INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS
Recent History Favors Peppers By Michel Spath
Trying to compare Peppers to previous Michigan linebackers brings us back to
1997 and Ian Gold. The two shared similar builds — Peppers is 6-1, 208 pounds
and Gold was 6-1, 200 (eventually topping out at 213 his senior year) — and
both were also freak athletes blessed with incredible speed.
Gold would blossom in a role that could be called "menace" — his lone objec-
POINT ❙ COUNTERPOINT
WITH HIS MOVE TO STRONGSIDE LINEBACKER,
WILL REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE JABRILL PEPPERS
LEAD THE TEAM IN SACKS?
Peppers will have a chance to rack up sacks while playing linebacker in the fall, but
there will be plenty of competition to lead the Wolverines in that category with new
coordinator Don Brown's pressure-oriented scheme.
PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN
