THIRD AND DATA

Week 5 · 2026

Michigan at Minnesota

Little Brown Jug, held by MichiganSat 10/03/2026 12:00 PMHuntington Bank StadiumConference

63°Mostly Cloudy42% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station

Michigan

14

5–3

Minnesota

20

5–3

Attendance

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not yet reported

Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2026, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

MICHQuarterbacks3 blue chips5
  • 55-star recruitQB19Bryce Underwood6'4"·2302yr
    924 Pass yds5 TD6 Int58.1 Cmp%222 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB14Tommy Carr6'4"·1951yr
    503 Pass yds2 TD1 Int72.1 Cmp%114 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB16Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi ← Colorado State6'3"·2125yr
    career 6,897 Pass yds38 TD28 Int60.2 Cmp%52 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB17Brady Smigiel6'4"·2171yr
  • 33-star recruitQB15Chase Herbstreit6'1"·2102yr
MINNQuarterbacksNo blue chips6
  • 33-star recruitQB5Drake Lindsey6'5"·2303yr
    1,592 Pass yds10 TD6 Int62.2 Cmp%-39 Rush yds
  • 22-star recruitQB6Max Shikenjanski6'2"·1854yr
    50 Pass yds0 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%2 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB16Brady Palmer6'2"·2101yr
    34 Pass yds0 TD0 Int66.7 Cmp%8 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB12Michael Merdinger ← Liberty6'1"·2053yr
    career 436 Pass yds1 TD1 Int56.6 Cmp%-3 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB14Dylan Wittke6'1"·2154yr
    career 7 Pass yds0 TD1 Int33.3 Cmp%
  • 33-star recruitQB15Owen Lansu6'1"·1951yr
MICHOffensive line9 blue chips19
MINNDefensive line4 blue chips24
  • 33-star recruitDL3TJ Bush Jr. ← California6'3"·2654yr
    30 Tackles7.0 TFL5.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 44-star recruitDL0Anthony Smith6'6"·2805yr
    17 Tackles3.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL99Theorin Randle6'2"·3004yr
    17 Tackles2.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL70Naquan Crowder ← Marshall6'2"·3302yr
    15 Tackles2.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL11Karter Menz6'5"·2404yr
    14 Tackles4.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL93Riley Sunram6'5"·3053yr
    11 Tackles5.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL1Jaxon Howard6'4"·2604yr
    5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL90Xion Chapman ← Florida International6'3"·3052yr
    5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL92Sid Kaba ← Marshall6'2"·3054yr
    2 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL98Adam Kissayi6'8"·2553yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL48Aaden Aytch6'3"·2401yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL55Jaylin Hicks6'3"·2703yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL45Sam Macy6'5"·2503yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL50Mo Omonode6'0"·2855yr
    career 31 Tackles5.5 TFL4.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL91Howie Johnson6'3"·3001yr
  • 33-star recruitDL94Mo Saine6'4"·2753yr
  • 33-star recruitDL47Enoch Atewogbola6'4"·2552yr
  • 33-star recruitDL95Colin Hansen6'7"·2652yr
  • 33-star recruitDL33Rhett Hlavacka6'5"·2602yr
  • 33-star recruitDL56Jay'Quan Stubbs6'4"·2852yr
  • 33-star recruitDL96Abu Tarawallie6'3"·2902yr
  • 33-star recruitDL88Josiah Anyansi6'3"·2601yr
  • 33-star recruitDL97Jeremiah Benson6'3"·2801yr
  • 33-star recruitDL41Anthony Charles6'5"·2101yr
MICHDefensive line12 blue chips19
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE90John Henry Daley ← Utah6'5"·2524yr
    20 Tackles6.5 TFL3.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE93Benny Patterson III6'1"·2572yr
    17 Tackles3.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE8Dom Nichols6'5"·2453yr
    16 Tackles5.0 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE94Nate Marshall6'3"·2482yr
    11 Tackles2.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE41Tariq Boney6'1"·2431yr
    9 Tackles3.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE88Lugard Edokpayi Jr.6'7"·2633yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE9Cam Brandt6'3"·2704yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 55-star recruitDE14Carter Meadows6'7"·2521yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE37Julius Holly6'3"·2342yr
  • 44-star recruitDE51McHale Blade6'4"·2551yr
  • 44-star recruitDT17Enow Etta6'5"·3284yr
    22 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT95Trey Pierce6'2"·3104yr
    16 Tackles1.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT91Jonah Lea'ea6'5"·2904yr
    12 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitDT99Bobby Kanka6'4"·2952yr
