Michigan Football: 5 players from 2019 class that can play right away

DT Chris Hinton

Michigan football is going to be without some key guys up front and one of them is Brian Mone, who will graduate. The other is former five-star recruit Aubrey Solomon, who announced his intention to transfer earlier this week.

Solomon was going to have every chance to compete for a starting job with guys like Michael Dwumfour, Carlo Kemp and Donovan Jeter. Now, four-star defensive tackle Chris Hinton, the No. 3 prospect in Michigan’s class will get that opportunity.

At 6-foot-4, 280 pounds, Hinton is a top-five prospect at his position and he’s a guy that likely would have played anyway due to his ability to rush the pass from the inside. However, now that Solomon is gone, he has a legitimate chance to play a lot right away.

We will see if Hinton has a shot at winning the starting job, but he should be on the two-deep right away and he should be a guy that plays enough to exhaust his first season of eligibility in 2019.