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Mike Martin chasing down "Boom" Herron as Stevie Brown lurks in the background.
Continuing this from yesterday. A quick note on these ratings, from commenter “MBFranchise”: “Hmm, couple of things. 1) No freshmen are a major problem with the rosters released on teambuilder. Some teams have 0 freshmen but several seniors who graduated, some teams only have 58 players, etc. EA said on Operation Sports that the wrong rosters were included on teambuilder, so the final rosters MAY not match what we see here. 2) No formation subs are in the game, but you should be able to use Brown at QB thru the packages.”
This is somewhat worrisome, as it may mean I’m wasting a whole bunch of time here. However, Michigan’s roster seems mostly correct (minus the kicker weirdness) so I’m going to forge on and hope these are at least close to the final version.
Left End:
Brandon Graham (LE #55): 93 overall, 84 speed, 85 acceleration, 85 tackle, 89 hit power, 89 play recognition
Adam Patterson (LE #99): 82 overall, 82 speed, 81 acceleration, 82 tackle, 80 hit power
Greg Banks (LE #92): 75 overall, 74 speed, 68 acceleration, 77 tackle, 74 hit power
Right End:
Ryan Van Bergen (RE #53): 85 overall, 81 speed, 80 acceleration, 82 tackle, 85 hit power
Anthony LaLota (RE #90): 83 overall, 83 speed, 83 acceleration, 82 tackle, 83 hit power, 89 block shedding
Craig Roh (RE #88): 82 overall, 85 speed, 86 acceleration, 79 tackle, 83 hit power, 88 block shedding
Defensive Tackle:
Mike Martin (DT #68): 91 overall, 90 strength, 87 tackle, 87 hit power, 93 block shedding, 90 play recognition
Will Campbell (DT #73): 85 overall, 89 strength, 82 tackle, 85 hit power, 90 block shedding, 88 power move
Renaldo Sagesse (DT #95): 83 overall, 88 strength, 86 tackle, 74 hit power, 87 block shedding
Vince Helmuth (DT #32): 81 overall, 87 strength, 80 tackle, 79 hit power, 79 block shedding, 88 power move
So, call me a homer, but I think Brandon Graham is underrated. I’d tick him up into the 95-overall range. LaLota and Roh, on the other hand, are damn good for a pair of freshmen DE’s. Martin and Campbell should be beasts up the middle, especially after a couple years’ worth of progression in Dynasty Mode. Also, Mike Martin, everybody:
He looks like freakin’ Chad Henne.
Left Outside Linebacker:
Marell Evans (LOLB #9): 85 overall, 82 speed, 89 tackle, 87 hit power, 89 pursuit, 87 play recognition
Brandon Herron (LOLB #58): 80 overall, 82 speed, 85 tackle, 82 hit power, 87 pursuit
Isaiah Bell (LOLB #46): 71 overall, 84 speed, 81 tackle, 77 hit power, 84 pursuit
Middle Linebacker:
Obi Ezeh (MLB #45): 88 overall, 84 speed, 86 tackle, 86 hit power, 92 pursuit, 89 play recognition
J.B. Fitzgerald (MLB #42): 80 overall, 83 speed, 80 tackle, 82 hit power, 87 pursuit
Kevin Leach (MLB #52): 72 overall, 80 speed, 78 tackle, 71 hit power, 74 pursuit
Right Outside Linebacker
Jonas Mouton (ROLB #8): 86 overall, 84 speed, 88 tackle, 82 hit power, 92 pursuit, 85 play recognition
Kenny Demens (ROLB #25): 84 overall, 85 speed, 85 tackle, 77 hit power, 83 pursuit
Brandin Hawthorne (ROLB #7): 78 overall, 87 speed, 83 tackle, 69 hit power, 88 pursuit
It at least appears that EA remembered the freshmen for Michigan. Bell is such a tweener I half-expected them to leave him out of the game. I’m a little surprised Demens is an 84, but otherwise no real curveballs here.
Cornerback:
Donovan Warren (CB #6): 91 overall, 94 speed, 94 acceleration, 93 agility, 90 man coverage, 86 zone coverage, 88 play recognition
Boubacar Cissoko (CB #33): 86 overall, 92 speed, 93 acceleration, 92 agility, 87 man coverage, 81 zone coverage, 88 press coverage
J.T. Floyd (CB #12): 83 overall, 90 speed, 88 acceleration, 89 agility, 80 man coverage, 85 zone coverage, 93 press coverage
J.T. Turner (CB #14): 82 overall, 91 speed, 92 acceleration, 93 agility, 85 man coverage, 85 zone coverage, 79 pursuit
Tony Anderson (CB #17): 78 overall, 88 speed, 88 acceleration, 87 agility, 81 man coverage, 80 zone coverage
Troy Woolfolk (CB #29): 77 overall, 90 speed, 89 acceleration, 88 agility, 80 man coverage, 75 zone coverage
Free Safety:
Stevie Brown (FS #3): 86 overall, 92 speed, 91 acceleration, 89 agility, 83 tackle, 82 man coverage, 87 zone coverage, 92 pursuit
Michael Williams (FS #40): 84 overall, 89 speed, 90 acceleration, 90 agility, 81 tackle, 83 man coverage, 85 zone coverage
Mike Jones (FS #27): 75 overall, 88 speed, 89 acceleration, 87 agility, 68 tackle, 80 man coverage, 81 zone coverage
Strong Safety:
Brandon Smith (SS #28): 88 overall, 91 speed, 90 acceleration, 88 agility, 86 tackle, 84 man coverage, 90 zone coverage, 92 pursuit
Vladimir Emilien (SS #5): 81 overall, 88 speed, 88 acceleration, 87 agility, 84 tackle, 81 man coverage, 87 zone coverage, 89 pursuit
Thomas Gordon (SS #18): 76 overall, 88 speed, 89 acceleration, 89 agility, 80 tackle, 74 man coverage, 79 zone coverage, 87 pursuit
[Insert Stevie Brown pursuit rating joke here.] Personally, I would flip the two J.T.’s — I’m in the driver’s seat on the Turner bandwagon. Apparently, EA is driving Brandon Smith’s. I hope he’s that good. Also, who the heck is Tony Anderson, and why is he above Troy Woolfolk?
Punter:
Zoltan Mesko (P #41): 90 overall, 96 kick power, 85 kick accuracy, 86 awareness
Horse feathers — Zoltan should be a 99. In everything.
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Anderson is a walk-on, so I’m not sure why he’s even on the roster. Woolfolk has moved to free safety & is the likely starter there in real life with Stevie moving to rover. It’ll be interesting to see what defensive scheme EA gives us since we’ll be running a 3-4 hybrid defense under Robinson.
Thanks Brandon. We’ll see how close EA can get to U-M’s defensive scheme with the two different hybrid positions — people will probably have to do some juggling to make it more realistic, like possibly moving Brown to linebacker.
Do they exclude all walk-ons normally? Didn’t know that. Tony can hold is own, I’m sure. Dude’s a good basketball player, I know.
I saw the dude play at the spring game, he’s legit.