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Pro Football Focus dishes out Michigan-Iowa grades

Kevin Cunningham

By Kevin Cunningham

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Just in case you fell asleep extremely early last night, pandemonium occurred in the world of college football.

No. 2 Clemson lost to Pittsburgh, No. 3 Michigan couldn’t close out Iowa and No. 4 Washington fell to USC. As for the Wolverines, Pro Football Focus graded out each of the top players for both Harbaugh’s bunch and the Hawkeyes.

Iowa Hawkeyes

Top offensive grades:

RB Akrum Wadley, 88.3
C James Daniels, 79.3
RT Ike Boettger, 75.5
RB LeShun Daniels Jr., 71.8
TE Nate Wieting, 68.0

Top defensive grades:

S Brandon Snyder, 82.0
DT Jaleel Johnson, 81.2
LB/CB Ben Niemann, 77.8
DE Parker Hesse, 75.2
CB Desmond King, 71.9

Michigan Wolverines

Top offensive grades:

LG Ben Bredeson, 79.0
C Mason Cole, 77.8
RT Erik Magnuson, 76.5
TE Jake Butt, 74.7
RB De’Veon Smith, 55.5

Top defensive grades:

DT Maurice Hurst, 80.9
CB Channing Stribling, 80.6
S Delano Hill, 79.1
CB Jourdan Lewis, 79.0
DE Chris Wormley, 77.5

The entire post, featuring analysis of quarterback play as well, can be read here.

Kevin Cunningham

Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.