Freshmen Participation Tracker after 4 games
According to data from mgoblue.com, here are the Freshmen participation numbers after 4 games:
With these freshmen not seeing any game action yet:
If we burn all 10 of those redshirts (and no others) we'll have the most burned redshirts since 2017 when thee 12 young men below all played in more than 4 games.
If this year's group has the overall success of the 2017 group, I think we're in for a treat!
September 25th, 2022 at 5:13 PM ^
The order of names between the two charts had me confused. I actually thought, “Who names their kid Byle? Dent I can see.”
September 25th, 2022 at 7:58 PM ^
Sorry about that. The information comes from different places and the name formatting is different in each place. Just didn't proof-read enough and can't edit the original post anymore.
September 26th, 2022 at 10:41 AM ^
Alessandro Lorenzetti -- should be the Captain of the All Names Team.
September 25th, 2022 at 5:13 PM ^
Negged because you switched from last name first to first name first and then back to last name first but with a comma this time. Sloppy Excel work. -1 point
September 26th, 2022 at 10:57 AM ^
It appears that the grammar police are only interested in protecting Word documents. Maybe it's best to leave the Excel errors alone!
September 25th, 2022 at 5:24 PM ^
Amen to burning redshirts for guys who turn out like THAT. Get the bonfire going!
September 25th, 2022 at 5:39 PM ^
I assume most years Rolder gets the redshirt this year, but isn't able to with our lack of LB depth. Probably the same for Stokes.
September 25th, 2022 at 11:56 PM ^
Maybe for Rolder. But I read somewhere that he's mostly plaid on special teams. That could be where the coaches see his value this year.
September 26th, 2022 at 12:41 AM ^
I read that he was mostly houndstooth on special teams.
September 26th, 2022 at 4:40 AM ^
+1 underrated.
September 26th, 2022 at 9:41 AM ^
If we can upgrade to herringbone on ST we'll win the national championship.
September 26th, 2022 at 10:46 AM ^
Speed in space...
September 25th, 2022 at 6:03 PM ^
Anyone's redshirt we burned in 2017 we wish we hadn't? I know COVID impacted eligibility but I think most of these guys would have moved on even with a redshirt.
September 25th, 2022 at 6:47 PM ^
I guess Robbins since he's the only one still playing.
We don't really need Brad Hawkins this year, but he's probably next. Then I suppose Ben Mason would've stuck around to be on last year's squad.
Everyone else was leaving anyway (one way or another). Josh Ross is the only question mark.
September 25th, 2022 at 6:25 PM ^
All this just gives me flashbacks of Brady needlessly burning Ben Gedeon's redshirt. Not saying any of these are ill advised. It's just right where my mind goes every year.
September 25th, 2022 at 6:36 PM ^
Graham, Johnson, and Stokes for sure will burn theirs.
Moore seems likely if not a lock. Grant and Rolder probably a decent chance.
Loveland is interesting with All being out. Schoonmaker and Bredeson are clearly the top two (Honingford more of a pure blocking TE), but after that they may want or eventually need to use his ability as a pass catcher.
The others seem like they could redshirt unless someone “ascends” to a 2-deep role as the season roles on, which certainly isn’t out of the question.
I’m sure this has already been mentioned, but Harbaugh said last week that they’re planning/hoping on redshirting Crippen this year since they burned it last year not knowing Olu would be here. Basically only an Olu injury would change that.
September 25th, 2022 at 6:55 PM ^
All of the guys with 4 games are burning it...Grant would be the only "maybe we can play Cam Goode and save Kenneth's year?" I doubt it.
Some of the othe guys like Pollard are already starters on special teams.
All of the guys with 3 or less should redshirt. That gives you one more game for Sabb, Jones and Morris...none of those guys are needed this year, but get them their "free" 4th game at some point. Orji isn't featured enough to waste his year on a token QB run here and there. Donovan Edwards can take those snaps.
Overall redshirting doesn't really mean anything anymore. In a lot of cases, all you're doing is saving a year for the guy to play at another school. But a guy like Orji is exactly the kind of player you WANT to redshirt. Because he could change his position and if he doesn't, that 5th year is critical for his QB development.
September 26th, 2022 at 11:04 AM ^
I haven't thought of it that way, but with the new transfer rules, you are absolutely correct that redshirting guys is most likely allowign them an extra year at another school. These days if someone is good enough they usually will go pro before the 5th year would matter (Ross and Hawkins might be exceptions.)
September 25th, 2022 at 7:30 PM ^
Aubrey Solomon was eligible to play for the Volunteers this year but isn't on their roster and didn't appear to transfer anywhere. Bummer for him.
September 25th, 2022 at 9:58 PM ^
Man. My memory is shot. Who is J'Marick Woods?
September 25th, 2022 at 10:58 PM ^
J'Marick Woods from Florence, Alabama played for Michigan before graduating and transferring to Duke where he played two seasons at safety. Having degrees from Michigan and Duke is not too shabby.
September 25th, 2022 at 11:19 PM ^
Who could possibly forget the best nickname in Michigan football history? You must remember J’Marick “Ol’ Woods” Woods, since - as Don Brown would say - “he lays the wood.”
September 26th, 2022 at 1:43 AM ^
In the era of the transfer portal, IMO it’s better to burn a redshirt to prevent a possible transfer. I doubt many players will stick around to see their 5th years - would be awesome if someone could do some data there
September 26th, 2022 at 10:17 AM ^
I suspect that Pollard keeps his redshirt while Rolder doesn’t. Maybe one of the WRs keep theirs, too. Unless Loveland is an absolute star in STs I’d hope they’d keep his redshirt but I suspect he won’t. (Is he better than Hansen and Hbner right now? Seems to be. Is he so much better that in the limited snaps he’ll get even with All out it’s worth throwing away his 5th year? I doubt it.)
Of those who have played less than 4 games, I think Orji is the only one who might see his redshirt burned unless injuries wreck a position group.