6	5
Taco Charlton			270	275	275	273			5	-2
Tom Strobel		250	265	268	268	270		15	3	2
Henry Poggi			260	271	270	273			10	3
Mario Ojemudia		223	250	250	251	252		27	1	1
Lawrence Marshall					241	238				-3
Linebacker
Desmond Morgan	220	230	228	232	232	236	10	-2	4	4
James Ross		225	220	225	227	232		-5	7	5
Joe Bolden		230	225	225	231	232		-5	6	1
R. Jenkins-Stone		206	225	221	234	240		19	9	6
Allen Gant		196	212	222	223	225		16	11	2
Ben Gedeon			236	236	240	241			4	1
Mike McCray			237	242	241	242			4	1
Chase Winovich					220	227				7
Noah Furbush					210	217				7
Jared Wangler					219	230				11
Safety
Jarrod Wilson		190	200	202	205	210		10	5	5
Delano Hill			205	205	205	204			0	-1
Dymonte Thomas			190	191	193	191		0	3	-2
Jeremy Clark		191	205	206	205	205		14	0	0
Jabrill Peppers					202	205				3
Cornerback
Blake Countess	176	182	182	183	180	185	6	0	-2	5
Jourdan Lewis			170	174	175	176			5	1
Terry Richardson		154	167	172	170	174		13	3	4
Ross Douglas			176	186	189	186			13	-3
Reon Dawson			170	178	178	175			8	-3
Brandon Watson				185	188	189				1
Channing Stribling			171	176	178	178			7	0

[Hit the jump for discussion on this and other bits I could glean.]