2022 Projected Starters YMRMFSPA
Howdy folks - I was trying to rack my brain for the YMRMFSPA for Taylor Upshaw in order to give myself a mental framework for our new defensive starters, and thought this rabbit hole may be of interest to the board. I went through and found all of the YMRMFSPA comps for our projected starters for the year, plus some rotational players. Hopefully this is a helpful mental exercise as we look to fall camp.
OFFENSE:
QB: Cade McNamara :: Shea Patterson
QB: JJ McCarthy :: Jim Harbaugh
RB: Blake Corum :: Mike Hart but fast
RB: Donovan Edwards :: Reggie Bush
WR: Cornelius Johnson :: Amara Darboh
WR: Ronnie Bell :: Jeremy Gallon
WR: Roman Wilson :: Steve Breaston
TE: Erick All :: Devin Funchess
TE: Luke Schoonmaker :: Zach Gentry
LT: Ryan Hayes :: Jake Fisher
LG: Trevor Keegan :: Ben Braden
C: Olu Oluwatimi :: Cesar Ruiz
RG: Zak Zinter :: Kyle Kalis
RT: Trente Jones :: Erik Magnuson
DEFENSE:
EDGE: Mike Morris :: Chris Wormley
DT: Kris Jenkins :: Ryan Glasgow
NT: Mazi Smith :: Willie Henry
EDGE: Taylor Upshaw :: Lawrence Marshall or Chris Wormley
SAM: Jaylen Harrell :: Mario Ojemudia
LB: Junior Colson :: Ben Gedeon
LB: Nikhai Hill-Green :: Mike McCray
CB: Gemon Green :: Channing Stribling
CB: DJ Turner :: Brandon Watson
S: RJ Moten :: Dymonte Thomas
S: Rod Moore :: Brandon Harrison or Tyree Kinnel
ROTATION / ST:
P: Brad Robbins :: n/a but let’s hope for ZOLTAN
K: Jake Moody :: n/a but how about Lou Groza
PR/KR/WR: AJ Henning :: Chris Evans
PR/KR/WR: Andrel Anthony :: Roy Roundtree
WR/NK: Mike Sainristil :: JD Spielman (!)
OT/OG: Karsen Barnhart :: Jalen Mayfield
LB: Michael Barrett :: Jaylen Samuels (!)
LB/RB: Kalel Mullings :: Cam McGrone
EDGE: Braiden McGregor :: Aidan Hutchinson
DT: Julius Welschof :: Kemoko Turay (!)
DT: Rayshaun Benny :: Alan Branch
CB: Will Johnson :: Marlin Jackson
Anyone exceed their player comps? Any player comps that have turned out to be spot on or otherwise way off?
MGoGlossary:
YMRMFSPA You may remember me from such players as. Used in recruiting profiles to say what kind of player a recruit may turn out to be if he works out.
Hijacking your comment to add since there was some confusion in the comments:
These player comps aren’t my personal opinions, they were pulled from each player’s respective MGoBlog recruiting profile. So they’re Brian and Seth’s opinions.
QB: Cade McNamara > Shea Patterson
QB: JJ McCarthy ? Jim Harbaugh
RB: Blake Corum == Mike Hart but fast
RB: Donovan Edwards ? Reggie Bush
WR: Cornelius Johnson == Amara Darboh
WR: Ronnie Bell == Jeremy Gallon
WR: Roman Wilson ?< Steve Breaston
TE: Erick All > Devin Funchess
TE: Luke Schoonmaker > Zach Gentry
LT: Ryan Hayes < Jake Fisher
LG: Trevor Keegan >= Ben Braden
C: Olu Oluwatimi ? Cesar Ruiz
RG: Zak Zinter > Kyle Kalis
RT: Trente Jones ? Erik Magnuson
DEFENSE:
EDGE: Mike Morris ? Chris Wormley
DT: Kris Jenkins ?< Ryan Glasgow
NT: Mazi Smith ?< Willie Henry
EDGE: Taylor Upshaw ? Lawrence Marshall or Chris Wormley
SAM: Jaylen Harrell ? Mario Ojemudia
LB: Junior Colson ? Ben Gedeon
LB: Nikhai Hill-Green == Mike McCray
CB: Gemon Green ?< Channing Stribling
CB: DJ Turner >= Brandon Watson
S: RJ Moten == Dymonte Thomas
S: Rod Moore > Brandon Harrison or Tyree Kinnel
The Colson/Gedeon comparison???...very different players. Ben was a tackling machine but I will take Colson every day of the week and twice on Sunday-no "?" for me here. Junior was a frigging freshman last year. I will take Hill-Green over McCray too.
