6 thoughts ahead of 2023 Michigan Football spring game

The kicking game

Kickers, are people too, right?

That’s especially true when it comes to Michigan football because the Wolverines are losing an All-American at the position in Jake Moody.

Michigan football fans called him, “Money Moody” for a reason and a key question that the program needs to answer going into next season is who will replace him?

There are a couple of candidates and I fully expect we will see live kicking and punting. Tommy Doman is a guy that has been talked about as a candidate to do both — punt and kick.

The 6-foot-4 punter/kicker made multiple 50-yard field goals as a senior in high school. He also averaged 44 yards per punt that season and has more than enough leg talent to do both.

Adam Samaha is a 2023 signee and also a three-star prospect coming out of high school. He’s got the leg to hit 50-yard field goals just like Doman and I think we’ll see a heated competition between the two.

It wouldn’t be shocking if Samaha was the kicker and Doman was the punter. I also wouldn’t be surprised if Doman handled both duties at least for part of the season.

Michigan just needs a guy who can make field goals when it matters and Saturday will be our first chance to see who can is up to the challenge of replacing a really good punter and kicker from last season.