2019 Season Countdown: #2 Ben Bredeson

Name: Ben Bredeson
Height: 6’5″
Weight: 325 lbs.
High school: Hartland (WI) Arrowhead
Position: Offensive guard
Class: Senior
Jersey number: #74
Last year: I ranked Bredeson #8 and said he would be the starting left guard (LINK). He started all thirteen games.
TTB Rating: 88

Bredeson has progressed steadily as a player throughout his career. We probably didn’t want him to start as a freshman in 2016, but injuries made it necessary. Then he was a definite starter in 2017 but still made mistakes of inexperience. Last year he became a very solid lineman. Bredeson makes very few mistakes, and he’s a wall. He’s not exactly a bulldozer of a lineman, but he’s not going to get embarrassed, either.

This year I think his leadership and talent make him the top offensive lineman and the most important guy on offense who’s not a quarterback. Michigan has decent options on the interior offensive line, but if the Wolverines want to win the Big Ten – or more – then they need Bredeson to play and play well. The Wolverines don’t have enough to coast through with some big injuries, but if guys like Bredeson, Ruiz, Shea Patterson, and others can stay healthy, they have a chance. And if Michigan does make some noise by winning the conference or going to the College Football Playoff, I think it will be because their left guard – and a couple others – stayed healthy and led them there.

Prediction: Starting left guard

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