Michigan football had the second most draft selections this year in the 2023 NFL draft. The Wolverines had nine draftees and Michigan was behind Alabama and Georgia who had 10 each.
The maize and blue had one first-round pick (Mazi Smith) and Michigan even had both of its specialists drafted this year: Jake Moody and Brad Robbins.
There were a ton of grades that came out after each selection and after the draft concluded, different sites were putting out their own assessments on each pick.
One site that we love at Wolverines Wire is Pro Football Focus. PFF does a little different grading system than most. Instead of doing a letter grade, the analytical site does an ‘elite-to-below average’ grading scale.
Here is what PFF said about each drafted Michigan football player.
Mazi Smith
Grade: Average
It might not be an exciting pick, but for a team that have struggled to stop the run consistently recently, it makes a lot of sense. An impressive athlete for someone his size, Smith posted PFF grades of 75.0 or better in each of the past two seasons.
Luke Schoonmaker
Grade: Below Average
Schoonmaker is an in-line tight end, so the fit is obvious here for the Cowboys, but it’s just that it’s a bit of a reach at 58th overall. He averaged 2.15 yards per route run in 2022 but caught just 28.6% of the contested targets he saw. There’s some projection here, but he does have the athletic profile where the reach could work out for the Cowboys.
DJ Turner
Grade: Good
Turner can flat-out fly, clocking a 4.26-second 40-yard dash at the scouting combine in Indianapolis. He did get picked on a little at Michigan, and there’s still a fair amount of development needed, but he allowed just 46.5% of the passes thrown into his coverage to be caught in 2022 and forced 14 incompletions in the process.
Jake Moody
Grade: Below…
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