Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Wednesday, September 28, 2016 — 7A T E A M S T A T S MICH OPP Points/Game 52.0 13.8 First Downs/Game 23.5 14.5 Rush Yards/Game 229.8 122.5 Yards/Rush 5.4 3.4 Rushing TDs 15 2 Passing Yards/Game 238.0 147.2 Completion % 64.3% 49.1% Yards/Pass 7.6 5.6 Passing TDs 9 4 Interceptions 1 3 Offensive Plays/Game 74.0 62.5 Total Offense 467.8 269.8 3rd-down Conversions 54.4% 12.0% 4th-down Conversions 62.5% 45.5% Sacks/Game 4.3 1.3 Kick return average 15.7 20.0 Punt return average 23.6 17.5 Punting average 41.5 38.0 Field Goals-Attempts 4-6 2-5 Fumbles/Lost 4/1 7/3 Penalty Yards/Game 43.5 48.8 Time of Poss 32:26 27:34 I N D I V I D U A L S PASSING Player Cmp Att Yds TD INT Speight 72 114 875 9 1 O’Korn 5 8 32 0 0 Morris 4 4 45 0 0 TOTALS 81 126 952 9 1 RUSHING Player Att Yds Avg Lg TD Smith, D. 39 259 6.6 42 2 Evans 29 213 7.3 43 3 Isaac 33 150 4.5 25 2 Higdon 22 145 6.6 40 3 McDoom 7 56 8.0 19 0 Chesson 5 36 7.2 17 1 Peppers 2 24 12.0 17 0 Davis 2 17 8.5 10 0 Hill 9 17 1.9 4 4 Morris 1 14 14.0 14 0 Crawford 1 11 11.0 11 0 O’Korn 3 7 2.3 3 0 Hirsch 1 2 2.0 2 0 Beneducci 1 1 1.0 1 0 Hewlett 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 TEAM 3 -4 -1.3 0 0 Allen 1 -11 -11.0 0 0 Speight 10 -17 -1.7 9 0 TOTALS 170 919 5.4 43 15 RECEIVING Player No. Yds Avg Lg TD Darboh 17 248 14.6 45 4 Butt 19 234 12.3 25 3 Chesson 8 145 18.1 35 0 Perry 4 88 22.0 54 1 Hill 6 47 7.8 15 0 Poggi 4 28 7.0 15 0 Ways 1 22 22.0 22 0 Isaac 1 21 21.0 21 0 McDoom 3 20 6.7 8 0 Evans 3 19 6.3 14 0 Crawford 1 18 18.0 18 0 Smith, D. 7 16 2.3 9 0 Hirsch 1 15 15.0 15 0 Jocz 1 12 12.0 12 0 McKeon 2 10 5.0 5 0 Bunting 2 6 3.0 4 0 Asiasi 1 3 3.0 3 1 TOTALS 81 952 11.8 54 9 PUNT RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg. Long TD Peppers 10 227 22.7 54 1 Jocz 1 27 27.0 0 0 Perry 0 6 -- 6 1 TOTALS 11 260 23.6 54 2 INTERCEPTION RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg. Long TD Stribling 1 51 51.0 51 1 Hill, D. 1 27 27.0 27 1 McCray 1 22 22.0 22 0 TOTALS 3 100 33.3 51 2 FUMBLE RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg. Long TD Hill, L. 1 9 9.0 9 0 TOTALS 1 9 9.0 9 0 KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg. Long TD Peppers 2 81 40.5 55 0 Henderson 2 28 14.0 15 0 Lewis 2 21 10.5 18 0 Hudson 1 6 6.0 6 0 Hill, K. 2 5 2.5 5 0 TOTALS 9 141 15.7 55 0 KICKOFFS Player No. Yds Avg. TB Allen 29 1872 64.6 17 Foug 7 403 57.6 2 TOTALS 20 1243 62.2 10 PUNTING Player No. Yds Avg. Lg Allen 11 456 41.5 55 TOTALS 11 456 41.5 55 FIELD GOALS Player FG Pct. 1-19 20-29 30-3940-49 50+ Lg Allen 4-6 66.7% 0-0 1-1 3-4 0-1 0-0 39 LEADING TACKLERS Player Solo Ast Tot TFL SK PBU Gedeon 12 26 38 6.0 2.0 - Peppers 22 11 33 9.5 2.5 - Thomas 15 10 25 - - 1 McCray 12 10 22 4.5 2.5 3 Winovich 5 14 19 4.0 2.0 - Gary 6 9 15 4.5 1.0 - Glasgow, R. - 13 13 1.0 0.5 - Godin 5 7 12 1.5 1.0 - Hill, D. 6 6 12 2.0 - 1 Wormley 6 6 12 3.5 3.0 - Hurst 5 6 11 4.0 2.0 - Clark 6 4 10 - - 3 Stribling 3 5 8 0.5 - 3 Kinnel 4 3 7 - - - Charlton 1 4 5 2.0 1.5 - Watson 2 3 5 - - - Bush 2 3 5 - - - Glasgow, J. 3 1 4 - - - Hudson 2 2 4 - - - Uche 2 2 4 - - - Marshall 1 2 3 - - - Wroblewski - 3 3 - - - TOTALS 129 154 283 45.0 18.0 13 2016 SCHEDULE HAWAII (1-3) W, 63-3 (1-0) UCF (2-2) COLORADO (3-1) PENN ST. (2-2) WISCONSIN (4-0) 3:30, Michigan Stadium, ABC at RUTGERS (2-2) 7 or 8 p.m., Piscataway, N.J. ILLINOIS (1-2) 3:30 p.m., Michigan Stadium at MICH. ST. (2-1) East Lansing, Mich. MARYLAND (3-0) Michigan Stadium at IOWA (3-1) 8 p.m., Iowa City, Iowa INDIANA (2-1) Michigan Stadium at OHIO ST. (3-0) Columbus, Ohio 9/3 9/10 9/17 9/24 10/1 10/8 10/22 10/29 11/5 11/12 11/19 11/26 W, 51-14 (2-0) W, 45-28 (3-0) W, 49-10 (4-0) Lewis battling through rust from injury Jourdan Lewis is 21 years old and listed at 5 feet 11 inches, 186 pounds. He’s one of college football’s top athletes at one of its most challenging positions — cornerback — and is in what most people would call the best shape of their