Behind the Uniform with Max Bredeson - Michigan's captain back to help lead team's return to the top
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🗓️ 16 August 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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In this episode of Behind the Uniform - Season 3 - we feature senior fullback Max Bredeson. A returning captain and leader for the Wolverines, Bredeson discussed his journey and role on the team. He reflected on his early days, and the lessons he gleaned from his older brothers' athletic journeys to Michigan and beyond. Max emphasized the importance of leadership, teamwork, and maintaining belief during adversity, citing past victories over Ohio State and Alabama. The conversation turned to the new offensive strategies under new offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey, balancing physical play with explosive elements in the passing game. Max also shared insights from the "Playbook for Prosperity" seminar with the University of Michigan Credit Union stressing the importance of budgeting, and David Himich from The Himich Group at Morgan Stanley on long-term financial planning. He praised the growth and leadership of teammates like Jordan Marshall and noted the competitive spirit within the offensive line. The conversation concludes with Bredeson sharing his early impressions of what he expects to be another great year for the Michigan defense.
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| 0:00.0 | And we are back folks for another edition of Behind the Uniform. This is where we go inside and in depth with the guys who wear that uniform for the University of Michigan, |
| 0:26.6 | representing the maze in blue on the gridiron. |
| 0:29.6 | We find out about how they do what they do on the field of play, but who they are off the field of play and joining us today, the guy who is the leader. |
| 0:42.1 | If you talk about the guys who, the other guys follow for the Michigan Wolverines, |
| 0:48.0 | I think the guys who the fellows on offense and defense would tell you they follow first and foremost. |
| 0:54.9 | They'll tell you it's Matt Max. |
| 0:56.7 | Max. |
| 0:57.3 | Matt, Max, how you doing? |
| 0:58.5 | Good. |
| 0:58.8 | Appreciate you having me. |
| 0:59.7 | Man, glad to have you here. |
| 1:01.9 | And so I feel like we, us here at TMI, have kind of watched you grow up a little bit |
| 1:09.4 | because our Bryce marriage, who we sent out some years ago, I sent him on his first road trip to see one of your brothers play. |
| 1:20.6 | He was a little nervous, he said, hey, I'm going to send you. Keep you in the Midwest. We're going to see Ben Ben, Ben Bredesen play and he took a photo. |
| 1:29.2 | I said make sure you take a photo after the game and on that photo it was Ben of course |
| 1:34.8 | as your brother Jack and then right there in the front it was a young Max, a really young |
| 1:42.1 | Max. How were how were you in this picture? |
| 1:45.0 | Probably 11 or 12. |
| 1:47.0 | Yeah, probably around there. |
| 1:49.0 | I remember that picture though, because for Ben and Jacks, that was Ben's senior year. |
| 1:56.0 | So I would like, after the game, I would hand out like the chocolate milks to the players. I was like my job because my mom ran like the catering for it. And someone comes up like, Max, Max, got to get down to the field. And I was like the most like nervous little brother. I was like, it's been hurt? Like what happened? I'm sprinting down. Everyone saw me sprint down. I was out of breath and I remember getting that picture |
| 2:18.7 | of the whole family. We still have that picture at the house actually. So I mean at that early |
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