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Depth of Michigan’s secondary key for its new-look defensive backfield

With the departure of so many players to the NFL and the transfer portal, the Michigan football team has a lot of work to do to retool and reload each position. Looking at the secondary, that’s definitely true.

With two of the Wolverines’ starting cornerbacks, Mike Sainristil and Josh Wallace, getting drafted this offseason, Michigan will have to fill in the holes they’ve left. That isn’t going to be a problem for the Wolverines, though, given the depth of their backfield.

“I feel great about the depth,” Michigan coach Sherrone Moore said. “Obviously in the secondary, you got Will Johnson, who’s the best corner in college football.