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Michigan football: Defensive line as deep as star-studded 2016 group

Nick Baumgardner, Jeff Seidel and Shawn Windsor talk after the Michigan football news conference on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Ann Arbor. Nick Baumgardner and Shawn Windsor and Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press

Two years ago, Michigan defensive assistant Greg Mattison noticed former defensive end Chris Wormley sitting next to then-freshman Rashan Gary in a meeting. While Mattison spoke to the room, Wormley was whispering in Gary’s ear, trying to explain what Mattison was saying in further detail.

Flash forward to this year’s fall camp, and Mattison saw the same thing.