Which players are you most excited to see return?
Which players are you most excited to see return next year? This particular thread is intended to focus on the sophomores and below players, as they are most expected to return for at least one more year (sorry for the jinx, hopefully we limit losses to the portal).
My vote has to include the incredible duo of Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant. As Harbaugh accurately described, they have been gifts from the football gods! It blows me away that this historically great defense relied upon the strength of two true sophomores as the foundation of the defense. What a crazy turn of events from just a few years ago where we were begging to find anyone even resembling a DT! Best of all, we can (god willing) expect them back next year!
Go Blue!
January 12th, 2024 at 8:29 AM ^
He was a lb but we used him as a dt in goalline situations for some odd reason. Kovacs was the safety.
January 12th, 2024 at 8:13 AM ^
Moore to make that jump to elite DE. Stewart I want back so he can work his way to a 1st or 2nd Rd pick. But seriously everyone who can return to the team to return. JJ to me is the most important guy to come back. Edwards should as he can be featured as #1 guy or 1a with Mullings.
January 12th, 2024 at 8:20 AM ^
I want to watch them all. I am really looking forward to next year. I think people overlooking 2024 Michigan are making a big mistake. Also, I'll really miss watching this year's team. I will watch that National Championship game many times over the next several years.
January 12th, 2024 at 8:25 AM ^
All of them, Frank.
January 12th, 2024 at 8:41 AM ^
Would be great to see Rod Moore come back and wonder if he can take over Sanristil's role.
I think Derrick Moore becomes house hold name nationwide and goes to NFL after next year
Will be to nice see El-Hadi line up and play the whole game.
I wonder what offense looks like with Mullings and Ben Hall lined up in a split back formation
Think Waller and Jyaire Hill show they are way ahead of Walker and Calhoun and it eliminates the question why they left. DJ Waller lifts Clink's reputation as coach/recruiter/talent evaluator to another level
Whichever TE can grow into Barner's role
and Tommy Doman shakes off the Bama game to be all BIG punter
January 12th, 2024 at 8:58 AM ^
R Moore is a safety and that is where he will stay. There are other outstanding prospects to fill the nickel role-I hope it is Zeke.
January 12th, 2024 at 9:56 AM ^
McBurrows for the Mikey S. position. He started showing flashes of what he could be starting with the MSU game.
January 12th, 2024 at 8:50 AM ^
JJ. Will and those two. Donovan/Mullings/Cabana to show Marshall the ropes. Bredeson or his replacement as he was unheralded and excellent. Loveland. Trente/Hinton/Gentry/Anderson/El-Hadi and their merry band.
January 12th, 2024 at 9:29 AM ^
Any of them!
January 12th, 2024 at 9:41 AM ^
The G brothers, Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant. JJ if he comes back.
January 12th, 2024 at 11:18 AM ^
I do appreciate that they’re next to each other on the roster too!
January 12th, 2024 at 9:48 AM ^
I think Mullings is gonna be so good that people are gonna be like 'How was this dude Michigan's #3 back??'.
Can't wait to see him get 20 carries a game
January 12th, 2024 at 12:25 PM ^
Ben Hall baby. You cant be a 2025 Heisman finalist without an outstanding 2024. Mullings will be a monster we know this. Give me Haskins but thicc all day.
Orji transforming into a real QB could be a fun watch as well.
Could you imagine an Orji/Mullings backfield fully operational with the read option. Yikes.
January 12th, 2024 at 10:28 AM ^
A lot of the guys I'm most excited about have been said above - Graham, Mullings, Johnson. But I'm also excited for some of these O-lineman who are coming up - El Hadi, Crippen, Gentry, etc. Some of these guys have been talked about for a while and I'm hoping they're mashers who have just been stuck behind some great players or needed a bit of time to develop.
January 12th, 2024 at 11:49 AM ^
Will Johnson. Grant. Graham. Mullings. Hall. T. Jones. Loveland. S. Morgan.
Wow, we are bringing so much back.
But there's only one player that's most important.