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499:"Michigan Football Roster Database"
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474:"Greer's Play Leads Blue Defence"
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448:. Sports Reference LLC
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908:