    5 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT54Deyvid Palepale6'2"·3223yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT92Ted Hammond6'4"·2703yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT57Travis Moten6'5"·3302yr
  • 44-star recruitDT97Titan Davis6'4"·2861yr
  • 44-star recruitDT56Alister Vallejo6'3"·3071yr
MINNOffensive line4 blue chips17
MICHBacks & tight ends4 blue chips16
  • 44-star recruitRB23Jordan Marshall5'10"·2203yr
    86 Car319 Rush yds5 TD3.7 Rush avg
    5 Rec47 Rec yds9.4 Rec avg
  • 55-star recruitRB5Savion Hiter5'11"·2121yr
    87 Car314 Rush yds2 TD3.6 Rush avg
    8 Rec65 Rec yds8.1 Rec avg
  • 22-star recruitRB24Bryson Kuzdzal5'11"·2054yr
    21 Car117 Rush yds1 TD5.6 Rush avg
    1 Rec3 Rec yds3.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB36Tomas O'Meara5'10"·1973yr
    1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB26Donovan Johnson6'0"·2202yr
    1 Car-2 Rush yds0 TD-2.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB25Micah Ka'apana5'10"·1923yr
    career 10 Car38 Rush yds0 TD3.8 Rush avg
    2 Rec12 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB29Jonathan Brown6'0"·1961yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB32Gary Stacy6'1"·2071yr
  • 44-star recruitTE80Hogan Hansen6'6"·2403yr
    14 Rec142 Rec yds0 TD10.1 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE42Jalen Hoffman6'3"·2474yr
    7 Rec56 Rec yds0 TD8.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE18Mason Bonner6'7"·2291yr
    1 Rec27 Rec yds0 TD27.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE44Eli Owens6'1"·2472yr
    1 Rec5 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE88Deakon Tonielli6'6"·2404yr
  • 33-star recruitTE83Zack Marshall6'5"·2454yr
    career 16 Rec199 Rec yds1 TD12.4 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE46Crandall Quinn6'2"·2422yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE40Jimmy Pisani6'4"·2361yr
MINNLinebackers1 blue chip10
  • 33-star recruitLB6Maverick Baranowski6'2"·2305yr
    62 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB19Joey Gerlach6'3"·2255yr
    41 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB49Matt Kingsbury6'3"·2354yr
    19 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB46Mason Carrier6'3"·2353yr
    9 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB2Emmanuel Karmo6'2"·2352yr
    3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB35Nate Cleveland6'2"·2252yr
    3 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB44Ethan Stendel6'3"·2402yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB16Hudson Dunn6'0"·2201yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB29Andrew Marshall ← Eastern Michigan6'2"·2353yr
    career 62 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB32Angel Luciano6'1"·2101yr
MICHLinebackers2 blue chips14
  • 44-star recruitLB18Troy Bowles6'0"·2244yr
    57 Tackles6.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB44Nathaniel Staehling ← North Dakota State6'3"·2414yr
    43 Tackles2.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB4Chase Taylor6'2"·2222yr
    21 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB13Aisea Moa ← Michigan State6'2"·2355yr
    18 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB12Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng6'1"·2162yr
    7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB30Max Alford ← BYU6'2"·2355yr
    5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB23Markel Dabney6'0"·2411yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB43Zach Ludwig6'2"·2193yr
  • 33-star recruitLB33Kaden Catchings6'1"·2201yr
  • 33-star recruitLB35Ndi Etta6'1"·2151yr
  • 33-star recruitLB15Aden Reeder6'2"·2231yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB34John Weidenbach5'11"·2164yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB49Adam Bazzi5'10"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB52Christian Pierce ← Michigan6'0"·2251yr
MINNBacks & tight ends4 blue chips17
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB23TJ Thomas5'8"·1903yr
    64 Car381 Rush yds1 TD6.0 Rush avg
    20 Rec94 Rec yds4.7 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB1Darius Taylor6'0"·2154yr
    83 Car217 Rush yds5 TD2.6 Rush avg
    22 Rec167 Rec yds7.6 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB9Xavier Ford5'10"·2102yr
    29 Car128 Rush yds1 TD4.4 Rush avg
    1 Rec1 Rec yds1.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB2A.J. Turner6'0"·2005yr
    10 Car44 Rush yds1 TD4.4 Rush avg
    1 Rec5 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB20Ryan Estrada5'10"·1901yr
    3 Car10 Rush yds0 TD3.3 Rush avg
    2 Rec12 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB22Jaron Thomas ← Purdue6'0"·2252yr
    1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB28Niko Castillo6'1"·2351yr
    4 Car2 Rush yds0 TD0.5 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB21Grant Washington5'10"·2052yr
