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Scouting Report: 2022 OL/DL Deone Walker

Name: Deone Walker
High school: Detroit (MI) Cass Tech
Height: 6’6″
Weight: 340 lbs.
Position: Offensive lineman/defensive tackle
Class: 2022
Offers: Akron, Arizona State, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Ball State, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kent State, Kentucky, Liberty, Louisville, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Ole Miss, Penn State, Pitt, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, Toledo, Virginia Tech
Commitment: Uncommitted

Notes: Rivals 4-star, 5.8 grade, #23 DT, #8 in MI…247 Sports 3-star, 88 grade, #66 DL, #14 in MI…Unranked by ESPN…Played for former Michigan RB Thomas Wilcher at Cass Tech, though Wilcher was recently hired by Michigan State…Announced a top five of Arizona State, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, and Missouri

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Way Too Early 2022 Depth Chart: July 2021

The following depth chart has removed the following players from the 2021 depth chart for various reasons:

• WR Ronnie Bell (graduation)
• OL Chuck Filiaga (graduation)
• S Brad Hawkins (graduation)
• OL Joel Honigford (graduation)
• DE Aidan Hutchinson (graduation)
• DT Donovan Jeter (graduation)
• K Jake Moody (graduation)
• P Brad Robbins (graduation)
• LB Josh Ross (graduation)
• DT Jess Speight (graduation)
• OL Andrew Stueber (graduation)
• OL Andrew Vastardis (graduation)

It also assumes that every currently rostered player and every currently committed prospect will be here in 2022, which is obviously not true.

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Micah Pollard, Wolverine

Jacksonville (FL) Bartram Trail linebacker Micah Pollard committed to Michigan on Monday. He picked the Wolverines over offers from Auburn, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Penn State, and Virginia Tech, among others.

Pollard is listed at 6’3″ and 200 lbs. He made 69 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and 1 interception as a junior in 2020.

RANKINGS
ESPN: 3-star, 77 grade, #61 OLB
Rivals: 3-star, 5.7 grade, #39 OLB
247 Sports: 3-star, 87 grade, #66 LB

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2021 Season Countdown: #67 Caden Kolesar

Name: Caden Kolesar
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 196 lbs.
High school: Lakewood (OH) St. Edward
Position: Safety
Class: Redshirt sophomore
Jersey number: #35
Last year: I ranked Kolesar #90 and said he would be a backup safety and special teamer (LINK). He made 1 tackle.
TTB Rating: N/A

Kolesar, the son of former Michigan wide receiver John Kolesar, enters his third year of playing for the Wolverines. Playing, as in actually getting on the field. He played in three games on special teams in 2019 and then all six games in 2020, making 1 tackle against Minnesota in the season opener.

Michigan returns both its starting safeties, and there are some young scholarship guys who have been getting positive reviews in practice. While Kolesar appears to be pretty far down the depth chart at safety, he should see the field quite a bit once again on special teams.

Prediction: Backup safety, special teamer

2021 Season Countdown: #68 Jaydon Hood

Name: Jaydon Hood
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 215 lbs.
High school: Fort Lauderdale (FL) Saint Thomas Aquinas
Position: Linebacker
Class: Freshman
Jersey number: N/A
Last year: Hood was a senior in high school (LINK).
TTB Rating: 72

Hood has had a bit of a strange path to Michigan. After transferring to Florida powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas prior to his senior year, he struggled a little bit with the transition to a new defense. That led some analysts to downgrade him, and it also is a bit of a concern. If he struggles to transition to yet another new defensive scheme, might he get frustrated? Hood’s signing was also a little bit of a circus, because he was going to skip the early signing period in favor of signing in February . . . but then he signed on December 16 at the last minute, anyway.

Normally, I would project Hood to be a clear redshirt due to a lack of size and the above mentioned questions about how quickly he can adapt to a new scheme, but the mass exodus of linebackers in recent months might speed up his timeline. Aside from Josh Ross and Michael Barrett, Michigan’s linebackers are completely unproven. Linebackers are also often heavy contributors on special teams, and that’s a place where I think Hood could excel early in his career.

Prediction: Backup linebacker, special teamer