• The Michigan run game is eighth in the FBS, averaging 253.5 yards per contest. Six different players have scored on the ground this year; the Wolverines have featured at least three different rushing scorers in each of the past two games.
• The offensive line has paved the way for 15 rushing touchdowns so far this year while allowing only four sacks against in the pass game. Despite three different starting lineups across the first four games due to injuries, the unit has helped lead the way offensively.
• The U-M offense has ripped off 21 plays of 20-plus yards on offense through four weeks of the 2025 season (six in week one, four in week two, eight in week three, three in week four). Justice Haynes leads the team with five such plays (all rushes), and six other players have at least two each.
• Running back Justice Haynes leads the way in the ground game. He has rushed for 100-plus yards in all four contests this year (159, 125, 104, 149 yards), the longest streak of 100-yard games since Blake Corum hit the century mark in eight consecutive games in 2022.
• For the season, Haynes is third nationally in rushing yards per game (134.3), averaging 8.14 yards per carry (sixth, FBS) with six rushing touchdowns (13th, FBS).
• Eleven (11) of Haynes’ 66 rushes have gone for 10-plus yards (16.7 percent), and he has long runs of 56, 59 and 75 yards (twice).
• Backfield mate Jordan Marshall is averaging 5.3 yards per carry and posted a career-long touchdown run at Nebraska (54 yards). Marshall then picked up the game-clinching first down on U-M’s final possession, sliding once he reached the sticks to keep the clock moving.
• Quarterback Bryce Underwood has three rushing touchdowns on the season himself, and his 37-yard touchdown run was the longest scoring rush by a Wolverine quarterback since Dylan McCaffrey ran for a 44-yard score in 2018.
• U-M is winning the turnover battle with an 8:3 ratio (three fumbles lost, one interception). Cole Sullivan leads the team with three (two interceptions, one fumble recovery).
• The Wolverines rank ninth in interceptions (six) and have multiple turnovers in three of four games, with at least one in each contest. Five different players have U-M’s six picks: Elijah Dotson, T.J. Guy, Brandyn Hillman, TJ Metcalf, and Cole Sullivan.
• Through four games, 14 different players have an interception or pass breakup: two linebackers, two defensive linemen, and 10 defensive backs. Jyaire Hill leads the team with three.
• The run defense has been stout, allowing 77.5 yards per game (10th, FBS) and 2.3 yards per carry on 132 rushes against. Oklahoma is the only team to score a rushing touchdown against the Wolverines this year.
• The pass rush, active against Nebraska with seven sacks, has been a force for the U-M defense, averaging 3.5 quarterback takedowns per game (sixth, FBS). That has helped pad a TFL rank of ninth, averaging eight per contest. Jaishawn Barham leads the team in both categories (3.0 sacks, 4.5 TFL).
• Linebacker Ernest Hausmann is pacing the defense with 29 tackles through four games, eight clear of the next-closest defender (Jimmy Rolder, 21). Three of the team’s top four tacklers (Cole Sullivan, 19) are in the linebacker room. Hausmann has led U-M in tackles in 10 of the 17 games he’s started in his career.
• Defensive back Brandyn Hillman (20 tackles) leads the DB room, and Trey Pierce (10) is the leader among interior linemen.
• Opponents have combined to score only two field goals and one touchdown in fourth quarters this year. U-M has permitted only three touchdowns and two field goals across four second halves.
• Kicker Dominic Zvada matched his career-long field goal (56 yards) at Nebraska, his third time hitting from that distance as a Wolverine, and his fourth time as a collegian. He added to his career record at Michigan for 50-plus yard field goals and is now 8-of-8 in Maize and Blue.
