Free Press columnist Shawn Windsor and sports writer Nick Baumgardner discuss what they learned in Michigan’s win over WMU, Sept. 8, 2018. Nick Baumgardner, Freep
Michigan went into training camp last month with two options at offensive tackle.
Youth or experience.
In the end, experience won out, as fourth-year junior Jon Runyan Jr. won the left tackle spot opposite fifth-year senior Juwann Bushell-Beatty. Those two beat out a pair of talented youngsters with futures Michigan's excited about:
Left tackle Jalen Mayfield, a true freshman from Grand Rapids, and redshirt freshman right tackle James Hudson, a converted defensive lineman.