2026 University of Michigan Depth Chart

Bryce Underwood is the clear fantasy engine because Michigan’s staff retained him as the centerpiece and immediately rebuilt the QB room for stability behind him. The add of Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi reads as “adult-in-the-room” insurance rather than a true threat to Underwood’s job, while Colin Hurley is the longer-horizon talent play who matters more for dynasty stash than 2026 redraft value. The practical takeaway: Underwood’s job security + playmaking ceiling makes him the only QB you’re confidently drafting as a weekly starter, with the backups mostly contingency value.

At RB, Jordan Marshall stays RB1 on role stability and proven 2025 volume/TD equity, but Savion Hiter is the one who can break the workload model—he’s the premium talent (top-shelf recruiting profile) entering a room that’s otherwise young and thin on proven alternatives. Bryson Kuzdzal is the pragmatic RB3 because he already showed he can get usable carries when chaos hits, which matters in a Whittingham/Beck context that should still protect the offense with the run even as 11 personnel becomes the base.

Receiver is where the fantasy sorting gets sharp: Andrew Marsh is WR1 because he already produced as the top option and fits the “move him around” usage that creates week-winning spike games. JJ Buchanan is next because slot/TE-hybrid deployment plus TD usage can outscore a cleaner “outside WR2” in standard, while Jaime Ffrench is the classic ceiling bet (speed/outside role) with more weekly volatility. After that, Salesi Moa is the freshman swing with immediate-play traits, and Goodwin/Browder are the best bets to matter on weeks where Michigan spreads targets in its three-WR base. At TE, I’m betting on Hogan Hansen’s route/usage ceiling if healthy over Zack Marshall’s “first up” label—Marshall is still a strong TE2 because the room looks like a rotation.

2️⃣ Final Depth Chart Output (Single Row Only)