Name: Nathan Efobi
Height: 6’3″
Weight: 312 lbs.
High school: Cumming (GA) South Forsyth
Position: Offensive guard
Class: Redshirt sophomore
Jersey number: #55
Last year: I ranked Efobi #74 and said he would be a backup offensive guard (LINK). He played in six games.
TTB Rating: 68
Last year I mentioned that Efobi would have to battle with Connor Jones, Dominick Giudice, and Raheem Anderson II for a backup role on Michigan’s offensive line. He battled, and . . . well, I can’t say he won the battle.
But he may have won the war.
Giudice and Anderson have since transferred, and Connor Jones appears to be an afterthought in the pecking order. Meanwhile, Efobi is battling for a starting right guard spot in fall camp, and the general takeaway seems to be that he’s the favorite to start.
Efobi is up to a listed 312 lbs. after being listed at 285 in last season’s countdown, so he’s put on a good amount of weight. I don’t know what to expect from him other than the murmurs coming out of Schembechler Hall, but his starting role does seem to be the most tenuous. While there’s also a battle at left tackle between Evan Link, Blake Frazier, and Andrew Babalola, there seems to be the belief that Link could start at right guard if he loses the left tackle battle, and there’s also the presence of Ferris State transfer Lawrence Hattar, a Division II All-American. So I have Efobi as the lowest ranked starter in the countdown, but there’s some positive buzz for him.
Prediction: Starting right guard
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