With spring football just a few weeks away, the Michigan coaching staff will be getting its first look at its team in preparation for the 2025 season. Each year, spring football offers a chance for new guys to assert themselves as contributors for the upcoming season, which will be especially important this year given the amount of players departing for the NFL Draft. Guys like Mason Graham, Will Johnson, Josaiah Stewart and more have left big shoes to fill, but now is the time for their understudies to make the most of their new opportunities.
Today, we examine five players returning from the 2024 team that we believe will need to have some big performances during spring practice this year.