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Athlon Sports says two Michigan football players will breakout in 2022

PFF lists two Michigan football players on breakout watch

Michigan football is well into fall camp and the season is swiftly approaching.

There are plenty of position battles happening, like at quarterback, and players are trying to put themselves into better spots on the depth chart before week one.

The Wolverines lost a lot on the defense from the 2021 season, but Michigan returns a significant amount of experience from the non-starters last year. The Wolverines rotate so many players game-in-and-game-out that experience won’t be an issue for 2022. The Wolverines return most of their offense for 2022, save for Hassan Haskins and Andrew Steuber, but the Michigan offense should be extremely lethal this upcoming season.

One of the main talking points during the ‘preseason’ of college football is which players will have breakout years. Athlon Sports made a list of 50 players that could have breakout seasons in 2022. There were two Michigan players on that list: Junior Colson and Donovan Edwards.

Junior Colson, LB, Michigan
Michigan’s defense is looking for new faces to emerge with just three returning starters in place for 2022. Expect Colson to make a name for himself after recording 61 tackles as a true freshman last year

As a true freshman last year, Colson was fourth on the team with his 61 tackles, and he made a name for himself right off the bat for Michigan. The Wolverines have had plenty of top-notch linebackers come thru Ann Arbor, but you don’t see too many make a significant impact as a true freshman. But Colson is that exception. He was a freshman All-American after the 2021 season.

Heading into the 2022 campaign, Colson is going to be asked to anchor the linebacking core alongside Nikhai Hill-Green. Expect to see an even more explosive Colson this upcoming season in Ann Arbor.

The next player that was mentioned by Athlon Sports is sophomore Donovan Edwards.

Donovan Edwards, RB, Michigan
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