Michigan football 2026 position preview: Linebacker
Michigan football 2026 position preview: Linebacker  
Podcast: The Michigan Insider
Published On: Thu Aug 20 2026
Description: In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz continue their position group preview series by looking at the Michigan football team's linebacker room. They open with a look at the strengths and question marks of the room, as they try to make sense of a position group that lost its top four players from last season, and did not add a true sure-thing player though the transfer portal this offseason. Nonetheless, they examine the top four linebackers in the room, and what they can bring in 2026.In the second half of the episode, they look at two x-factor players for the room, the floor and ceiling for the position group, and how they will measure success for the Wolverines' linebackers in 2026.