It was a dazzling performance from the Michigan football defense on Saturday night against Rutgers. The Wolverines remained perfect on the year after defeating the Scarlet Knights 52-17 to move to 9-0 on the year.
Michigan was down 17-14 at halftime, but the Wolverines didn’t allow one point in the second half and the maize and blue outscored Rutgers 38-0 in the final two quarters.
Rutgers’ offense couldn’t get much of anything working against Michigan. The Scarlet Knights scored two touchdowns, but only one of those came from the offense.
The Scarlet Knights had 180 yards of total offense for the entire game. Rutgers had 14 rushing yards and the Scarlet Knights gained five first downs in four quarters.
Michigan intercepted Gavin Wimsatt three times on Saturday. Michael Barrett had two of them and Will Johnson had the other.
Here are the top 10 Michigan football players that graded out the best on the defense according to Pro Football Focus. To make the list, the players needed to have 15 or more snaps.