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Gary isn’t only freshman turning heads at Michigan

Among the incoming freshman football class at Michigan, no one has received more hype than defensive tackle Rashan Gary, the gem of the group and the nation’s top recruit.

Defensive line coach Greg Mattison has said Gary, from Paramus (N.J.) Catholic, will have an impact early in his career, meaning this fall. Some of the veterans have seen Gary at work in the weight room this summer and have come away impressed.

“He runs like a wide receiver,” tight end Jake Butt said during Big Ten media days in Chicago earlier this week. “I’ve seen him running around a little bit.