Last Updated: 3/24/22

Check out my projected 2024 Michigan football depth chart based on the latest roster, news, rumors and my first 2024 Best Guess Recruiting Class prediction:

Key

• Enrolled/Signed
• *5th year available
• Walk-on
• Committed
• BGRC

Offense

Two-Deep: Starters (Backups)

• QB: #9 McCarthy (#16 Warren or #10 Orji)
• RB: #7 Edwards (#20 Mullings)
• WRx: #0 Clemons (#81 O’Leary)
• WRz: #14 Wilson (#82 Moore)
• Slot: #3 Henning (#8 Morris)
• TE: #18 Loveland (#88 Hibner)
• LT: #79 Persi (#72 Bounds)
• LG: #58 El-Hadi (#56 Giudice)
• C: #62 Anderson (#51 Crippen)
• RG: #74 Atteberry (#75 Gentry)
• RT: #78 Hinton (#76 Jones)

Quarterback

• Starter: #9 JJ McCarthy, SR
  • Backup: #16 Davis Warren, SR or #10 Alex Orji, JR
    • Reserves:
      • #16 Jayden Denegal, JR
      • #5 Branden Mann, JR
      • Kendrick Bell, SO
      • Jadyn Davis, FR
    • Out: Jack Tuttle

Running Back

• Starter: #7 Donovan Edwards, SR
  • Backup: #20 Kalel Mullings, GR
    • Reserves:
      • #23 CJ Stokes, JR
      • #22 Tavierre Dunlap, SR
      • #24 Cole Cabana, SO
      • #28 Ben Hall, SO
      • Jordan Marshall, FR
      • Taylor Tatum, FR
    • Out: Blake Corum, Isaiah Gash*

Wide Receiver 

• WRx: #0 Darrius Clemons, JR
• WRz: #14 Roman Wilson, GR
• Slot: #3 AJ Henning, GR
  • xBackup: #81 Peyton O’Leary, SR
  • zBackup: #82 Fredrick Moore, SO
  • Slot Backup: #8 Tyler Morris, JR
    • Reserves:
      • Karmello English, SO
      • #85 Cristian Dixon, SR
      • #12 Semaj Morgan, SO
      • #80 Eamonn Dennis, SR
      • I’Marion Stewart, FR
      • Channing Goodwin, FR
      • Mekhai White, FR
    • Out: Cornelius Johnson

Tight End

• Starter: #18 Colston Loveland, SO
  • Backup: #88 Matthew Hibner, SR*
    • Reserves:
      • #44 Max Bredeson, SR
      • #17 Marlin Klein, JR
      • Deakon Tonielli, SO
      • #83 Zack Marshall, SO
      • Brady Prieskorn, FR
      • Hogan Hansen, FR
    • Out: AJ Barner*

Left Tackle

• Starter: #79 Jeffrey Persi, GR
  • Backup: #72 Tristan Bounds, SR
    • Reserves:
      • Evan Link, FR
      • Andrew Sprague, FR
    • Out: LaDarius Henderson

Left Guard

• Starter: #58 Giovanni El-Hadi, SR
  • Backup: #56 Dominick Giudice, SR
    • Reserves:
      • Nathan Efobi, SO
      • Blake Frazier, FR
    • Out: Trevor Keegan

Center

• Starter: #62 Raheem Anderson, JR
  • Backup: #51 Greg Crippen, SR
    • Reserves:
      • #56 Amir Herring, SO
      • Kyle Altuner, FR
    • Out: Drake Nugent

Right Guard

• Starter: #74 Reece Atteberry, GR
  • Backup: #75 Andrew Gentry, JR
    • Reserves:
      • Max Anderson, FR
      • Luke Hamilton, FR
    • Out: Zak Zinter

Right Tackle

• Starter: #78 Myles Hinton, GR
  • Backup: #76 Connor Jones, JR
    • Reserves:
      • Blake Frazier, FR
      • Ben Roebuck, FR
    • Out: Trente Jones, Karsen Barnhart

Defense 

Starters (Backup)

