2021 Michigan football season preview: Defensive back
The Michigan Insider
247Sports, Michigan Football, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan, Michigan athletics, College Football
4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
We continue our series previewing the Michigan football team's 2021 at each position group, taking a look at the Wolverines' defensive backfield. We discuss the position battles, strengths, weaknesses, question marks and make predictions for Michigan's cornerbacks and safeties in the fall.
We open with a look at the battle for the No. 2 cornerback position, along with a peek at the depth chart battles that persist at both spots, including one backup who has emerged as a starter-caliber player. We then turn our attention to the group's strengths, looking at an underrated group in coverage and a faster defensive backfield than Michigan is used to having. We also look at the unit's weaknesses, discussing the room's inconsistency and mental hurdles they must overcome.
We then close with our biggest questions about the group, looking at Daxton Hill and Vincent Gray, and our biggest bold predictions for the group this season, looking at Gemon Green and RJ Moten's ascent.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw, Steve Lorenz here with me. I almost said Steve Lorenz was hosting. |
| 0:12.1 | But anyways, check out all of our stories over to the Michiganinsider.com, Michigan.247 Sports.com. |
| 0:18.6 | Lots of football preview content as we get closer and closer to the season. |
| 0:23.3 | Among that preview content, we are looking at Michigan's 2021 hopes at each position |
| 0:29.9 | group heading into the season. |
| 0:32.6 | We have been looking at the depth chart position battles, biggest strength, biggest |
| 0:37.1 | weakness, biggest question |
| 0:39.1 | marks, and a bold prediction for each position group we have done. |
| 0:43.0 | Quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end for one episode, offensive line, |
| 0:47.8 | defensive line. |
| 0:49.1 | We did linebackers and edge defenders in one episode. |
| 0:51.7 | You can check out all of those wherever you get your podcast, |
| 0:57.7 | including the 24-7 sports podcast page. |
| 1:00.9 | Now we are looking at the defensive backs, |
| 1:03.2 | safeties and cornerbacks, |
| 1:06.9 | and I guess the nickel spot is one combined position group. |
| 1:10.4 | So we can just jump right into a depth chart discussion. Really only one |
| 1:12.1 | true position battle. I feel like, I feel like it's Vincent Gray versus DJ Turner at cornerback. |
| 1:19.3 | Jamon Green is returning as starting cornerback. He had a pretty good year last year, |
| 1:25.0 | especially toward the end of the season. |
| 1:30.3 | Daxon Hill, Brad Hawkins, returning starters at safety. |
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