It’s a difficult proposition, unless you’re talking about a five-star prospect, to discern which first-year players are going to make an instant impact. However, that’s precisely what we’re setting out to do with Michigan football’s true freshman.
With the spring game behind us, we know a bit more about some of the early enrollees. However, we have no idea what later arrivals will look like once they don a winged helmet. Given that some positions have considerable depth while others have more of a competition, we’re taking a look at each of the 25 first-year players for the Wolverines and ranking them in terms of predicted production in 2023.