Michigan could be deep at edge rusher during the 2026 season. John Henry Daley transferred to Michigan via Utah; Dominic Nichols is poised to make an impact; Cameron Brandt brings a veteran presence to the unit; Lugard Edopayi is ascending; and then there are up-and-comers like Carter Meadows and Tariq Boney, who will be receiving snaps. However, it could be Nate Marshall who\u2019s the best of the bunch, according to Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has really grown up in the last eight months,\u201d Whittingham said. \u201cKnock on wood. Hopefully, he can stay on that trajectory. He\u2019s one of the best pass rushers on the team, if not the best pure pass rusher. He\u2019s got a real talent for bending the edge and getting his hips turned, and getting to the QB.\u201d<\/p>\n
A top 50 recruit in the class of 2025, the 6-foot-3, 248-pound defensive end could be one of Michigan\u2019s best surprises this season if he\u2019s at the ability level that Whittingham believes. Whittingham saying he\u2019s one of the best pass rushers on the team, if not the best, is all the more interesting considering John Henry Daley had 11.5 sacks. Daley could be Michigan\u2019s best pass rusher since Aidan Hutchinson.<\/p>\n
For Marshall, it sounds like the mental side of the game is what he needed to improve upon the most this offseason, something Whittngham applauded him for.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a very emotional guy, but he\u2019s really harnessed that and really become a really good teammate,\u201d Whittingham said. \u201cHe needs to be commended. Because the first few months were kind of rocky with Nate, but he\u2019s really settled in and proud of how far he\u2019s come. If he can stay on the track he\u2019s on right now, he\u2019s got a very bright future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michigan could be deep at edge rusher during the 2026 season. John Henry Daley transferred to Michigan via…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,579,103090,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-832461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-michigan-football","tag-michigan-football-news","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}