    career 21 Car132 Rush yds0 TD6.3 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB26Zeke Bates6'0"·2201yr
  • 44-star recruitTE4Roman Voss6'4"·2351yr
    7 Rec117 Rec yds2 TD16.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE19Pierce Walsh6'4"·2504yr
    6 Rec47 Rec yds1 TD7.8 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE87Kaden Helms ← Oklahoma6'4"·2405yr
    2 Rec13 Rec yds0 TD6.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE82Julian Johnson6'6"·2603yr
    2 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD3.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE44George Rohl6'6"·2451yr
    1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE88Jacob Simpson6'4"·2453yr
    career 1 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE83Sam Peters6'4"·2504yr
  • 33-star recruitTE86Gabe Weaver6'5"·2401yr
MICHReceivers4 blue chips14
  • 33-star recruitWR6JJ Buchanan ← Utah6'4"·2182yr
    38 Rec602 Rec yds5 TD15.8 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR3Andrew Marsh6'1"·1922yr
    39 Rec360 Rec yds1 TD9.2 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR12Salesi Moa ← Utah6'2"·1861yr
    3 Rec67 Rec yds1 TD22.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR9Channing Goodwin6'1"·1923yr
    2 Rec32 Rec yds0 TD16.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR13Travis Johnson6'3"·1851yr
    2 Rec21 Rec yds0 TD10.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR0Kendrick Bell6'2"·2024yr
  • 44-star recruitWR10Jaime Ffrench Jr. ← Texas6'2"·1852yr
    career 1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR84Jacob Washington6'4"·1982yr
  • 33-star recruitWR81Jamar Browder6'4"·2152yr
  • 33-star recruitWR20Jaylen Pile6'0"·1961yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR85Logan Forbes6'1"·1955yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR38Bryce Wilcox5'10"·1805yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR89Kaleb Schlecht6'4"·2133yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR22Braydon Alford5'8"·1802yr
MINNDefensive backsNo blue chips21
MICHDefensive backs12 blue chips21
MINNReceivers3 blue chips12
  • 33-star recruitWR11Javon Tracy6'0"·2055yr
    46 Rec460 Rec yds1 TD10.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR13Noah Jennings ← Cincinnati6'0"·1904yr
    33 Rec395 Rec yds1 TD12.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR8Jalen Smith6'1"·2103yr
    18 Rec263 Rec yds3 TD14.6 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR84Hayden Moore6'1"·2051yr
    3 Rec49 Rec yds0 TD16.3 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR89Quayd Hendryx5'11"·1801yr
    2 Rec28 Rec yds1 TD14.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR7Bradley Martino6'3"·1902yr
    1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR25Zion Steptoe ← Tulsa5'11"·1905yr
    1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR18Donielle Hayes6'0"·1904yr
  • 33-star recruitWR24Braiden Stevens5'8"·1701yr
  • 44-star recruitWR3Perry Thompson ← Auburn6'3"·2203yr
    career 22 Rec280 Rec yds1 TD12.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR85Rico Blassingame6'1"·1851yr
  • 33-star recruitWR81Josiah Dozier6'1"·1901yr
MICHKickersNo blue chips3
MINNKickersNo blue chips3
  • 33-star recruitPK36Daniel Jackson5'10"·1752yr
    1 FG1 FGA31 Long10 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK—Luke Drzewiecki6'0"·1865yr
    15 FG15 FGA60 Long59 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK92Beckham Sunderland ← Michigan6'2"·2153yr
    0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
MICHPuntersNo blue chips3
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedP33Cam Brown6'3"·1852yr
    37 Punts42.4 Avg15 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP90Hudson Hollenbeck6'2"·2155yr
    career 46 Punts43.6 Avg12 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP93Hunter Robertson6'5"·2132yr
MINNPuntersNo blue chips2
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedP37Zachary Robbins ← Utah State6'3"·2202yr
    1 Punts33.0 Avg1 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP42Tom Weston6'3"·2202yr
    41 Punts42.8 Avg18 In 20

Previous 10 meetings vs. Michigan

Minnesota 1–9 vs Michigan

  • 2024 · wk 5Minnesota 24 @ Michigan 27
  • 2023 · wk 6Michigan 52 @ Minnesota 10
  • 2020 · wk 8Michigan 49 @ Minnesota 24
  • 2017 · wk 10Minnesota 10 @ Michigan 33
  • 2015 · wk 9Michigan 29 @ Minnesota 26
  • 2014 · wk 5Minnesota 30 @ Michigan 14
  • 2013 · wk 6Minnesota 13 @ Michigan 42
  • 2012 · wk 10Michigan 35 @ Minnesota 13
  • 2011 · wk 5Minnesota 0 @ Michigan 58
  • 2008 · wk 11Michigan 29 @ Minnesota 6

Previous 4 meetings vs. P.J. Fleck

Michigan 4–0 vs P.J. Fleck

  • 2024 · wk 5Minnesota 24 @ Michigan 27
  • 2023 · wk 6Michigan 52 @ Minnesota 10
  • 2020 · wk 8Michigan 49 @ Minnesota 24
  • 2017 · wk 10Minnesota 10 @ Michigan 33

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