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Long TD Peppers 15 257 17.1 54 1 Jocz 1 27 27.0 0 0 Evans 1 15 15.0 15 0 Perry 0 6 -- 6 1 TOTALS 17 305 17.9 54 2 INTERCEPTION RETURNS Player No. Yds Avg. Long TD Stribling 3 60 20.0 51 1 Hill, D. 1 27 27.0 27 1 McCray 1 22 22.0 22 0 Thomas 1 4 4.0 4 0 Lewis 2 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 8 113 14.1 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 6 168 28.0 55 0 Lewis 3 34 11.3 18 0 Henderson 2 28 14.0 15 0 Hudson 1 6 6.0 6 0 Hill, K. 2 5 2.5 5 0 TOTALS 14 241 17.2 55 0 KICKOFFS Player No. Yds Avg. TB Allen 53 3392 64.0 28 Foug 8 460 57.5 2 Tice 3 189 63.0 0 TOTALS 64 4041 63.1 30 PUNTING Player No. Yds Avg. Lg Allen 27 1138 42.1 56 TOTALS 27 1138 42.1 56 FIELD GOALS Player FG Pct. 1-19 20-29 30-3940-49 50+ Lg Allen 9-13 69.2% 0-0 5-5 3-5 1-3 0-0 45 Tice 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 LEADING TACKLERS Player Solo Ast Tot TFL SK PBU Gedeon 22 39 61 8.5 3.0 2 Peppers 31 17 48 12.5 3.5 - McCray 18 25 43 8.0 3.5 4 Thomas 18 16 34 - - 4 Hill, D. 20 10 30 2.0 - 2 Winovich 6 20 26 5.5 2.0 - Glasgow, R. 5 21 26 4.0 1.0 1 Wormley 9 13 22 5.5 4.0 - Gary 7 15 22 5.0 1.0 - Hurst 9 11 20 6.5 3.0 - Godin 7 13 20 2.0 1.0 - Charlton 7 12 19 4.5 4.0 - Lewis 11 5 16 2.5 - 3 Stribling 7 8 15 1.0 - 7 Kinnel 6 4 10 - - - Clark 6 4 10 - - 3 Watson 6 4 10 - - - Metellus 6 2 8 1.0 1.0 - Glasgow, J. 5 3 8 - - - Hudson 3 5 8 0.5 - 1 Bush 3 5 8 0.5 - - Pearson 2 4 6 - - - TOTALS 232 280 512 71 27 28 UPCOMING GAMES MARYLAND (5-3) 3:30 p.m., Michigan Stadium at IOWA (5-3) 8 p.m., Iowa City, Iowa INDIANA (4-4) Michigan Stadium at OHIO ST. (7-1) Noon, Columbus, Ohio 11/5 11/12 11/19 11/26 SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily Eddie McDoom has 12 carries as a wide receiver for Michigan this year. McDoom relishes role in ‘M’ offense Eddie McDoom knew they were saying his name, but he had to process it for a moment first. The freshman receiver with a name befitting a comic book hero had never heard a crowd yell “dooooom” before. Not in high school, not growing up, not until 109,000 did it at Michigan Stadium on Sept. 3. “At first it sounds like ‘Boo,’ ” McDoom said Tuesday. “When I’m putting two and two together, I’m like, it’s ‘Dooom,’ but it sounds like ‘Boo.’ ” The truth is, Michigan’s first-year standout hasn’t given anyone a reason to boo. Through eight games, McDoom has already piled up 12 carries as a receiver. He has taken them for 148 yards and added four catches for 53 yards. The bulk of those yards have come via the jet sweep, a reverse or a play designed to look like sweep but evolving into something else. McDoom said his favorite so far was a reverse he ran with fifth-year senior receiver Jehu Chesson last week against Michigan State, but he has also run a play where he mimicked a sweep, only to go out for a pass. McDoom said that when he arrived on campus this summer he didn’t realize he would be so involved so soon. It had been just months since he was playing at West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Fla. But Michigan offensive coordinator Tim Drevno saw potential in McDoom right away. “He’s very fast,” Drevno said Wednesday. “Doesn’t say much. Unbelievable worker. You put him out there, he’ll just keep going and going and going. He’s a playmaker, and I knew it when he walked in the doors, just during training camp, you could see he had the speed, he had the skillset that you really like in a football player.” The result has been an impact larger than might have been expected from a freshman with just 16 touches. When McDoom comes into a game, defenses have to prepare for him to get the ball. He said that the variations off the sweep were installed in the beginning, which makes sense, because otherwise defenses could key in on stopping the rush to the edge. But even if defenses did know what was coming, it would be no guarantee they could stop him. McDoom considers himself the fastest player on the team, though he has yet to race any of the expected challengers. Fifth-year senior receiver Jehu Chesson has long been considered the leader, but when Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was asked if McDoom was as fast as Chesson, he posited another option. “How is (redshirt sophomore linebacker Jabrill) Peppers not the fastest guy on the team?” he wondered. As a competitor, it’s unlikely McDoom would ever outright concede the title of fastest player willingly. But on Tuesday, he went a step further than non- concession. “Jabrill is fast,” McDoom said. “But I feel like I can take him.” As fast as McDoom is, he has the confidence to match. He declared his intentions to have a breakout season next year (“I’m pretty sure I’m going to blow up,” he said), and with what he’s shown already, the possibility is hard to dispute. But he stops short of taking full credit for all he has accomplished. When asked about his role as the go-to jet sweeper, McDoom