lives. And yet, speaking to a group of reporters Tuesday, he sounded like a man starting to feel his age. “As a freshman, I felt like I never had to pay attention to anything like (taking care of my body),” Lewis said. “Just go out there and play. But now I have to go out there and warm up 30 minutes before I get out there. … I can’t eat everything now, my metabolism is slowing down, I’ve been getting a little bigger.” Lewis made his return to action Saturday against Penn State after missing the season’s first three games with nagging injuries that trace back to his core. He wasn’t pleased with his performance — which saw him record a tackle for loss and break up a pass — and admitted some rust. He was unabashed in conceding he held a Penn State receiver, due in part to that rust. And he especially wasn’t shy in saying that he felt his soreness after the game. “My first game back, it really hurt,” Lewis said. “I have to be honest. I haven’t been through anything physically (challenging) like that in a while.” Lewis is lucky, though, to get that rust out in a 39-point win. His next game may not allow for him to be so cavalier in taking or admitting penalties. Michigan has blown through its first four opponents, winning by a combined margin of 153 points. But when No. 8 Wisconsin comes to town, the Wolverines will be facing a team that is capable of burning them on both sides of the ball. With redshirt freshman quarterback Alex Hornibrook now under center, the Badgers spread the ball around in their 30-6 win over then-No. 8 Michigan State on Saturday. Five different receivers had at least two catches, led by junior Jazz Peavy, who had four receptions for 96 yards. Peavy, listed at 6-foot-1, is one of many Badger receivers who will pose a physical challenge for the Michigan secondary. And with the Wolverines losing their tallest cornerback, Jeremy Clark, for the season with an ACL injury, Lewis will need to be at the top of his game in a hurry. “We’re really preparing for those receivers,” Lewis said. “Those guys are big and physical and fast.” While Lewis says he normally likes to lead by example — and All-American play is not a bad example to set — his injury forced him to become more vocal early in the season. “If you can’t go out there and play, you have to impact the team in different ways,” Lewis said. “So I definitely was more vocal in trying to inspire those guys to play at their best.” Now Lewis is back on the field, and he can go back to letting his play do the talking. He was not satisfied with his first game back, saying he wants to be more technically sound going forward. But Lewis’s most important plays are no doubt ahead of him. “I feel like I’m at full speed,” Lewis said. “Does it hurt a little bit? Yeah. But you have to play through that a little bit.” Wisconsin native Bredeson ready for Badgers March 1, 2014, is a day that Wisconsin native Ben Bredeson will never forget. It was the day that the football team he rooted for as a child, the Badgers, gave him a scholarship to play football. But a lot can change in two years. Instead of suiting up in Wisconsin red and white, he’s playing for the No. 4 Michigan football team as a left guard. There are many factors that went into his choice to play for the Wolverines, with their brand new coaching staff being the main determinant. So far, the decision is paying off. Most true freshmen offensive linemen don’t get the opportunity to play, but Bredeson has appeared in every game this season as relief for an experienced line. This week, he will prepare for the eighth- ranked Badgers in the first top- 10 matchup of his career. “I’ve been getting texts since the beginning of the year from people who are excited about the game,” Bredeson said. “Not anyone who’s on the team, but just friends from back home. The majority — I think like a third of my graduating class — all went to Madison, so I have a lot of friends from the school, and I’m pretty