This list is completely arbitrary and not a genuine analysis of the relative merits of state fossils.
First Depth Chart; Presser
Carr audio from MLive.
pretty formatting from Rivals:
| Offense | Defense | |||||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | Pos. | No. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | |
| WR | 86 21 |
Mario Manningham Junior Hemingway |
6-0 6-1 |
178 202 |
Jr. Fr. |
DE | 90 99 |
Tim Jamison Adam Patterson |
6-3 6-2 |
266 256 |
Jr. So. |
|
| LT | 77 79 |
Jake Long Perry Dorrestein |
6-7 6-7 |
315 299 |
Sr. Fr. |
DT | 67 74 93 |
Terrance Taylor Brett Gallimore Jason Kates |
6-0 6-4 6-3 |
308 280 324 |
Jr. Jr. Fr. |
|
| LG | 57 62 |
Adam Kraus Tim McAvoy |
6-6 6-5 |
295 290 |
Sr. So. |
DT | 97 94 |
Will Johnson John Ferrara |
6-5 6-4 |
290 279 |
Jr. Fr. |
|
| C | 65 62 60 |
Justin Boren Tim McAvoy David Moosman |
6-3 6-5 6-4 |
308 290 290 |
So. So. So. |
DE | 55 92 |
Brandon Graham Greg Banks |
6-2 6-4 |
270 262 |
So. Fr. |
|
| RG | 70 75 50 |
Jeremy Ciulla Cory Zirbel David Molk |
6-4 6-5 6-2 |
295 295 280 |
Jr. So. Fr. |
SLB | 2 51 33 |
Shawn Crable Max Pollock Marell Evans |
6-5 6-1 6-3 |
243 218 224 |
Sr. Sr. Fr. |
|
| RT or |
52 71 |
Stephen Schilling Mark Ortmann |
6-5 6-6 |
298 297 |
Fr. So. |
MLB or |
49 45 54 |
John Thompson Obi Ezeh Austin Panter |
6-1 6-2 6-3 |
237 243 232 |
Jr. Fr. Jr. |
|
| TE
or |
83 42 88 |
Mike Massey Chris McLaurin Andre Criswell |
6-4 6-3 6-1 |
231 232 257 |
Jr. So. So. |
WLB
or |
37 8 46 |
Chris Graham Jonas Mouton Brandon Logan |
5-11 6-2 6-0 |
225 235 220 |
Sr. Fr. Jr. |
|
| WR | 16 | Adrian Arrington | 6-3 | 195 | Jr. | CB | 14 27 29 |
Morgan Trent Brandon Harrison Troy Woolfolk |
6-1 5-8 6-0 |
184 193 174 |
Jr. Jr. Fr. |
|
| WR | 13 17 |
Greg Mathews Toney Clemons |
6-3 6-2 |
207 192 |
So. Fr. |
FS | 30 5 |
Steve Brown Charles Stewart |
6-0 6-1 |
205 203 |
So. Jr. |
|
| QB | 7 15 |
Chad Henne Ryan Mallett |
6-2 6-7 |
226 252 |
Sr. Fr. |
SS | 22 31 |
Jamar Adams Brandent Englemon |
6-2 5-11 |
214 206 |
Sr. Sr. |
|
| RB | 20 4 34 |
Mike Hart Brandon Minor Avery Horn |
5-9 6-0 5-10 |
202 212 175 |
Sr. So. Fr. |
CB
or |
25 6 25 |
Johnny Sears Donovan Warren Doug Dutch |
6-0 6-0 5-11 |
185 173 199 |
So. Fr. Jr. |
|
| Special Teams | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | |||||||
| K or |
34 43 84 |
Jason Gingell Bryan Wright K.C. Lopata |
5-9 6-1 6-2 |
190 218 226 |
Jr. Fr. |
|||||||
| KO | 43 84 |
Bryan Wright K.C. Lopata |
6-1 6-2 |
218 226 |
||||||||
| LS | 59 63 |
Sean Griffin Brenden Lopez |
6-1 6-0 |
238 244 |
||||||||
| HLD | 41 8 |
Zoltan Mesko Nick Sheridan |
6-4 6-1 |
242 201 |
||||||||
| P | 41 39 |
Zoltan Mesko Ankit Kachhal |
6-4 6-1 |
242 192 |
||||||||
| PR | 25 13 |
Johnny Sears Greg Mathews |
6-0 6-3 |
185 207 |
||||||||
| KR | 4 25 |
Brandon Minor Johnny Sears |
6-0 6-0 |
212 185 |
||||||||
Initial thoughts:
- Cuilla starts in place of Mitchell.
- Zirbel moved to guard? He was reportedly struggling at tackle.
- Three wide receivers get starting nods; fullbacks can get screwed.
- Butler not on the three-deep yet.
- Despite many statements about Charles Stewart making a serious push no "or" on the free safety depth chart.
- Surprising "or" at right tackle.
- We have no linebacker depth. Carr says two-star Marell Evans will play this fall. Yikes.
- Sears over Mathews is good at PR; I'm still sketchy about Minor returning kicks. Brown should be back soon, though, and he'll probably win the job.
- Oh, and: no Slocum, probably because he's mothafuckin' injured. Gallimore second string at DT?
Update: Ut oh?
In another development, receiver LaTerryal Savoy, fullback Quintin Patilla and linebacker Robbie Thornbladh - all of whom have had various recent legal issues - are no longer listed on the Michigan roster.
I assume Thornbladh is just gone, as he's a walkon. Savoy's thing, even if he's convicted on it, appears to be a one-time idiocy and not something that warrants getting booted from the team... probably nothing but something to keep an eye on.
