I updated my spreadsheets with this year’s snaps/starts/games played data, which is a good opportunity to go over who’s on the team, and what to expect over the rest of the offseason.
Extra eligibility: The COVID year created a lot of confusion. As I understand it, that is being treated as a free season of eligibility and does not affect redshirts. Every freshman in 2020 was still effectively a true freshmen in 2021 (but is still eligible for the 2023 NFL Draft). Anyone who hadn’t yet taken a redshirt season may still do so. Anyone who played four games or fewer this year was eligible to take a redshirt if they haven’t already, medical redshirts included.
We’ll go by position after the jump, but the short version:
Played out eligibility: Andrew Vastardis
Portal: Nolan Rumler (Kent State).
Early NFL (playing in senior bowls): Hassan Haskins, Andrew Stueber
May try the draft: Daylen Baldwin
They'll be back: Ronnie Bell, Erick All
Graduates/6th yr option: Chuck Filiaga,
Via reports, Michigan won’t get to have the best backup guard in the country for two years in a row.
Michigan offensive lineman Chuck Filiaga has entered his name in the NCAA Transfer Portal today angelique (@chengelis) January 7, 2022
Filiaga started four games last year, played in 11 of them, and was a crucial backup when both starters at guard were out with injuries. Even when they weren’t Filiaga found rotation snaps with Trevor Keegan at left guard, where Filiaga started all of 2020. Passed by much younger players, however, you couldn’t expect him to stick around in hopes they would find him as much time again. That was also likely to add more delay to the development of younger players who’ve been waiting their turns to get on the field.
Filiaga, who earned his Michigan degree after the 2020 season, might have tested the NFL waters too, and a strong 6th season granted by the free COVID year could catapult him into the draft. The guy can move people.
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I updated my spreadsheets with this year’s snaps/starts/games played data, which is a good opportunity to go over who’s on the team, and what to expect over the rest of the offseason.
Extra eligibility: The COVID year created a lot of confusion. As I understand it, that is being treated as a free season of eligibility and does not affect redshirts. Every freshman in 2020 was still effectively a true freshmen in 2021 (but is still eligible for the 2023 NFL Draft). Anyone who hadn’t yet taken a redshirt season may still do so. Anyone who played four games or fewer this year was eligible to take a redshirt if they haven’t already, medical redshirts included.
We’ll go by position after the jump, but the short version:
Played out eligibility: Andrew Vastardis
Portal: Nolan Rumler (Kent State).
Early NFL (playing in senior bowls): Hassan Haskins, Andrew Stueber
May try the draft: Daylen Baldwin
They'll be back: Ronnie Bell, Erick All
Graduates/6th yr option: Chuck Filiaga,