Who will the next Michigan Football Legend be?

We are all Michigan fans and have our favorite players which bring our own personal bias to this argument.  The fact of the matter, though, is that there is a big difference between good/great player and legend.  Maybe call me bias, but here is how I would award "legend status"

Winner of Heisman

3+ time all American

Yep.  That's about it.  

I have a feeling it will be Mr. Peppers. 

The next in line will be Mr. Woodson!

If donkeys had votable hooves then it would be Lewan in a landslide. They don’t though, it’s science.

but inasmuch as you seem to want to go by dates than it would have to be in the order you placed them in. After all, A.C. was perhaps the greatest player to never win the Heisman but someone managed being named AA three times, and of the other two listed one won the Heisman"instant legendary status," and the other came in either second or third to Billy Sims and is considered by many to be the greatest UM qb to play for Bo. Personally, I think Franklin was better, but Rick got the ink while Franklin possesses the best three years winning percentage of well like forever.     ^Perhaps though it could be a Mandich, Deirdorf or Mckenzie, all who played on the same side of center and all who would eventually end up in the NFL hall of fame.  Without players of this caliber, the qbs and rbs behind them wouldn't even make the list which is also true of the wideouts that played outside the box.   We all know who the Michigan legends will become because we watched them. I just never considered there had to be a waiting period. And I aslo found it odd that you didn't list Desmond who won the Heisman prior to Charles.       ^And of course we all know how good Carr was at eveluating qb talent when he had Henson and Brady at the same time and made the statement, "He's the greatest college qb I've ever seen," but was talking about Henson instead of Brady. All Brady did was bail Drew out of a lot of struggles when Lloyd was trying to give him the reigns far too quickly. Although this was a period of great UM RBs, Tom would have flourished under any pass happy team in the nation, and when things got tough like our bowl games with Bama, it was always Tom throwing the key passes to lead us to victory. And that often times is the mark of greatness, making the play when it has to be made and when the defense knows it has to be made, not simply making stress free throws without the game being on the line.

of legendary status, either how it's now applied or how we think it ought to be relative to our choice of legendary Michigan stars. As noted, Michigan is filled with great candidates from the Bo to Carr era. 

So, which uniform number is considered the most revered by the staff itself in terms of awarding it to someone by performance alone? It isn't No. 2 or No. 10. Even 77, which as earned special distinction in a short time by three different players and made left offensive tackle a position of glamor at this school, that one isn't the premiere number, either. The premiere number and seemingly highest to receive is  No. 1, last worn by Braylon Edwards, who sought it and definitely earned it. 

And while Michigan has a laundry list of great players through the decades of this marvelous program from No. 4 to No. 7,  No. 32 to No. 16, No. 10 to No. 20 and 21, Anthony Carter is still the most legendary even among two Heisman winners, two perennial all-pros and the most successful quarterback in NFL postseason history.

The reason it's Carter though is because of the way the school and program treat his status and awarding of his number, not because of other criteria.