True to Michigan form, when redshirt sophomore Jabrill Peppers took on the Sam linebacker position this spring – a unique spot he had never played before, that no one in a Wolverines uniform played last year and one in which no one else on the roster is in a position to really challenge him – he went hunting for some competition.
Peppers found what he was looking for in the film room. When new defensive coordinator Don Brown showed Michigan’s jack-of-all-trades athlete tape of previous players who filled that role in his defensive scheme, he was hoping it would be a teaching tool, maybe even a sales pitch.