WATCH: Lou Esposito, Ron Bellamy discuss Michigan recruiting, more
Michigan Wolverines football defensive line coach Lou Esposito and wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Ron Bellamy met with the media Wednesday afternoon ahead of their team’s game against Northwestern. Watch video from their press conferences below.
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Defensive line coach Lou Esposito
Wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Ron Bellamy
College football players nationwide will soon make decisions on their futures, whether to stay at their school, enter the transfer portal or head to the NFL. Michigan has multiple projected high NFL Draft picks, including three on the defensive line in junior tackles Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant and senior EDGE Josaiah Stewart, who’s out of eligibility after this season. Graham and Grant are widely viewed as candidates to depart early for the NFL Draft, so Michigan will likely have to replace the bulk of its starting defensive line.
“I think you’re always looking to recruit good talent, but we have great players here,” Esposito. “Whether guys stay or leave, they’re going to have to make the decisions based on what’s best for their family and their future.
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“I think we do have some great young talent. I think guys have taken huge steps here in the last month, month and a half — [senior] Ike [Iwunnah], [sophomores] Trey [Pierce], Enow [Etta] have all gotten better. [Senior defensive tackle Rayshaun] Benny being banged up, coming back. All those guys have done great jobs.
“What they do after this season, they’re going to do what’s best for them and their family. And they’ll meet with [head] Coach [Sherrone Moore] and myself, and we’ll go over it. But right now, it’s just one game mentality, one day mentality. We talk about the ‘JOT’ all the time — just one thing. What are they going to do today to get better to beat the next opponent.”