Role Playing: Michigan’s GM in 2016

Jabrill Peppers

A question was posed to me last summer on Twitter about what my team would look like if I were a GM putting together a team of current Wolverines as an NFL roster. I never got around to it. It’s a totally useless idea since Michigan isn’t in the NFL, but this type of stuff is fun in the off-season. It’s probably a little late for 2016, but with the class of 2017 unsigned as of yet, it’s definitely too early for 2017.

So here’s the roster that GM Thunder would put together for the new franchise:

2016 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES NFL ROSTER

1. QB John O’Korn
2. QB Wilton Speight
3. RB Chris Evans
4. RB Ty Isaac
5. RB De’Veon Smith
6. FB Khalid Hill
7. WR Jehu Chesson
8. WR Kekoa Crawford
9. WR Amara Darboh
10. WR Drake Harris
11. WR Eddie McDoom
12. WR Grant Perry
13. TE Ian Bunting
14. TE Jake Butt
15. TE Tyrone Wheatley, Jr.
16. OT Ben Braden
17. OT Juwann Bushell-Beatty
18. OT Erik Magnuson
19. OT Grant Newsome
20. OG Ben Bredeson
21. OG Kyle Kalis
22. C Mason Cole
23. C Patrick Kugler
24. DE Taco Charlton
25. DE Rashan Gary
26. DE Chase Winovich
27. DE Chris Wormley
28. DT Graham Glasgow
29. DT Matt Godin
30. DT Maurice Hurst, Jr.
31. LB Devin Bush, Jr.
32. LB Noah Furbush
33. LB Ben Gedeon
34. LB Mike McCray II
35. LB Jabrill Peppers
36. CB Jeremy Clark
37. CB Lavert Hill
38. CB Jourdan Lewis
39. CB Channing Stribling
40. CB Brandon Watson
41. S Delano Hill
42. S Khaleke Hudson
43. S Tyree Kinnel
44. S Dymonte Thomas
45. LS Scott Sypniewski
46. K/P Kenny Allen
47. QB Brandon Peters*
48. RB Karan Higdon*
49. OT Nolan Ulizio*
50. OG Michael Onwenu*
51. DT Bryan Mone*
52. LB Devin Gil*
53. S Joshua Metellus*

*Practice squad player

SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS LEFT OFF TEAM AND WHY

• QB Alex Malzone – no upside
• QB Shane Morris – no upside
• RB Kingston Davis – too much depth
• RB Drake Johnson – injured/too much depth
• RB Kareem Walker – too much depth
• FB Henry Poggi – no need for two FBs
• WR Nate Johnson – too much depth
• WR Maurice Ways, Jr. – too much depth
• TE Devin Asiasi – good TE but less effective than Wheatley
• TE Nick Eubanks – too much depth
• TE Zach Gentry – needs to improve
• TE Sean McKeon – too much depth
• OL David Dawson – injured/ineffective
• OL Jon Runyan, Jr. – needs more season
• DE Ron Johnson, Jr. – needs to improve
• DE Shelton Johnson – off-the-field issues
• DE Carlo Kemp – too much depth
• DE Lawrence Marshall – too much depth
• DT Michael Dwumfour – too much depth
• LB Reuben Jones – not versatile enough for special teams usage
• LB Wyatt Shallman – ineffective, not versatile enough for special teams usage
• LB Joshua Uche – too raw
• LB Jared Wangler – ineffective, not versatile enough for special teams usage
• CB David Long – too much depth
• CB Keith Washington – too much depth
• K Quinn Nordin – injured, no need for second kicker

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