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2025 Michigan Football Preview

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THE WOLVERINE 2025 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ■ 31 a shell of a team, 19-13, in the ReliaQuest Bowl. The program had momentum, and it will take it into Year 2 of the Moore era. "The trials and the tribulations you go through in the season help propel you to when the spring hits," Moore said of his first season. "You don't know what you don't know until you get into the [head coaching] seat. This time last spring it was, what … a month into being the head coach at Michi- gan? "You think you have a plan. You think that's how you should do it, but maybe there's something you should change. Now, there's a good handle on what I want to do and how I want to do it." And as a result, Moore feels "really good" about the program and Team 146. Here's our annual look at some of Michigan's best and most intriguing players, biggest ques- tion marks and more heading into the 2025 campaign. Similar to Michigan's 19-13 triumph over Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl, the 2025 campaign will be driven by its tenacious defense, including return- ees Jaishawn Barham (1), Derrick Moore (8), Trey Pierce (95), Rayshaun Benny (26, will wear 55 this season) and Ernest Hausmann (15). PHOTO BY STEVE JACOBSON/RELIAQUEST BOWL

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