The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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top 25 players Molk and Martin anchored the lines in the final year of a struggling regime. Robinson, meanwhile, enjoyed the breakout season (1,702 rushing yards and 2,570 passing yards) that made him nationally known. 2009 PlayerPosition DL 1. Brandon Graham 2. Tate Forcier QB RB 3. Brandon Minor 4. Obi Ezeh LB DL 5. Mike Martin DB 6. Donovan Warren 7. Steve Schilling OL LB 8. Jonas Mouton WR 9. Martavious Odoms 10. Zoltan Mesko P 11. David Moosman OL WR 12. Greg Mathews 13. Ryan Van Bergen DL DB 14. Boubacar Cissoko 15. David Molk OL TE 16. Kevin Koger 17. Mark Ortmann OL 18. Stevie Brown LB RB 19. Carlos Brown 20. Brandon Herron LB 21. Michael Shaw RB DB 22. Troy Woolfolk 23. Brendan Gibbons PK 24. Nick Sheridan QB 25. Denard Robinson QB Graham became the MVP of a squad that struggled amid transition turmoil and an imbalanced roster. Forcier enjoyed a solid beginning, but found the Big Ten going tough, while Minor could never remain healthy enough for a complete breakthrough. 2008 PlayerPosition 1. Steve Schilling OL DB 2. Morgan Trent 3. Terrence Taylor DL 4. Brandon Graham DL DB 5. Donovan Warren PK 6. K.C. Lopata 7. Brandon Minor RB P 8. Zoltan Mesko 9. Steven Threet QB OL 10. Mark Ortmann 11. Greg Mathews WR LB 12. Obi Ezeh DL 13. Tim Jamison 14. Will Johnson DL DB 15. Brandon Harrison 16. Carson Butler TE OL 17. Tim McAvoy 18. Stevie Brown DB 19. Junior Hemmingway WR RB 20. Carlos Brown 21. Austin Panter LB 22. Cory Zirbel OL WR 23. Toney Clemons 24. Nick Sheridan QB 25. Sean Griffin LS This crew hurtled downward to a 3-9 record, Michigan's worst since the 1962 team went 2-7. The top three players on the list performed admirably enough, but there wasn't enough skill-position talent or defensivemindedness to stop the transition crash. — John Borton