excited about it.” Bredeson has a lot of friends and family coming out to Ann Arbor for the weekend, and though they may have always rooted for Wisconsin growing up in Hartland, he’s giving them a reason to question their fandom — if friends of the Bredeson family didn’t already have enough. Ben’s brother, Jack, is a sophomore right-handed pitcher for the Michigan baseball team. “I was going to come here anyway,” Ben said. “But (having Jack on campus) has helped a lot. He’s given me the lay of the land and it’s nice to have a close family member here, so when you just need someone from home, you can call him.” The brothers played hockey and football together often, but Ben never dabbled in baseball. He says he’s “very awful, terrible” at his brother’s game, and on top of that, he’s afraid of the ball. He grew up playing hockey instead, starting the game when he was three years old. He says it was his first love, and though he decided to shift his focus to football once high school started, the skating skills have transferred over to the gridiron. “Hockey is all footwork there,” Bredeson said. “It’s not really the same style, but just being light on your feet and being able to change direction quick. Being able to read plays before it happens and read body language and then just reacting to it. It translates to the offensive line world pretty well — surprisingly well.” Despite the move from high school to college, which included a move from left tackle to guard, Bredeson seems to have a handle on his role on the football team. Having his brother on campus definitely helps, but the support from his teammates has been incalculable. Fifth-year senior Ben Braden has taken Bredeson under his wing. Though they’re battling for the same job, Bredeson is not surprised at all about Braden’s willingness to help. “(Braden has helped) a lot more than you can imagine,” Bredeson said. “He and I roomed together all camp and we room together in the hotel for game nights. He’s helped me with plays, protections, pre-game tests, life — basically everything. He’s helped me a ton. “He has gone far out of his way to help me, mentally and physically, with the game.” But Bredeson isn’t just being helped out by the older players on the team. He remembers jumping off the walls of his high school on National Signing Day when he found out that freshman defensive end Rashan Gary also committed to Michigan. That was before Bredeson even really knew Gary. Now, the two practice together all week. “Rashan and I are great friends,” Bredeson said. “Just to watch him compete, it’s so much fun to watch. He has that intensity and that fire in him every single play, and you can see it. It’s real visible, and you can really appreciate it going against him.” Though many Wolverines maintain that they’re preparing for Wisconsin the same way they prepared for earlier opponents this season, the game will be a little different for Bredeson. “I’m from the state and I grew up watching them all the time, but it’s just going to be a huge game for us,” Bredeson said. “It’s a big top-10 matchup and they’ve been coming out strong at the beginning of the year, and so have we, so it’s gonna be a heck of a game on Saturday.” True freshman offensive lineman to match up Saturday against the team he grew up rooting for AMANDA ALLEN/Daily Freshman offensive lineman Ben Bredeson (74) has appeared in every game this season as a substitute at left guard. KELLY HALL Daily Sports Editor “I have a lot of friends from (Wisconsin), and I’m pretty excited about it.” All-American cornerback says he’s back to full speed but having to take better care of his body SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily Senior cornerback Jourdan Lewis is back in the starting lineup after missing the first three games with injuries, but he’s still working to regain his rhythm. “My first game back, it really hurt. I have to be honest.” MAX BULTMAN Managing Sports Editor