The Wolverines will be playing football in under two months. Michigan should be loaded on the defensive side of the ball once again, but how exactly will the depth chart look?
Fall camp is right around the corner, but it’s time to take another stab at figuring out what the Michigan defense could look like when it takes the field on August 31 against Fresno State. Michigan lost key players such as Braiden McGregor, Kris Jenkins, Jaylen Harrell, Junior Colson, Michael Barrett, Mike Sainristil, and Josh Wallace from the 2023 National Championship team. But the Wolverines do return plenty of star talent which should make them a top defense once again in 2024.
While Jaylen Harrell and Braiden McGregor were solid starters for Michigan in 2023, Derrick Moore and Josaiah Stewart just might be an upgrade. As backups last year, Stewart was second on Michigan with 5.5 sacks and Moore was third with five sacks. Moore was second on the team with an 81.0 pass-rush grade per PFF. As full-time starters, it’s hard to imagine the production won’t skyrocket for both Stewart and Moore.
Hausmann was fifth in the entire Big Ten among linebackers last season with an excellent 85.8 tackle grade. He was also third on Michigan with 46 tackles. Hausmann barely misses any tackles and is one of the better open-field tackles on the team. Barham isn’t too far behind Hausmann, and some believe he would’ve been a 2024 NFL Draft pick if he was eligible to go to the draft last season. The junior linebacker was a freshman All-American at Maryland two seasons ago.
On the opposite side of the field, it’s going to be a battle between Jyaire Hill and Aamir Hall – transfer from Albany. As much as I like Hill and while I think he sees a ton of run in ’24, I look at Hall as I did Wallace last year. He’s a veteran presence who has played a ton of college football. Hall was an FCS All-American at Albany last year. He had 57 tackles and five interceptions and PFF gave him an 85.7 defensive grade which would’ve only been behind Wallace on Michigan’s team.
Michigan lost Keon Sabb to Alabama this offseason and that pill was tough to swallow at first, especially when Rod Moore went down and is out for the foreseeable future. However, Michigan got good news when Quinten Johnson said he would be back for another season and then Sherrone Moore went out and landed Wesley Walker and Jaden Mangham out of the portal.
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