5 Things we learned from Michigan Football’s win vs Minnesota
Young talent is legit
One of the best things about Saturday’s win was all the young talent on display. Maybe the most notable performance was from the new starting viper, Michael Barrett. But just about every guy we had heard about this offseason, came out and performed.
Not only did Barrett force a fumble that led to a defensive touchdown, he also had a long kickoff return. Yet, his size and speed were on full display. He can cover, blitz and play the run. He’s going to be a weapon and watching Don Brown deploy him will be fun.
Brown has lots of other toys on defense, including freshman safety Makari Paige, who didn’t have the best debut but will get better. Another was Gemon Green, who is in his third year in the program but got his first start. He exceeded expectations and locked down the starting job.
Donovan Jeter has his moment at defensive tackle, but so did Julius Welschof who was able to get his first career sack and appears to give Michigan an added pass rush presence on the interior.
Offensively, Blake Corum had a great intro with an explosive first play, while A.J. Henning and Roman Wilson also stood out, as did second-year tight end Erick All.
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The bottom line is that this team is loaded with young talent on both sides of the ball and those who have been trying to say Michigan doesn’t recruit or develop talent, are flat wrong.