Too-early prediction of Michigan football 2024 starting defense

This unit looks incredible — and experienced. #GoBlue

The 2023 college football season hasn’t even been in the books for two full weeks, but with all of the off-field drama taking place across the sport, Michigan football’s national championship win almost feels like it took place months ago.

All eyes are turning to 2024 with teams aggressively hitting the transfer portal with teams losing a great deal via the same method (such as Alabama). Coaching changes are being made across the board, as well. While the situation is far from settled in Ann Arbor with Jim Harbaugh interviewing with NFL teams, we have a pretty good idea of what the starting defense could look like, even in mid-January.

Here is our too-early prediction of the 2024 Michigan defensive starters.