The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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football recruiting participate in practices or the game due to ACL surgery. Butt's injury is minor enough that he isn't limited at Michigan — where he has already enrolled for the winter semester — in his winter workouts. Fox will likely be limited during his freshman season in Ann Arbor while he heals from the ligament surgery. Under Armour All-America Game Six Michigan commitments participated in the Under Armour AllAmerica Game, all of them for Team Nitro. Detroit Cass Tech guard David Dawson, Wexford (Pa.) North Allegheny center Patrick Kugler and Peoria (Ill.) Manual tackle Logan Tuley-Tillman all participated on the offensive line. Trotwood (Ohio) Madison linebacker Mike McCray, Warren (Mich.) De La Salle quarterback Shane Morris and Baltimore Gilman defensive tackle Henry Poggi joined them in white jerseys. One Michigan target was also on team Nitro. Corona (Calif.) Centennial offensive lineman Cameron Hunt played with Michigan's pledges in the trenches and then took his official visit to Ann Arbor a week later. Poggi was the standout for Michigan. Though undersized at 6-3 and 265 pounds, he used his quickness to his advantage to make an impact for Nitro. Though that only resulted in one assisted tackle, he was in on plenty of quarterback pressures. He also recovered a fumble, one of two turnovers forced by Team Nitro on the day. It was a rough day for offensive linemen on both sides of the ball. It was especially hard for Team Nitro, which had to contend with the nation's top prospect, defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, among other talented linemen. On the day, Nitro rushed for minus-21 yards, though 44 of the lost yards came on two separate quarterback fumbles (and therefore should not be credited to the offensive line). Still, less than two yards per carry after discounting those fumbles is not an impressive day. The line also gave up two sacks. Among the future U-M offensive linemen, Kugler and Dawson were the best performers. Although Kugler was responsible (due to a bad snap) for one of the big losses on a fumble, he was one of the best blockers for Nitro, and Dawson did not give up any sacks — even though he spent much of the game blocking Nkemdiche. Tuley-Tillman had a steady performance, and his athleticism was able to win out against a lack of experience against high-level linemen. Hunt may have struggled the most of any lineman. Though he's significantly smaller than most of his linemates at just 6-4 and 265 pounds, his foot speed didn't make up for it as expected and he spent much of the day scrambling to close gaps for defensive linemen to exploit. Morris shared in his offensive line's struggles. The former five-star (now a four-star and the No. 81 player in