Post-spring Michigan football 2022 defense depth chart projection

The defense is going to surprise some people! #GoBlue

We’ve now had a week to think about Michigan football in the spring game, and while we already put forward our offensive prediction, we’re now thinking about the defensive side of the ball.

Though it’s the defense that lost a lot of key components from the 2021 edition of the team, it was that side of the ball that was particularly impressive under first-year Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter in the spring game. There’s a lot of talent, just some of it happens to be unproven.

Not completely the case anymore, now that we’ve seen some of them in action. With that in mind, here’s the WolverinesWire prediction of how the defensive side of the ball will shake out now that spring practices have concluded.

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