The No. 23 Michigan football team’s linebacker room has one interception, one pass breakup, one forced fumble and three solo tackles for loss through the first two games. None of those stats, however, come from the room’s primary starters.

Senior Ernest Hausmann and junior Jaishawn Barham are the starters in the Wolverines’ linebacker room — but senior Jimmy Rolder and sophomore Cole Sullivan are the two players responsible for all those aforementioned stats.

Michigan’s linebacker room essentially has four starters that it can play interchangeably.

“You don’t blink when any of those guys are in there, whether it’s Ernest and Jaishawn or Jimmy and Cole,” Wolverines coach Sherrone Moore said Monday. “… It’s been awesome to watch those guys play.”

After a targeting call against New

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