If Colson gets his assignments down this offseason hes gonna be special.
a few quick responses:
cade is better than shea, a more complete and better mental athlete than shea. shea was good, i'm not down on him, but cade is better.
there is no comparison anywhere, at any time, for harbaugh. period.
erick all can actually block, not something devin funchess ever really did, or at least not on purpose. all doesn't take plays off while funchess was one of the first michigan players i ever noticed that had, shall we say, a highly variable level of effort.
Major agreement on All. He’s kind of becoming his own amazing archetype: blocky… catchy… Mackey?
I stand by that one!
Funchess was, on occasion, labeled "Fumbles Funchess" in this household. And I seem to recall someone on this board typing something like "don't drop the door on the way out" or something to the effect.
I would say JJ is closer to Rick Leach, than JH.
In my 55 years as a Michigan fan there has not been a QB with JJ's skillset-no apt comparisons here.
This sounds like McGuffie talk.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE JJ (especially his attitude), but have we really seen enough to go THAT far?
I feel like Andrel should be more Braylon…..and I’m almost sure Robbins is better than Zoltan and is a known commodity.
I also called Andrel the Sleeper of the Class. /pats self on back
Don’t forget one of the Sklar brothers said he would be our leading receiver this season…at that point he only had one reception. That was MSU week too.
I want to chime back in and add obviously Robbins comparison was back as a recruit. So I would say Zoltan was a good comparison. So hopefully you didn’t take it as me knocking that, just saying at this point in his career he’s definitely a know commodity. And I believe he is now better than Zoltan.
Yeah, Anthony is a way bigger body than Roy and more of a jump ball sideline guy. I would say his comp is closer to Nico
Anthony should be Adrian Arrington but fast.
Always wish we could’ve seen another year of Adrian Arrington. He could’ve been big time. Heck, he was starting to be with that dominant Citrus Bowl.
Braylon was big. Antrel is not. Antrel is more like his coach, Bellamy.
Did we pick up an Antrel in the portal? If so, is Antrel </=/> to Andrel?
I was watching the Brady Woodson thing the other day and saw an Upshaw on the Raiders. That Taylor’s dad?
Yeah, Reagan Upshaw
I see a lot of Butt in All
I, too, am an ass man
....but are you an overtaking ass man!
TE version of Junior Hemingway.
Maybe even Ertz if he really blows up.
The offense comps are....really good?
Defense probably leaves something to be desired, but a lot more player unknowns headed into the season.
I don't really like the DJ Turner comp to Brandon Watson. Maybe a Boubacar Cissoko without the off field issues.
EDGE: Mike Morris :: Chris Wormley
EDGE: Taylor Upshaw :: Lawrence Marshall or Chris Wormley
Two Chris Wormley’s on the field at the same time? Yes, please!
But wouldn’t that open up some rift in the space-time continuum or something?
Erick all can block, funchess could not.
Zack Zinter doesn’t have the mental issues that Kalis had.
Kris Jenkins is way less of a nose tackle than Glasgow was.
DJ Turner isn’t nearly the speed liability that Watson was.
I'm excited to see the year 2 progression for the RBs and WRs.
Nice work...a few things stand out, thoughts are below. If I didn't comment, IMO, you're spot on, some of these are crazy close.
QB: Cade McNamara :: Shea Patterson
QB: JJ McCarthy :: Jim Harbaugh
RB: Blake Corum :: Mike Hart but fast
RB: Donovan Edwards :: Reggie Bush
WR: Cornelius Johnson :: Amara Darboh
WR: Ronnie Bell :: Jeremy Gallon DISAGREE HERE, Roy Roundtree or Grant Perry but kind of faster. Although he could easily move to Mario Manningham.
WR: Roman Wilson :: Steve Breaston Breaston was so lanky, he was like Caris Levert, the football player. That said, I've got nothing better for Wilson.
TE: Erick All :: Devin Funchess DISAGREE, Funches couldn't block anything. All is much more complete. He's faster than Koger, doesn't have the hands of Jake Butt.
TE: Luke Schoonmaker :: Zach Gentry
LT: Ryan Hayes :: Jake Fisher
LG: Trevor Keegan :: Ben Braden
C: Olu Oluwatimi :: Cesar Ruiz
RG: Zak Zinter :: Kyle Kalis...but better.
