Here’s a roundup of the former Michigan player, former commits, and former coaches (or players-turned-coaches). NOTE: I will not regularly post updates about offensive linemen since stats are minimal and just posting PFF grades is kind of boring, but I did this week just to show who’s playing where and what their opening day role was.
FORMER PLAYERS
WR Andrel Anthony (Oklahoma): Anthony caught 1 pass for 4 yards in a 51-3 win over Temple. This was Anthony’s first game back after tearing his ACL last season.
LB Jeremiah Beasley (Missouri): Beasley made 1 tackle in a 51-0 win over Murray State.
QB Alan Bowman (Oklahoma State): Bowman completed 25/34 passes for 267 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 44-20 win over South Dakota State.
LB Semaj Bridgeman (Michigan State): Bridgeman did not record any stats in a 16-10 win over FAU.
Probably like many of you, I occasionally have a hankering for some Michigan NFL Draft history. Below you will find (as far as I’m aware) every pro draft pick in the history of Michigan’s football program going all the way back to 1937.
A few little factoids:
Michigan’s only two #1 overall NFL Draft picks are Jake Long in 2008 and Tom Harmon in 1941.
Michigan set a record in 2024 with 13 total draft picks, topping the 11 from 2017.
Michigan’s record number of 1st round NFL draft picks is a tie with 3 each in 1995 (Tyrone Wheatley, Ty Law, Trezelle Jenkins) and 2001 (David Terrell, Steve Hutchinson, Jeff Backus).
2024 1st round: J.J. McCarthy – QB – Minnesota Vikings (#10) 2nd round: Kris Jenkins, Jr. – DT – Cincinnati Bengals (#49) 2nd round: Mike Sainristil – CB – Washington Commanders (#50) 3rd round: Junior Colson – LB – Los Angeles Chargers (#69) 3rd round: Blake Corum – RB – Los Angeles Rams (#83) 3rd round: Roman Wilson – WR – Pittsburgh Steelers (#84) 3rd round: Zak Zinter – OG – Cleveland Browns (#85) 4th round: A.J. Barner – TE – Seattle Seahawks (#121) 5th round: Trevor Keegan – OG – Philadelphia Eagles (#172) 7th round: Michael Barrett – LB – Carolina Panthers (#240) 7th round: La’Darius Henderson – OG – Houston Texans (#249) 7th round: Jaylen Harrell – DE – Tennessee Titans (#252) 7th round: Cornelius Johnson – WR – Los Angeles Chargers (#253)
2023 1st round: Mazi Smith – DT – Dallas Cowboys (#26) 2nd round: Luke Schoonmaker – TE – Dallas Cowboys (#58) 2nd round: D.J. Turner II – CB – Cincinnati Bengals (#60) 3rd round: Jake Moody – K – San Francisco 49ers (#99) 5th round: Mike Morris – DE – Seattle Seahawks (#151) 5th round: Olu Oluwatimi – C – Seattle Seahawks (#154) 6th round: Brad Robbins – P – Cincinnati Bengals (#217) 7th round: Ryan Hayes – OT – Miami Dolphins (#238) 7th round: Ronnie Bell – WR – San Francisco 49ers (#253)
2022 1st round: Aidan Hutchinson – DE – Detroit Lions (#2 overall) 1st round: Daxton Hill – S – Cincinnati Bengals (#31 overall) 2nd round: David Ojabo – OLB – Baltimore Ravens (#45 overall) 4th round: Hassan Haskins – RB – Tennessee Titans (#131 overall) 7th round: Andrew Stueber – OT – New England Patriots (#245 overall)
2021 1st round: Kwity Paye – DE – Indianapolis Colts (#21 overall) 3rd round: Jalen Mayfield – OT – Atlanta Falcons (#68 overall) 3rd round: Nico Collins – WR – Houston Texans (#89 overall) 3rd round: Ambry Thomas – CB – San Francisco 49ers (#102 overall) 5th round: Cam McGrone – LB – New England Patriots (#177 overall) 5th round: Ben Mason – FB – Baltimore Ravens (#184 overall) 6th round: Chris Evans – RB – Cincinnati Bengals (#202 overall) 7th round: Camaron Cheeseman – LS – Washington Football Team (#225 overall)
2020 1st round: Cesar Ruiz – C – New Orleans Saints (#24 overall) 2nd round: Josh Uche – OLB – New England Patriots (#60 overall) 4th round: Ben Bredeson – OG – Baltimore Ravens (#143 overall) 5th round: Khaleke Hudson – LB – Washington Redskins (#162 overall) 5th round: Mike Danna – DE – Kansas City Chiefs (#177 overall) 6th round: Michael Onwenu – OG – New England Patriots (#182 overall) 6th round: Donovan Peoples-Jones – WR – Cleveland Browns (#187 overall) 6th round: Jon Runyan, Jr. – OG – Green Bay Packers (#192 overall) 6th round: Josh Metellus – S – Minnesota Vikings (#205 overall) 6th round: Jordan Glasgow – LB – Indianapolis Colts (#213 overall)
2019 1st round: Devin Bush, Jr. – LB – Pittsburgh Steelers (#10 overall) 1st round: Rashan Gary – DE – Green Bay Packers (#12 overall) 3rd round: Chase Winovich – OLB – New England Patriots (#77 overall) 3rd round: David Long, Jr. – CB – Los Angeles Rams (#79 overall) 5th round: Zach Gentry – TE – Pittsburgh Steelers (#141 overall)
2018 3rd round: Mason Cole – C – Arizona Cardinals (#97) 5th round: Maurice Hurst, Jr. – DT – Oakland Raiders (#140)