• NT: #55 Graham (#78 Grant)
• 3T: #26 Benny (#99 Goode)
• 5T: #94 Jenkins (#92 Iwunnah)
• DE: #8 Moore (#17 McGregor)
• EDGE: #32 Harrell (#5 Stewart)
• SAM: #23 Barrett (#4 Pollard)
• MIKE: #25 Colson (#30 Rolder)
• WILL: #15 Hausmann (#41 Hill-Green)
• SS: #7 Paige (#6 Moten)
• FS: #19 Moore (#3 Sabb)
• CB: #2 W. Johnson (#33 Green)
• CB: #1 Walker or #1 McBurrows
• NCB: #0 Sainristil (#10 Berry)

Defensive Tackle

• NT: #78 Kenneth Grant, JR
• 3T: #55 Mason Graham, JR
• 5T: #26 Rayshaun Benny, SR
  • Backup: #89 Alessandro Lorenzetti, JR
  • Backup: Trey Pierce, SO
  • Backup: #92 Ike Iwunnah, SR
    • Reserves:
      • Brooks Bahr, SO
      • Cameron Brandt, SO
      • Manuel Beigel, FR
      • Ted Hammond, FR
      • Brian Robinson, FR
    • Out: Kris Jenkins*, Cam Goode

Defensive End/EDGE

• DE Starter: #8 Derrick Moore, JR
• EDGE Starter: #17 Braiden McGregor, SR
  • Backup: #42 TJ Guy, SR
  • Backup: #5 Josaiah Stewart, SR
    • Reserves:
      • #27 Tyler McLaurin, SR
      • #52 Kechaun Bennett, SR
      • Enow Etta, SO
      • Koumba Aymeric, SO
      • Breeon Ishmail, SO
      • Marquis Lightfoot, FR
      • Darien Mayo, FR
    • Out: Jaylen Harrell*

Linebacker

• MIKE Starter: #25 Junior Colson, SR
• WILL Starter: #15 Ernest Hausmann, JR
• SAM Starter: #4 Micah Pollard, JR
  • MIKE Backup: #30 Jimmy Rolder, JR
  • WILL Backup: #41 Nikhai Hill-Green, GR
  • SAM Backup: Jason Hewlett, SO
    • Reserves:
      • #34 Jaydon Hood, SR
      • Hayden Moore, SO
      • Semaj Bridgeman, SO
      • Aaron Chiles, FR
      • Jeremiah Beasley, FR
      • Mason Curtis, FR
      • Michael Boganowski, FR
      • Zach Ludwig, FR
    • Out: Michael Barrett, Joey Velazquez

Strong Safety

• Starter: #7 Makari Paige, GR
  • Backup: #6 RJ Moten, GR
    • Reserves:
      • #9 Damani Dent, JR
      • D’Juan Waller, SO
      • Ricardo Jones, FR
    • Out: None

Free Safety

• Starter: #19 Rod Moore, SR
  • Backup: #3 Keon Sabb, JR
    • Reserves:
      • #12 Kody Jones, JR
      • Brandyn Hillman, SO
    • Out: Quintin Johnson, Kaden Kolesar

Cornerback 

• Starter: #2 Will Johnson, JR
• Starter: #1 Amorion Walker, JR
• Nickel Starter: #10 Zeke Berry, JR
  • Backup: #1 Jaden McBurrows, SR
  • Backup: #24 Myles Pollard, JR
  • Backup: #20 Jyaire Hill, SO
    • Reserves:
      • #22 Cam Calhoun, SO
      • Aaron Scott, FR
      • Austin Alexander, FR
    • Out: Mike Sainristil, German Green, Keshaun Harris

Special Teams 

Kicker

• Starter: #19 Tommy Doman, SR*
  • Backup: Adam Samaha, SO
    • Reserves
      • #93 Charlie Mentzer, SR
    • Out: None

Punter

• Starter: #19 Tommy Doman, SR*
  • Backup: Drew Miller, FR
    • Reserves:
      • Cordell Jones-McNally, FR
    • Out: Brad Robbins

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