Too-early Michigan football 2022 defensive depth chart prediction

It’ll be a new-look defense in 2022.

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While the Michigan football offense has little to replace in 2022, the defense is a different story.

The Wolverines have numerous key departures, including Aidan Hutchinson, Daxton Hill, David Ojabo, Josh Ross, Brad Hawkins, Vince Gray, Christopher Hinton, and a few others, for starters.

So who will be the next group of playmakers for Mike Macdonald in his second year as defensive coordinator for the maize and blue? We took a far too-early stab at who could be in the two-deep for Michigan football, with winter conditioning now underway.

Here are our predictions for the next iteration of the Michigan defense two-deep.

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