Mo Hurst To Return For Fifth Year
A massively important piece for the 2017 Wolverines will stick around:
Maurice Hurst: "I've decided I'm going to come back for my 5th year." pic.twitter.com/LCMdbLLx1e
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) December 21, 2016
Hurst was a rotation piece this year who did not start but played in crunch time next to Matt Godin; in about half of Michigan's snaps he had massive production in both UFR and PFF metrics. With the entire starting line off to the NFL draft, Hurst will start and get the lion's share of playing time as a three-tech next to Bryan Mone. They'll be flanked by Rashan Gary and Chase Winovich; that line project to be about as good as this one.
Depth remains an issue, which is why Hurst's return was so mission-critical.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:40 PM ^
If a 5* recruit committed to UM, this site would be down.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:22 PM ^
Mo and Bryan are going to be a force. I think mone is getting it. D should still be good to real good next year.
December 21st, 2016 at 2:47 PM ^
Fingers crossed that Mone can stay healthy.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^
Than having a dominate DL to control the game......
December 21st, 2016 at 1:26 PM ^
Great to have you back, Mo!
December 21st, 2016 at 1:32 PM ^
Great news! I would have definitely understood him going pro, but, MAN!, the DLine looks a lot better now.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:32 PM ^
xmas came early.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:37 PM ^
December 21st, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^
We saw how huge interior DL depth is this year (good) and last year (bad with Glasgow's injury). With a lot of questions on the two deep next year, this is huge to get back an established player, let alone one of Hurst's quality.
December 21st, 2016 at 1:43 PM ^
in the 2017 draft?
December 21st, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^
Impossible to say without the combine and draft prep. Considering he didn't really get starter reps all year, he's a bit under-the-radar nationally. Given the offseason for scouts to watch the film (especially while scouting Taco, Wormley, and Glasgow), a few teams probably would have fallen in love with him.
I'd guess he'd go on Day 2, but he's tough to project. Now that he's staying, an excellent year as the leader of UM's DL could vault him into Round 1 or at least solidify him as a no-brainer Day 2 prospect.
December 21st, 2016 at 7:45 PM ^
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December 21st, 2016 at 1:44 PM ^
But do we know if he's going to sit out the bowl game to prepare for his 5th year?
December 21st, 2016 at 1:53 PM ^
Huge to have his experience and presence on the line back!! Yeah baby!
GO BLUE!!
December 21st, 2016 at 2:01 PM ^
Intelligent, mature decision, young man. Welcome to a position of leadership.
December 21st, 2016 at 2:08 PM ^
December 21st, 2016 at 2:46 PM ^
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December 21st, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
Change the system.
Live with its crazy contradictions.
In a world where every member of the incoming cabinet loves Ayn Rand complaining about one poor bastard playing all his angles as carefully as possible is. . .
December 21st, 2016 at 3:40 PM ^
Amen
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December 21st, 2016 at 4:54 PM ^
This is great news. He was arguably our best DL this year, I was shocked he was even considering coming back. Maybe this was Harbaugh's plan and why he didn't start him. Genius!
December 21st, 2016 at 7:47 PM ^
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