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We should probably get his Dune takes. Because he does that, too: purvey opinions on the internet. You could even have a business that purveys opinions on the internet. Who's heard of such a thing? Moving on up. Aidan Hutchinson is #2 in PFF's latest mock draft: 2. HOUSTON TEXANS: EDGE AIDAN HUTCHINSON, MICHIGAN Hutchinson is not only an elite prospect from a traits perspective, as he checked in at No. 2 on Bruce Feldman’s preseason Freaks List, but he’s also been elite from a production standpoint. Hutchinson is the highest-graded edge defender in college football this season (93.7). He's racked up 30 pressures across his past five games and is the kind of cornerstone player Houston can build a defense around.
Other names of note: #7 Tyler Lindenbaum (C, Iowa), #8 George Karlaftis (Edge, Purdue), #18 Garrett Wilson (WR, OSU), #23 Chris Olave (WR, OSU), and #27 Jaquan Brisker (S, PSU). The only other Michigan player in their top ten positional rankings is #4 S Dax Hill. That might be good news, overall, because Michigan should get almost everyone back next year. Grimace dot emoji. Also in PFF items: Highest single-game rushing grade vs. Michigan in the PFF College Era PlayerRushing Grade 1. Kenneth Walker, Michigan State (2021) 90.8 2. Dalvin Cook, Florida State (2016) 88.4 3. Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin (2019) 81.6 Three of his five touchdowns came on a run of 20 or more yards, even though Michigan had given up only one 20-plus-yard touchdown run on the year before this weekend.
PFF apparently had Michigan their top-graded rush defense in the country prior to Saturday, which is odd given, like, Wisconsin and Georgia, but grading does not happen in a vacuum. You get points for winning your matchup even if that's against bad teams, and there's no reasonable way to adjust for strength of schedule at the macro level. It is wild that a guy who transferred away from Wake Forest is a Heisman contender at Michigan State and Wake Forest (Wake Forest!) is 8-0. [After THE JUMP: more PFF and basketball preview items]