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Michigan LB Devin Bush, Jr. surges up Mel Kiper's NFL draft board

Move over, Rashan Gary. Michigan has a new potential NFL first-round draft pick.

Junior linebacker Devin Bush, Jr., is No. 6 on ESPN analyst Mel Kiper, Jr.'s updated big board released Wednesday.

That is a 10-spot jump from where Bush was just a little more than two weeks ago.

"He's the best player on college football's best defense, as Michigan is allowing an FBS-best 3.82 yards per play," Kiper wrote for ESPN Insider (subscription required). "He is a playmaker, lining up all over the field and making a ton of plays."

This season, the 5-foot-11, 233-pound Bush has a team-high 61 tackles (8.