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Michigan Football: Five Things We Learned About The Defense This Spring

Michigan concluded its spring practice Saturday with a scrimmage in the Big House, not open to media or anyone but family. We’ve gleaned plenty about Jim Harbaugh’s seventh team following spring ball — here are several things we’ve learned about this squad, this time the defense.

Sophomore safety Daxton Hill is ready to meet his five-star potential.

We saw signs of it last year when Hill was called upon to cover opponents’ top receivers and more than held his own, and with his game-clinching interception at Rutgers, but the third-year defensive back has taken his game to the next level. He was far and away the defensive MVP during spring ball, perhaps No. 1 overall, and was “an absolute freak” in the spring game, sniffing out routes, nearly picking off a pass, breaking up others and outstanding in run support.

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Michigan Wolverines football defensive back Daxton Hill should be one of the best defensive players in the Big Ten.
Michigan Wolverines football defensive back Daxton Hill should be one of the best defensive players in the Big Ten. (Per Kjeldsen)
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This could well be Hill’s last year in a Michigan uniform if he plays as well as most believe he will. He’s the kind of talent the Wolverines need in order to compete for championships … and they need a lot more like him.

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