Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball and recruiting. I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz here with me. This is the final episode of our position-by-position preview of Michigan heading into the 2021 season. So far we have done, well, we've done pretty much everyone.

We've had a quarterback, running back, wide receiver tight end in one episode,

offensive line, defensive line, linebacker and edge defender in one episode,

cornerback and safety in one episode.

Now, this will probably be a shorter episode because there's just a little bit less to say.

But this will be the special teams episode, Steve and I, for those that are new, we are big on the

covering special teams extensively.

You know, when I do my depth charts, I go, I go hard on the, on the kicking and punting and

return man analysis. And it is important. I mean, it can make a difference in games,

you know, especially feels like in the Big Ten, that's a, that's a big special teams conference.

It's taken very seriously. Usually a good sign of a good coaching culture is how well special teams perform.

So like all these other episodes, we'll look at the depth chart.

We will look in position battles.

We'll look at the biggest strength, biggest weakness, biggest question mark, and a bold prediction.

So I will admit, I don't really want to, I don't know enough to like dig into like

the long snapper or like the other, you know, the gunners or the other kind of real

intricate special teams roles.

But we'll look at kicker pun punter, and the return game primarily.

Kind of straightforward this year.

And in terms of the projected starters, I think it's, well, Jake Moody is the only

returning kicker with any kicking experience.

Punter, Brad Robbins is the only punter with any returning punting experience.

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