PFF's College Football Midseason All-America Team
PFF has released their College Midseason All-America Team.
It includes 4 Wolverines, Corum, Wilson, Zinter and Sainristil.
More surprised by the omissions namely, Jenkins, Graham and JJ.
October 12th, 2023 at 6:22 AM ^
PFF needs to fix their formula, because they have Air Force and Miami tied for the 2nd best graded team in the country.
October 12th, 2023 at 6:54 AM ^
Statistically it’s weird that Roman is only third string. Non-statistically it’s weird that Marvin Harrison Jr. is nowhere to be found on the list.
October 12th, 2023 at 7:00 AM ^
I think omitting JJ probably comes from the fact that the other QBs mentioned have the offenses flow through them to a much higher degree than Michigan. When you have a guy like Corum to split the offensive production with, the numbers just aren’t going to be there.
That being said, having two (at least) such high caliber guys on offense is a great problem to have.
October 12th, 2023 at 8:19 AM ^
The Bowling Green game is going to cost JJ a trip to NYC. I don’t think he would win the Heisman but if you remove that game completely and substitute only a pedestrian effort he would likely be a finalist.
October 12th, 2023 at 10:11 AM ^
In that game he made some inexplicable mistakes, given how good we've seen him play before and since. But I would think that if JJ has big games against Penn State, Ohio State and in the playoffs, he could very well end up shooting right up to the top of that list.
October 12th, 2023 at 10:31 AM ^
The playoffs take place after the Heisman trophy presentation.
October 12th, 2023 at 1:00 PM ^
Let's see what he does during the last three games of the season before we count him out. If he has great games against PSU and OSU he will get an invite to NYC
October 12th, 2023 at 10:07 PM ^
That game has changed nothing.
October 12th, 2023 at 8:28 AM ^
PFF is a mess man. Since when is 60 average? And how can someone be in your top 3 linemen (Graham) and not good enough even for a 2nd team?
October 12th, 2023 at 9:17 AM ^
WHERE IS MULLINGS!
October 12th, 2023 at 9:27 AM ^
I can only hope that future opponents are “ranked” above many Michigan players. Just to add a bit of motivation.
October 12th, 2023 at 9:54 AM ^
Fuel for the fire
October 12th, 2023 at 10:03 AM ^
This is the list they circulate to the public. The real list has Michael Barrett at every position as well as Coach of the Year.
October 12th, 2023 at 10:50 AM ^
So Michigan isn't really getting much love.
October 12th, 2023 at 11:01 AM ^
Landon Barton is already on the list.
October 12th, 2023 at 11:13 AM ^
Havent seen Penix play since Indiana, but is he that good ? Is he gonna be a NFL starter ?
October 12th, 2023 at 12:51 PM ^
He is very good if he can stay healthy. I know MSU is bad, but he was on pace to throw for over 700 yards and about 10 TDs in that game alone if they let him keep slinging it. It is crazy to think what his numbers could be if they didn't pull him from blowouts to keep him healthy.
October 12th, 2023 at 8:16 PM ^
Penix has been NFL good since his freshman year at IU. He just couldn’t stay healthy at IU. I watched him up close his 1st two years at IU. He will definitely get a shot in the NFL. If not a starter, he’ll definitely be in the league a while. If he’s healthy.
October 12th, 2023 at 10:11 PM ^
Will he be? No one knows. Does he have the skills? He is experienced and super talented. I am pretty sure he is being projected very high (maybe top 10?) in the upcoming draft.
October 12th, 2023 at 11:26 AM ^
I know Sanders (and to a lesser extent Daniels) have put up big numbers but I really don't see how they're better QBs than JJ McCarthy. Sanders is a pure volume guy in an offense that demands he throw the ball a ton and he's benefitted from playing mostly awful defenses. It's telling the one semi-decent pass defense he faced (Oregon) he threw for 159 yards on 33 attempts. And Daniels is a good QB but, again, he plays on an LSU team that can't stop anyone and thus has a lot of opportunities to put up numbers. I just can't shake the fact he looked bad against FSU and hasn't faced a semi-competent defense since (Grambling, Ole Miss, Miss St., Mizzou, and Arkansas are all pretty bad).
Also, Estime as the #1 back is objectively wrong to me. He had 20 yards on 10 carries against Louisville, in a game where ND definitely wanted to run the ball. He had basically 1 run against Duke at the end but otherwise was bottled up all game. OSU somehow held him to 70 yards on 14 carries, again in a game where ND definitely wanted to smack people around. He's a good back but Corum being a honorable mention on that list between 7 other backs is crazy to me.
Fashanu being on this list just shows that preseason biases are hard to shake - that offensive line has been mediocre and you'd expect way more from a top-10 pick than a bunch of backs who can't crack 4 ypc. I don't think any UM tackle has been great but still.
The interior defensive line listing a bunch of ND and Texas guys but no UM players is hilarious but I guess at this point makes sense since PFF doesn't know a fucking thing about lineplay.
October 12th, 2023 at 10:21 PM ^
Maybe with Moore's coaching Fashanu could have reached his potential. Poor kid.
October 12th, 2023 at 3:39 PM ^
why any OSU OL name is on there has me a bit puzzled.