Last season undeniably saw a drop in production from the year before for the now-No. 15 Michigan football team’s secondary. After losing Will Johnson and then-senior Rod Moore for much or all of the season due to injury and multiple more players to the transfer portal and NFL — most notably former nickelback Mike Sainristil — the defensive back room lacked experience and a defense that didn’t click until late in the season.

So ahead of this season, the Wolverines hit the portal in hopes of replenishing some of that talent. What Michigan got was junior defensive back TJ Metcalf.

“TJ’s a hard worker, he plays confident, fast and physical,” senior defensive back Zeke Berry said Monday. “He’s brought the energy that we needed for the past couple years. But he’s going to be a great foot

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