deflected. “It’s not really mine,” he said. “I just, I don’t know, I just show the speed. Show I’m the fastest guy here, that’s how I’m always going to think. Speed is my thing. So when they give it to me, I try to make the most of it.” Going forward, Drevno said, there are “lots” more things Michigan can do out of the jet sweep package, both with McDoom and with others. They’re always looking to get more dynamic, he said, and with McDoom, dynamic seems to be the norm. But Drevno was also sure to clarify that his freshman receiver could do more than sweeps. That speed lends itself well to deep balls, too. Seeing deep balls thrown his way seems to fit with McDoom’s plan for a breakout 2017, but for now, the freshman is enjoying every sweep, reverse or decoy play thrown his way. “I didn’t know I was going to make this much of a splash,” McDoom said. “I’m just taking every day as a gift. I’m just going with it.” D-Line gears up for home stretch At this time last year, Michigan defensive line coach Greg Mattison had to deal with injuries on a line that had a lot of talent but questionable depth. With Bryan Mone out all of last season with a broken leg and Ryan Glasgow sidelined mid-season with a torn pectoral muscle, Mattison had to scramble to find capable bodies to fill run gaps. Those problems became paramount last November, when running backs like Indiana’s Jordan Howard and Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott — both of whom are now starting in the NFL — ran roughshod over the Wolverines. A year later, though, Mattison’s biggest worry was whether his beloved Chicago Cubs would win Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday night. “I don’t want to jinx them,” Mattison said. “I just know last night, in the seventh inning, my wife tried to talk to me and I wouldn’t speak to her. ‘Let me concentrate on this.’ ” Stress levels have been through the roof for Cubs fans the past few weeks, but Mattison now has plenty of time to join them — his work life couldn’t be going much better. In recent terms, Michigan’s defensive line is as healthy as it has ever been this late in the season. Other than Mone, who is still practicing but has battled through nagging injuries all year, the Wolverines’ four-man line has a completely healthy two-deep rotation. Those eight players make up what might be the best defensive line in the country, accounting for 33 tackles for loss (for perspective, that’s as many as Iowa’s entire defense). More strikingly, there often appears to be no noticeable dropoff from the starters to the backups. Redshirt sophomore Chase Winovich leads the defensive line in tackles, and redshirt junior Maurice Hurst leads it in tackles for loss, despite both playing mostly second-team snaps. Given the injury struggles Michigan has faced both last year and in years past, Mattison is very pleased not to have to worry about his position group’s health again. “It’s as well as can be expected,” he said. “These kids are very, very physical football players, and they’ve gone against some big offensive linemen, some physical offensive linemen. Having the ability to rotate them has allowed for them not to have 60 or 70 reps. Getting off on third down has allowed us not to have to play 10, 12 extra reps.” The line has been so effective that none of the players had to overexert themselves through the first seven games of the season. Playing Michigan State last Saturday was one of the first times they were tested, as Spartan running back LJ Scott did some damage with 139 yards and a touchdown. By the end of the game, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh saw a few cracks in his defense’s armor. “I do feel we have some things that we can address and coach and be better at,” he said. “I thought we got a little tired up front. … Throughout the team, it was good for our defense to be tested.” According to Mattison, the defensive linemen didn’t need to be told that. They felt like stopping the running game was their responsibility, and they recognized that they were missing tackles and playing too high up front. As it works to correct those mistakes, the defensive line is showing that its late-season freshness is more than just a physical advantage. “Mentally and physically,” Mattison said. “They (all) come to meetings every day ready to go. They all practice with the kind of intensity that we want, the alertness we want. It’s a special group. … They love playing together, they have respect for each other. They know the bar’s very high for them. “Some people, when people gain a few yards every once in a while, they’d say, ‘Ah, no big deal.’ This group takes it to heart, and that’s what I think separates them.” SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily Ryan Glasgow is healthy for November after suffering a pectoral injury in 2015. JACOB GASE Daily Sports Editor MAX BULTMAN Managing Sports Editor “When they give it to me, I try to make the most of it.”