Top 100 Michigan football players of the last 25 years

I hope this list is both informative and entertaining. My goal is to give the younger fan an idea of the great players that have recently played in the Big House as well as encourage debates among the fanbase. Sometimes I think I get more joy out remembering players from seasons past than I do by actually watching the team play which is saying a lot. The first 49 players on this list made it on my Top 100 Michigan Football players of All-time. For more information on how I chose these players, click here.

Since most of the players on the list were All-Americans, you can find information about them on the Bentley Historical LibraryAll-American page. Any player who wasn't an All-American can be found at the Bentley Historical Library all-time database.



1. Charles Woodson CB
2. Braylon Edwards WR
3. Anthony Carter WR
4. Desmond Howard WR
5. Jumbo Elliot OL
6. Mark Messner DL
7. Steve Hutchinson OL
8. Jim Harbaugh QB
9. Jamie Morris RB
10. Tyrone Wheatley RB
11. Butch Woolfolk RB
12. Jon Jansen OL
13. Chris Perry RB
14. David Terrell WR
15. Anthony Thomas RB
16. Ty Law DB
17. Elvis Grbac QB
18. Tripp Welbourne DB
19. Erick Anderson LB
20. Jarrett Irons LB
21. Jeff Backus OL
22. Chris Hutchinson DL
23. Tim Biakabutuka RB
24. Mike Hammerstein DL
25. Bubba Paris OL
26. Dave Baas OL
27. Greg Skrepanek OL
28. Stefan Humphries OL
29. Jon Runyan OL
30. Garland Rivers DB
31. Tom Brady QB
32. Larry Foote LB
33. Glen Steele DL
34. Marquise Walker WR
35. Joe Cocozzo OL
36. Jason Horn DL
37. Marlin Jackson DB
38. Derrick Alexander WR
39. Tony Boles RB
40. Tom Dixon OL
41. Tai Streets WR
42. Jerame Tuman TE
43. Dean Dingman OL
44. Rod Payne OL
45. Matt Elliot OL
46. Rob Renes DL
47. Amani Toomer WR
48. Brian Griese QB
49. Steve Everitt OL
50. Sam Sword LB
51. Maurice Williams OL
52. Victor Hobson LB
53. John Vitale OL
54. Ian Gold LB
55. Kurt Becker OL
56. Brad Cochran DB
57. George Lilja OL
58. David Bowens DL
59. Kevin Brooks DL
60. Ed Muransky OL
61. James Hall DL
62. Mike Mallory LB
63. Remy Hamilton K
64. Drew Henson QB
65. Corwin Brown DB
66. Andy Moeller LB
67. Mike Husar OL
68. William Carr DL
69. Kevin Dudley FB
70. Marcus Ray DB
71. Steve Morrison LB
72. BJ Askew FB
73. Greg McMurtry WR
74. Todd Collins QB
75. Leroy Hoard FB
76. Tony McGee TE
77. Ricky Powers RB
78. Buster Stanley DL
79. Derrick Walker TE
80. Mike Evans DL
81. Chris Howard RB
82. Robert Thompson DL
83. Paul Girgash DL
84. Mercury Hayes WR
85. Chris Floyd FB
86. Tommy Hendricks DB
87. Alan Sincich DL
88. Trent Zenkewicz DL
89. Jon Vaughn RB
90. Tree Jenkins OL
91. Joe Marinaro OL
92. Bennie Joppru TE
93. Chris Ziemann OL
94. Josh Williams DL
95. Brian Townsend DL
96. Johnathan Goodwin OL
97. Mike Gilette P
98. Keith Bostic DB
99. J.D. Carlson K
100. Andy Cannavino LB

Honorable mention:
Mike Trgovac, Jarrod Bunch, Mike Boren, J.J. Grant, Jay Riemersma, John Kolesar, Jeremy LeSeuer, Mel Owens, John Powers, Lawrence Ricks, Rich Strenger, Vada Murray, Bob Bergeron, Evan Cooper, Eric Kattus, David Arnold, Tom Dohring, Rob Doherty, Matt Dyson, Shonte Peoples, Doug Skene, Chuck Winters, John Navarre, Clarence Thompson, Damon Denson, Zach Adami, Marcus Knight, Chris Calloway, Aaron Shea, Dhani Jones, Clay Miller and Steve Smith