The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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5.5 Sacks for New England Patriots defensive end CHASE WINOVICH, which led his squad. He also compiled 5.5 quarterback takedowns as a rookie in 2019, giving him 11 through his first two seasons. PHOTO BY DAVID SILVERMAN/COURTESY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Josh Metellus S 1 Minnesota Vikings Competed in 15 of the 7-9 Vikings' 16 games as a backup and logged nine tackles with two fumble recoveries. Bryan Mone DT 2 Seattle Seahawks Participated in 10 contests off the bench, notching nine tackles, one tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks and a forced safety … Posted one tackle as a backup in Seattle's 30-20 post- season loss to the Rams. Patrick Omameh OG 8 Las Vegas Raiders Started one of the seven games he played in last season, with six of his appearances coming as a member of the Raiders … Waived by Las Vegas Dec. 14, claimed by the Saints Dec. 15 and then signed by Kansas City Dec. 26 after never having competed in a game with New Orleans … His lone start came with the Chiefs at right tackle in the regular-season finale … Was not promoted to Kansas City's active roster for any of its three playoff contests … The Raiders brought him back in late May. Mike Onwenu OL 1 New England Patriots Started all 16 games, with his starting assignments coming at three different spots on the offensive line — 12 at right tackle, two at left guard and two at right guard. Kwity Paye DE R Indianapolis Colts Selected No. 21 overall by the Colts in the 2021 NFL Draft, making him just the sixth Michigan defensive end ever to come off the board in the first round. Donovan Peoples-Jones WR 1 Cleveland Browns Started two of the 12 games he participated in for the 11-5 Browns, hauling in 14 re- ceptions for 304 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner in Cleveland's victory over the Bengals Oct. 25 … Also averaged 4.3 yards on 18 punt returns and 21.1 yards on 18 kicks brought back … Earned the starting nod in both of Cleveland's postseason contests, caught two passes for 31 yards and compiled eight yards on a punt return. Jabrill Peppers S 4 New York Giants Earned a starting role in 14 of the 15 games he played in for the 6-10 Giants, and recorded 91 tackles, eight tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, 11 passes defended, one intercep- tion, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble … Also averaged 12.5 yards on 15 punt returns … His 91 tackles finished as the third most on the team. Jake Rudock QB 5 Free Agent Released from the 10-6 Dolphins' practice squad Oct. 5, just to be re-signed Dec. 31 to serve as starter Tua Tagovailoa's backup in the regular-season finale … Did not appear in a game in 2020 and was not re-signed. Cesar Ruiz OG 1 New Orleans Saints Started nine of the 15 games he saw time in, with each of his starting assignments occurring at right guard … Opened both of New Orleans' postseason contests. Jon Runyan OL 1 Green Bay Packers Competed in all 16 contests (no starts), seeing action on both offense and special teams … Saw the field on special teams in both of the Packers' playoff games. Brandon Rusnak CB 2 Jacksonville Jaguars Known as Brandon Watson at Michigan, he saw the field in all 16 games (one start) for the 1-15 Jaguars and tallied 24 tackles. Michael Schofield OG 7 Baltimore Ravens Started three of the 11 games he appeared in for the Panthers, opening the first two at left guard and then the regular-season finale at left tackle … His contract was not renewed by Carolina after the year, but Baltimore signed him June 8. Ambry Thomas CB R San Francisco 49ers Chosen by the 49ers in the third round of the NFL Draft, despite having opted out of Michigan's 2020 season and possessing just one year of starting experience (2019). Josh Uche LB 1 New England Patriots Missed seven games due to injury, but registered nine tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack in the nine appearances (one start). Matt Wile P 5 Free Agent Signed to the Buccaneers' practice squad Dec. 31, but never appeared in a contest with the team and subsequently saw his contract expire Feb. 16. Jarrod Wilson S 5 Jacksonville Jaguars Began all 12 games he played in and totaled 69 tackles, two tackles for loss, an inter- ception he returned 48 yards, one forced fumble and three passes defended. Chase Winovich DE 2 New England Patriots Started nine of the 16 contests he participated in, and accumulated 49 tackles, 5.5 sacks, six tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one interception and two passes de- fended. Chris Wormley DL 4 Pittsburgh Steelers Competed in 13 games with one start, and compiled eight tackles, one tackle for loss and one sack … Received playing time on both defense and special teams in the Steel- ers' 48-37 postseason loss to Cleveland Jan. 10, but didn't log any statistics. Undrafted free agent rookies: TE Nick Eubanks, Dallas Cowboys; DL Carlo Kemp, Green Bay Pack- ers; K Quinn Nordin, New England Patriots; OL Adam Coon (former U-M All-American wrestler; did not play college football), Tennessee Titans 876 Consecutive offensive snaps Onwenu played in the Patriots' final 14 games, residing on the field for every offensive play New England ran during that span. Onwenu was on the field for 927 snaps in 2020, which ac- counted for 92 percent of the offensive snaps the Patriots ran. 2014 Was the last time Chiefs quarterback Chad Henne had opened a game prior to his starting assignment in Kansas City's regular- season finale. Henne began three games as a Jacksonville Jaguar in 2014, with his final start that year occurring Sept. 21. The signal-caller went just over six calen- dar years between starts. His 13 years in the pros are the second most of any ac- tive Wolverine, behind only Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady's 21. 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