Michigan 3rd most picks in draft
with 9. Alabama and Georgia with 10 each. Not too shabby.
Paywall:
TCU with an impressive 8
April 29th, 2023 at 10:45 PM ^
Statue or not, what on earth was Gary Patterson doing with that team towards the end?
April 29th, 2023 at 11:15 PM ^
They transferred in a ton of guys who they hit on.
With this type of draft performance, we should be making the CFP regularly.
Yes, that’s exactly what we are doing.
April 29th, 2023 at 11:31 PM ^
To me, the most impressive thing about having 9 guys drafted is how much talent we have coming back next year.
So much talent in fact, that a bunch of guys with significant playing time and contributions hit the portal during both windows.
More talent this year than last.
What's even more impressive, we had 10 players considered likely or potential draft picks and 9 of them were drafted. Gemon was then signed as a UDFA by the Giants. (Georgia had 10 of 12 drafted, and Bama had 10 of 13.)
In contrast, OSU had 12 players listed as likely or potential draftees and only 6 were drafted.
It seems like maybe the world is catching on to the overhyping of Buckeye players.
April 30th, 2023 at 10:05 AM ^
Username fits.
April 30th, 2023 at 12:28 PM ^
Also, I'd be willing to bet that our guys were (as a group) lower rated coming into college. So our player development is superior.
1) Georgia - playoff team and champion
t-1) Bama - 5th in final playoff rankings
3) Michigan - playoff team
4) TCU - playoff team
t-5) Ohio State - playoff team
All of these teams minus TCU will once again be up there in terms of drafted players next year.
Michigan now sits with the 5th most drafted players in the past 5 years as well:
1) Georgia - 48 players
2) Bama - 44
3) Ohio State - 41
4) LSU - 40
5) Michigan - 37
6) Penn State - 31
t-7) Oklahoma/Florida - 29
April 30th, 2023 at 11:02 AM ^
I read an article on one of the OSU sites that stated that out of their last 12 players drafted, only 2 were defensive players. It's pretty obvious which side of the ball is their problem area and that's on dipshit, all-offense Day. No big lead is enough for those a-holes.
We could very well jump to the top after next year, the most drafted the past six years.
April 29th, 2023 at 10:14 PM ^
It's nice to have the lost decade behind us.
April 29th, 2023 at 10:59 PM ^
Was it only a decade? Living through it felt so much longer.
It's a good question. On-field performance aside for a moment, I think the dark ages lasted about eight years.
I think the 2004 recruiting class was the last good one under Carr in terms of number of NFL draftees. Hoke started to restock the pond around 2012. There were some great players between those years (e.g., Brandon Graham) but just not many of them.
April 29th, 2023 at 10:16 PM ^
Alabama 10
Georgia 10
Michigan 9
TCU 8
Florida 6
LSU 6
OSU 6
PSU 6
Clemson 6
Pitt 6
Oregon 6
Tennessee 5
Auburn 5
South Carolina 5
Maryland 5
Purdue 5
Oklahoma 5
Texas 5
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MSU 3
Notre Dame 3
April 29th, 2023 at 10:42 PM ^
That is pretty good for Sparty.
April 29th, 2023 at 10:46 PM ^
They beat EMU 3-2
April 29th, 2023 at 11:01 PM ^
In the draft or in an actual football game?
April 29th, 2023 at 11:47 PM ^
Chad Ryland, who is EMU’s all time leading scorer but who played at Maryland last year, was drafted too. I would count him as an EMU draftee too. He played and graduated from EMU.
Would have been more except for the tunnel.
April 29th, 2023 at 11:29 PM ^
That is pretty good for Notre Dame.
/s
Hey ND recruits, check the board.
Hat tip to Purdue and Maryland each with 5.
April 29th, 2023 at 10:28 PM ^
I can easily see 12+ drafted next year as well
boy the offensive line after that Draft, all that experience gone, Zinter especially being gone.....
But hey, there's the portal.
Even without the portal, I’m oddly not concerned about the 2024 OL. Inexperienced yes. But I think they’ve recruited OL very well and Moore has earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to OL development.
Persi looked fine last year in the little we did see him. El Hadi has looked good. We continue to hear rave reviews about Crippen and Anderson. Another year of development for them and everyone else too.
El-Hadi, Anderson, Herring are a wall in the middle already shown. Tackles are plentiful and need to be sorted out and the portal will mix in/out to cover weaknesses. Biggest hurdle going forward is keeping the coaching band altogether as the three top ones are already highly sought after.
John Harbaugh has his work cut out for him. Besides finding UM excellent coaches what else does he do?
This seems like some concern trolling. Granted, everything is weird with some guys with covid eligibility but I think we lose for sure (eligibility, pro): Zinter, Keegan, Henderson.
OT: potentially return Hinton (5 star, potentially get to relearn), Trente Jones (starter experience), Persi (game experience), Gentry (5 star talent), and others.