2017 1st round: Jabrill Peppers – S – Cleveland Browns (#25) 1st round: Taco Charlton – DE – Dallas Cowboys (#28) 3rd round: Chris Wormley – DT – Baltimore Ravens (#74) 3rd round: Jourdan Lewis – CB – Dallas Cowboys (#92) 3rd round: Delano Hill – S – Seattle Seahawks (#95) 3rd round: Amara Darboh – WR – Seattle Seahawks (#106) 4th round: Ben Gedeon – LB – Minnesota Vikings (#120) 4th round: Ryan Glasgow – DT – Cincinnati Bengals (#138) 4th round: Jehu Chesson – WR – Kansas City Chiefs (#139) 5th round: Jake Butt – TE – Denver Broncos (#145) 6th round: Jeremy Clark – CB – New York Jets (#197)
2016 3rd round: Graham Glasgow – C – Detroit Lions (#95) 4th round: Willie Henry – DT – Baltimore Ravens (#132) 6th round: Jake Rudock – QB – Detroit Lions (#191)
2015 2nd round: Devin Funchess – WR – Carolina Panthers (#41) 2nd round: Frank Clark – DE – Seattle Seahawks (#63) 4th round: Jake Ryan – LB – Green Bay Packers (#129)
2014 1st round: Taylor Lewan – OT – Tennessee Titans (#11) 3rd round: Michael Schofield – OT – Denver Broncos (#95) 7th round: Jeremy Gallon – WR – New England Patriots (#244)
2013 5th round: Denard Robinson – RB – Jacksonville Jaguars (#135) 6th round: William Campbell – DT – New York Jets (#178)
Hit the jump for the remainder of Michigan’s historical draft picks.
Michigan has played Bowling Green State University two times, once in 2000 and once in 2010. The 2010 game was full of big plays, with Denard Robinson rushing 5 times for 129 yards and 2 touchdowns on an injury-shortened day that saw him rush or pass the ball just 9 times overall.
This was originally posted on March 17, 2017. It has been updated following the 2022 season.
Sports fans love to debate the greatness of players and rank them in order from most revered to most despised. And while despised probably doesn’t fit any of these players, since they played for the University of Michigan, we all have our favorites. I have endeavored to achieve the un-possible: Rank all of Michigan’s starting quarterbacks.
Okay, that’s too tall of a task for me right now. I’m working up to it. So I’m only going back to 1995, which was the beginning of the Lloyd Carr era. That’s the earliest full coaching tenure where I can count on my recollections of Michigan football. I was a big fan of Bo Schembechler, Gary Moeller, and the Michigan Wolverines before then, but I’ll be damned if I say I was aware enough to understand what was happening on the field.
This ranking only takes into account what the quarterbacks achieved wearing the winged helmet. High school highlight tapes and NFL performance aren’t taken into account. (After all, we can agree that Tom Brady is far and away the best quarterback who ever played the game of football, and that includes Uncle Rico.)
So if you were starting a season with your pick of any Michigan QB since 1995, which one would you take?
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I lose track of what off-the-field staff members are where, when they’re hired, when they leave, etc. There’s so much movement that it can be hard to keep tabs on them all. So I decided to put them all in one post and update it whenever necessary.
ON FIELD FOOTBALL STAFF Head coach: Jim Harbaugh* Offensive coordinator/QB coach: Matt Weiss Offensive coordinator/OL coach: Sherrone Moore TE coach: Grant Newsome*# RB coach: Mike Hart* WR coach: Ron Bellamy* Defensive coordinator: Jesse Minter# Co-defensive coordinator/CB coach: Steve Clinkscale DL coach: Mike Elston*# LB coach: George Helow S coach: Jay Harbaugh
OFF FIELD FOOTBALL STAFF Associate head coach: Biff Poggi Graduate assistant (QBs): Mimi Bolden-Morris# Graduate assistant (LBs): LaTroy Lewis# Graduate assistant (OLBs): Dylan Roney Offensive analyst: Kirk Campbell Offensive analyst: Jack Clark Offensive analyst: Bret Ingalls# Offensive analyst: Fred Jackson Offensive analyst: John Morookian# Defensive analyst: Garrett Cox Defensive analyst: Doug Mallory* Defensive analyst: Rick Minter# Defensive analyst: Joe Staab Special teams analyst: Bradford Banta Special teams analyst: J.B. Brown
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING STAFF Director of Strength and Conditioning: Ben Herbert Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Sean Lockwood Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Ben Rabe Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Kiero Small Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Justin Tress
RECRUITING STAFF Director of Player Personnel: Tom Gamble# Assistant Director of Player Personnel: Denard Robinson*# Director of Recruiting Operations: Albert Karschnia# Director of On Campus Recruiting and Operations: Christina DeRuyter Assistant Recruiting and Operations Director: Paige Shiver Assistant Recruiting Coordinator: Jonathan Herd-Bond# Director of Player Development: Chris Bryant*
*Former Michigan football player #Hired following 2021 football season
