Ranking Michigan's Position Groups After Three Games, Heading Into Big Ten Play

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Michigan soccer workforce has accomplished the non-conference portion of its schedule, and opens Big Ten play this weekend. Though the 18th-ranked Wolverines' 2-1 report, together with a loss to No. 1 Texas, is not a stunning outcome, even Michigan's most ardent supporters would inform you that the maize and blue haven't met expectations with how they've regarded in any of their video games to this point.

So who has been driving the bus for Michigan, and who has been lagging most? To break it down, we revisit our preseason position group energy rankings, taking a look at how the Wolverines' 11 position teams stack up to one another 1 / 4 of the way in which by means of the season.

Below, we dissect what has labored at every position group, what should enhance for Michigan to contend within the Big Ten and even revisit out preseason defining stats for every room.

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Let's dive in.

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11) Wide receiver

Previous rating: No. 11

What has labored: Fredrick Moore had a pleasant recreation final Saturday, catching three passes for 38 yards and three first downs. Moore and CJ Charleston are additionally starting to show themselves as blockers on the perimeter. Michigan's receivers even have two drops in comparison with 21 receptions to this point this season.

What should enhance: Everything should enhance from this extensive receiver room. Semaj Morgan is off to a quiet begin (56 yards, one landing on 15 targets), and Tyler Morris is off to an excellent quieter begin (32 yards on 9 targets). The room is inefficient catching passes (21 catches on 37 targets), has 188 complete yards this season and simply 48 yards after the catch, has one contested catch, three pressured missed tackles and simply 13 first downs or touchdowns in 38 targets.

Defining stat check-in: We went with yards per goal for this receiver room, asserting that the group would should be pushed by deep-ball threats, environment friendly pass-catchers or each. We stated “any rotation regular above 10.0 yards per target is likely an asset to Michigan's offense, while anyone below 7.0 likely isn't justifying consistent targets.”

So far, the room mixed is averaging simply 5.08 yards per goal, so underwhelming could also be an understatement. Only Charleston (22 yards on one goal) and Peyton O'Leary (22 yards on two targets), are above the 7.0 threshold we set, and Morgan and Morris are at 3.67 yards per goal.

So no, it was not arduous to choose which room ranked eleventh right here.

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