OG: El Hadi, Atteberry, Barnhart (not sure on eligibility, slotting at OG), and others
At OC we may not lose any of our 3 viable options.
Transfers in and out, recruiting, position switches, and development could change some of this but we should be fine.
The portal will lead the righteous to the promised land. Have faith.
I see 15+.
April 29th, 2023 at 10:33 PM ^
I really did think the program was trending down, sharply, with little hope for a turnaround, in 2020. Most of you saw some of that. I laid the blame where responsibility always belongs, at the feet of the head coach.
I couldn't have been more wrong. The program looks better than it has at any time since Jan 1, 1998. There is a talent all over the roster. A durable and established offensive line that is among the best in the country every year. Real NFL talent.
The staff now has a strong track record of developing players above their recruiting profile. DJ Turner. Hassan Haskins. David Ojabo. Slot-turned-nickel Mike Sainristil. Pick a TE or OL.
These guys are getting developed, not just into competent college players, but into elite components of an elite team. Many of them significant NFL prospects.
And now the recruits are coming.
Michigan is becoming the nationally elite program we always wanted. Dreamed of. Became worried we would never see.
I lay the responsibility where it always belongs, at the feet of the head coach.
April 29th, 2023 at 11:22 PM ^
Great comment.
I would pay real money to watch or read something documenting the reasons for the turnaround from 2020 to 2021. Not only in results, but in the team's attitude.
I remember in 2020 players hanging their heads on the sidelines, Harbaugh having to tell people to get excited for a big play, and just all-around bad vibes from the team. Maybe part of it could be chalked up to the Covid year, no fans, etc. but it just seemed like more than that.
How do you go from that to the 2021 season and where we are at now? Maybe something like this has been written and I'm not aware of it. If not, I hope that we can learn the whole unvarnished story some day from those that were there and went through that transition.
April 29th, 2023 at 11:39 PM ^
Heard lots of rumblings that the leadership on the 2020 team was really, really bad.
April 30th, 2023 at 12:43 AM ^
No source data but watching from afar this is what I am most excited about Hutch. Again I could be mistaken but my view is that Hutch is just that type of leader that can change a locker room culture. A true Leader and best.
if true, this maybe the root of the culture change at Detroit as well.
here’s hoping…
about Josh Gattis?
Agreed. Culture and leadership as the Lions are now feasting on. Watching what Ferentz said about Jack Campbell and Campbell about Ferentz that made a non-emotional older coach emotional was gratifying as a Lions fan.
I knew they would not draft Carter and love the direction with Speilmans' fingerprints as well.
Harbaugh likely convened the family braintrust on what works and went old school , NFL style, with modern NIL/Degree value/coaching enticing the type talent UM covets. Hebert also can't be paid enough and Greg Harden also was a major plus (think he retired and wonder who picked up the mantle?). Powerful mix that leads to many glowing parents of these recruits.
Hearing of fathers collaborating and promoting to other recruits parents is a force multiplier and the newly named Sherrone Moore O-Line award training is irresistible as a training aid pull that may retain more than we think despite portal allure.
This is very in-depth about the turnaround
https://theathletic.com/3771847/2022/11/08/michigan-biff-poggi-jim-harbaugh/?amp=1
Wow, what an interesting article. Learned a lot about Biff Poggi, Harbaugh, and some of the players and staff reading it. Thanks for posting.
Obi Wan Poggi? Deserves the right title. He and Greg Harden (see 60 minutes past interview) are gifts from the gods much like the Grant/Graham DT team will be this year!
Jenkins likely reprising the Mike Morris (Eagles Reggie White) role and McGregor/Moore combo alternating the Rush end position.
That is a great article. Thanks for sharing.
April 30th, 2023 at 10:14 AM ^
Great article. I hope there's still a "Biff" around for Harbaugh this season.
April 30th, 2023 at 12:46 PM ^
This hit me right in the feels. Profound self awareness. Showing vulnerability like this in the work place is, I think, crucial to a strong team.
Poggi told the dozen or so men in the room that he wanted them to know that he loves his wife and five children more than he loves himself, but admitted that he was now doubting whether he was a good husband and a good father. He couldn’t, he confessed, remember a lot of his children’s childhood.
Have no fear. John U. Bacon will write a book about it.
Am glad you owned up to it having posted "The Michigan Difference" so soon after parading for Harbaugh to leave. All is forgiven.
April 29th, 2023 at 10:36 PM ^
Maybe it’s time to put away the talent gap thing away vs OSU for awhile
April 29th, 2023 at 10:48 PM ^
Sure, but it's also fun thrashing a team with 18 NFL players
Yeah, but think how much fun it would be if their recruiting came down to earth (maybe to pre-Meyer levels) just a little bit. They're doing a lousy job developing their top tier talent and Michigan is still winning. We might win even bigger if their recruiting regresses.
Bigger?
April 30th, 2023 at 11:26 AM ^
Fixed, thanks.