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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Wolverines are just under two weeks away from kicking off the 2024 college football season in effort to defend their national championship from a year ago.
There are questions about this team, primarily on offense. But Michigan football does have some questions in the secondary — namely, who will play opposite Will Johnson at cornerback. However, at safety, the maize and blue shored up a room that appeared thin on depth back in the spring after bringing in two transfers there who figure to be in heavy rotation this season.
On Sunday, Michigan defensive backs coach LaMar Morgan met with the media to discuss all things secondary. Here is everything he had to say.
Who’s emerged as the second cornerback?
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Well, I think right now you would say the early favorite would be Jyaire. I think he’s done a great job. He probably has a little bit advantage over some of the guys that’s in the program, just by getting all the reps he got this spring football and now fall camp. But I think there’s a constant battle. We got two weeks for guys to continue to make moves — really excited about the group. We’re gonna have to develop some guys that maybe y’all don’t know about yet. And I think that’s a challenge, and encouragement as a coach. It’s going to be a young group. I know everybody knows about Will, but all the guys behind them, there will be a lot of guys just kind of play hard for this university and do a great job.
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I think this is a different platform when you get here at Michigan. The way we practice, our process here — this is blue-collar tough. A lot of reps, two spot practices. I think for a kid who is coming in here that’s not used to that, even though you’re an older player, sometimes that ends up being an adjustment. But I think those guys,…
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Publish date : 2024-08-18 18:54:23
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