Michigan Player Board Week 4

There wasn't a whole lot of movement this week. Part of that is because the Wisconsin game only represents 1/4 of the season. Single games will start to have less and less impact on the rankings. The fact that Michigan played one of the worst halves of offensive football I have ever seen and then followed that with an amazing comeback cancelled each other out. The result is not a lot of movement. The defense will face its biggest test of the season against Juice Williams. If they don't do the job, you will see a lot of defensive players in the red next week. Hopefully, Michael Shaw and Montavious Odoms will see the ball more. It'll also be interesting to see if Kevin Koger gets more looks.

Top 25 Michigan Player Board

Rank	Player	Comments	Movement
1	Brandon Graham, DE	Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. Owned the Wiscy O-Line.
2	Sam McGuffie, RB	Didn’t have a great game but scored another TD. Leads the team in most offensive categories.
3	Donovan Warren, CB	Warren has performed a little better than Trent in just about every game.
4	Brandon Harrison, S	Had another strong effort against Wisconsin. He will face his biggest test against “Juice” on Saturday.
5	Obi Ezeh, LB	Helped hold P.J. Hill to just 70 yards with just a 3.2 YPC. The LB corps played its best game of the season against Wiscy.	3
6	Tim Jamison, DE	Jamison doesn’t have a high sack total but he has been very effective in the pass rush this season.
7	Morgan Trent, CB	I don’t want to say Trent has regressed this year but I think he’s peaked. Still, he’s an above average CB in the Big Ten.	2
8	Terrance Taylor, DT	TT had a monster game against Wiscy’s D-Line. He’ll have his work cut out for him against “Juice” and the spread.	4
9	Greg Mathews, WR	Michigan’s only consistent downfield receiving threat. Averages 13.5 YPC. No other player with at least three catches even averages 10 YPC.	1
10	Zoltan Mesko, P	Made some crucial punts against Wiscy including his last that forced the PR to catch it out of bounds. Mesko is 4th in the country in punts per game (6.5). Only one other punter has more punts with a higher average (43.9)	1
11	John Thompson, LB	Had an excellent game even before his Int. return for a TD.	3
12	Jonas Mouton, LB	Larry Foote reincarnate? Mouton has gotten better each game and seems to be around the ball every play.	3
13	Will Johnson, DT	Has been up and down this season but played pretty well against Wisconsin.	2
14	Montavious Odoms, WR	Once Michigan gets a running QB, Odoms will explode. Defenses don’t fear the QB as a running threat which means they can key on the short stuff.	7
15	Steve Threet, QB	When he’s on, he’s better than the average D1 QB. When he’s off, there is nobody worse. He makes plays with his feet which has been a huge, albeit surprising, asset to Michigan’s offense.	2
16	Mike Martin, DT	Martin gives O-Lines fits. He is quick through the gap and is relentless in the pass rush. He’ll get more and more time as the season progresses.	2
17	Brandon Minor, RB	Huge run with a surprising finishing burst for a TD. Has two touchdowns on only 10 carries.	2
18	Stevie Brown, S	Best game of his career. I don’t remember a single glaring mistake.	6
19	Steve Schilling, OT	There have been few bright spots on the line this season including Schilling. He has been the most consistent but that isn’t saying a whole lot.	2
20	K.C. Lopata, K	Not a lot of work against Wisconsin.	1
21	David Mooseman, OG	Singled out by RR as the offensive player of the game against Wisconsin. Maybe that’s simply based on who improved the most?	N/A
22	Charles Stewart, S	Along with Brown, played best game of the season including a pick.	N/A
23	Dave Molk, C	Molk hasn’t been Michigan’s worst offensive lineman. He got smoked by Wiscy’s D-Line, though.
24	Michael Shaw, RB	Didn’t play against Wisconsin although he was given a clean bill of health before the game. Should see action against Illinois.	8
25	Kevin Koger, TE	Likely supplanted Carson Butler as go-to TE. Made huge catch to get ‘M’ on the scoreboard.	N/A