RT: Trente Jones :: Erik Magnuson
DEFENSE:
EDGE: Mike Morris :: Chris Wormley I like, would consider Rashaun Gary as well.
DT: Kris Jenkins :: Ryan Glasgow Jenkins is a better athlete and Glasgow played bigger, like a NG. Wormley might fit here.
NT: Mazi Smith :: Willie Henry
EDGE: Taylor Upshaw :: Lawrence Marshall or Chris Wormley ...Ryan Van Bergen.
SAM: Jaylen Harrell :: Mario Ojemudia
LB: Junior Colson :: Ben Gedeon mixed with Khaleke Hudson. Or Hudson, the MLB version.
LB: Nikhai Hill-Green :: Mike McCray McCray was STIFF. Hill-Green is like a better version of Devin Gil if you're trying to stick to that era of players.
CB: Gemon Green :: Channing Stribling
CB: DJ Turner :: Brandon Watson DISAGREE, David Long or Levert Hill.
S: RJ Moten :: Dymonte Thomas
S: Rod Moore :: Brandon Harrison or Tyree Kinnel Harrison works for playing style, body type is more Jerrod Wilson, but shorter.
ROTATION / ST:
P: Brad Robbins :: n/a but let’s hope for ZOLTAN
K: Jake Moody :: n/a but how about Lou Groza
PR/KR/WR: AJ Henning :: Chris Evans Dennis Norfleet, but better.
PR/KR/WR: Andrel Anthony :: Roy Roundtree
WR/NK: Mike Sainristil :: JD Spielman (!)
OT/OG: Karsen Barnhart :: Jalen Mayfield
LB: Michael Barrett :: Jaylen Samuels (!)
LB/RB: Kalel Mullings :: Cam McGrone
EDGE: Braiden McGregor :: Aidan Hutchinson
DT: Julius Welschof :: Kemoko Turay (!)
DT: Rayshaun Benny :: Alan Branch
CB: Will Johnson :: Marlin Jackson
Skipped over the last few, great list though. A lot of guys from the same era, but nice comps!
Some of these are not great. All/Funchess is particularly heinous IMO. Turner/Watson too.
All/Tuman All is faster, Tuman’s hands are better and both can block. Turner/ Morgan Trent Both were getting cooked early in their career’s, then the light switch clicked on.
Liked Darboh just fine but Johnson is much better.
It's odd, Johnson was kind of an overlooked recruit (even as a four star) and is still sort of ignored even though he was very good last year and has every tool you want in a WR. I'd say he's a shoo in for All B1G but JSN is obviously taking one of those spots and you never know with these voters
I disagree, we are always hearing about how great Johnson is going to be but it just hasn't transferred to the field.
Darboh was an incredibly underrated possession WR who went for 2,062 yds and 14 TDs in 3 seasons. Johnson has 940 yds and 7 TDs cumulative over the past 3 seasons which is basically Darboh's SR season stat line alone.
Feels like Cornelius is right there, but just too inconsistent. He will make a nice play, run a great route, and the next play have a bad drop. Need to see more consistently from him.
Reggie Bush? Yeah no.
Agree, I'd say a better highest end comp would be Melvin Gordon or Kamara.
It’s a pretty good list. Lot of people out here quarreling that the lists aren’t an exact match. Odd
I hope your comparisons on the defensive side of the ball come true. If they do, this will be a kick ass team and we will own OSU in Columbus!
Fun fact.....
Zach Gentry has played in one less NFL game than Tj Barrett, Braxton Miller and Cardale Jones, combined.
Love me some Donovan Edwards, but, Reggie Bush averaged 8.7 yards a carry in 2005.....
As a freshman, Bush averaged 5.8 yards per carry with 3 touchdowns.
As a freshman, Edwards averaged 5.0 yards per carry with 3 touchdowns.
J. J. McCarthy::Jim Harbaugh? How the fuck young and ignorant are you? JFC!!!
See my comment above - these comps were taken from from the recruiting profiles. Take it up with Seth!
First of all -- how about Cade :: Rudock
Second, and far more importantly, why would you use a buckeye to compare Moody to?!????
Don't like the player comparisons even if they are from Seth. Only a few make sense. Bell = JG. 5 foot 7 WR and a 6 foot 1 WR. Wish he would explain why he picked the players he chose for comparisons.