The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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DECEMBER 2022 THE WOLVERINE 31 MICHIGAN FOOTBALL Nov. 4 PURDUE Ann Arbor Nov. 11 at Penn State University Park, Pa. Nov. 18 at Maryland College Park, Maryland Nov. 25 OHIO STATE Ann Arbor Dec. 2 Big Ten Championship Indianapolis, Ind. U-M'S FUTURE NONCONFERENCE OPPONENTS Michigan has filled its nonconference slates through the 2025 season, meaning that additional scheduling for 2026 and beyond should be forthcoming in the rel- atively near future. Here is a look at the out-of-conference teams that currently are on the books to face the Wolverines through 2034. Year Opponent Date 2024 FRESNO STATE Aug. 31 at Texas Sept. 7 ARKANSAS STATE Sept. 21 2025 NEW MEXICO Aug. 30 at Oklahoma Sept. 6 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Sept. 13 2026 OKLAHOMA Sept. 12 2027 TEXAS Sept. 11 2028 at Washington Sept. 9 2033 NOTRE DAME Sept. 3 2034 at Notre Dame Sept. 2 MICHIGAN OFFENSE IS IMPROVING IN THE RED ZONE The Michigan offense faced some scru- tiny after red zone struggles against Penn State and Michigan State forced the Wol- verines to settle for field goals instead of touchdowns. Grad student kicker Jake Moody made four field goals against PSU in a 41-17 win, and five more in a 29-7 drubbing of MSU. The Wolverines then scored touch- downs on six trips out of seven in the red zone at Rutgers in a 52-17 victory, though it took four downs on two drives inside the 5-yard line. "The previous game [Michigan State] we played where we got down there four times, and we didn't get the ball in the end zone twice, two of those were the results of losing yardage," head coach Jim Har- baugh said. "I really wanted to see more [moving forward]. We got the ball on the 5 or the 6 in this [Rutgers] game, and we were going straight ahead." They did, and they were successful. Michigan is sixth nationally in red zone scoring including field goals and has been moving up steadily in touchdown percent- age. The Wolverines are now No. 41 at 67.27 percent after three nice performances, in- cluding red zone touchdowns in 3-of-4 attempts in a 34-3 win over Nebraska. After the MSU game, co-offensive co- ordinator Matt Weiss said it was up to the staff to improve the red zone offense. "We're really just talking about a cou- ple drives," Weiss said. "Specifically, two drives inside the 10 where we need to score touchdowns in the last game that we didn't," he said. "We need to coach better. It starts with that, and we need to play better "It's harder to run the ball because there's constricted space; all the defend- ers are closer to the point of attack. It's also harder to throw the ball because you don't have the ability to stretch the field vertically. "It's harder to move the ball in gen- eral, and certainly that takes away a lot of things you can do, both run game and pass game. You need a red zone-specific offense." OFFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. QB 9 J.J. McCarthy 6-3 196 So. 16 Davis Warren 6-2 195 So. or 15 Alan Bowman 6-3 217 Sr. RB 2 Blake Corum 5-8 210 Jr. 7 Donovan Edwards 6-1 204 So. or 23 C.J. Stokes 5-10 196 Fr. WR 6 Cornelius Johnson 6-3 208 Sr. 38 Peyton O'Leary 6-3 195 So. 0 Darrius Clemons 6-3 205 Fr. Slot 14 Roman Wilson 6-0 185 Jr. or 3 A.J. Henning 5-10 185 Jr. 13 Tyler Morris 5-11 185 Fr. WR 8 Ronnie Bell 6-0 190 Gr. 1 Andrel Anthony 6-2 190 So. 85 Cristian Dixon 6-2 195 So. TE 86 Luke Schoonmaker 6-6 250 Gr. 18 Colston Loveland 6-5 237 Fr. 82 Max Bredeson 6-2 232 So. LT 76 Ryan Hayes 6-7 305 Gr. 79 Jeffrey Persi 6-8 309 Jr. LG 77 Trevor Keegan 6-6 305 Sr. 58 Giovanni El-Hadi 6-5 317 So. C 55 Olusegun Oluwatimi 6-3 307 Gr. 51 Greg Crippen 6-4 301 So. RG 65 Zak Zinter 6-6 315 Jr. 74 Reece Atteberry 6-5 315 Jr. RT 52 Karsen Barnhart 6-5 308 Sr. 53 Trente Jones 6-4 311 Sr. DEFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Edge 90 Mike Morris 6-6 292 Sr. 17 Braiden McGregor 6-6 261 Jr. or 8 Derrick Moore 6-3 279 Fr. DE 94 Kris Jenkins 6-3 285 Jr. 54 George Rooks 6-5 278 So. DT 55 Mason Graham 6-3 317 Fr. 26 Rayshaun Benny 6-4 292 So. NT 58 Mazi Smith 6-3 337 Sr. 99 Cam Goode 6-2 323 Gr. 78 Kenneth Grant 6-3 356 Fr. Edge 32 Jaylen Harrell 6-4 246 Jr. 18 Eyabi Okie 6-5 244 Gr. 91 Taylor Upshaw 6-4 255 Gr. Mike 23 Michael Barrett 6-0 233 Gr. 20 Kalel Mullings 6-2 232 Jr. Will 25 Junior Colson 6-2 235 So. 28 Jimmy Rolder 6-2 228 Fr. CB 5 D.J. Turner 6-0 180 Sr. 2 Will Johnson 6-2 194 Fr. SS 6 R.J. Moten 6-0 223 Jr. or 7 Makari Paige 6-4 200 Jr. FS 19 Rod Moore 6-0 185 So. 14 Quinten Johnson 5-11 202 Sr. NB 0 Mike Sainristil 5-10 182 Sr. 19 Rod Moore 6-0 185 So. or 2 Will Johnson 6-2 194 Fr. CB 22 Gemon Green 6-2 186 Gr. or 2 Will Johnson 6-2 194 Fr. 31 Jalen Perry 6-0 190 Gr. SPECIAL TEAMS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PK 13 Jake Moody 6-1 211 Gr. 19 Tommy Doman 6-4 208 So. P 91 Brad Robbins 6-1 205 Gr. 19 Tommy Doman 6-4 208 So. LS 45 Greg Tarr 6-2 216 Jr. HO 91 Brad Robbins 6-1 205 Gr. KR 14 Roman Wilson 6-0 185 Jr. 3 A.J. Henning 5-10 185 Jr. PR 3 A.J. Henning 5-10 185 Jr. 8 Ronnie Bell 6-0 190 Gr. 5 D.J. Turner 6-0 180 Sr. The Wolverine's Unofficial Michigan Depth Chart 2022 MICHIGAN RESULTS Date Opponent Time (ET)/TV Sept. 3 COLORADO STATE W, 51-7 Sept. 10 HAWAI'I W, 56-10 Sept. 17 CONNECTICUT W, 59-0 Sept. 24 MARYLAND W, 34-27 Oct. 1 at Iowa W, 27-14 Oct. 8 at Indiana W, 31-10 Oct. 15 PENN STATE W, 41-17 Oct. 22 Bye — Oct. 29 MICHIGAN STATE W, 29-7 Nov. 5 at Rutgers W, 52-17 Nov. 12 NEBRASKA W, 34-3 Nov. 19 ILLINOIS 12 p.m. (ABC) Nov. 26 at Ohio State 12 p.m. (FOX) Dec. 3 Big Ten Championship 8 p.m. (FOX)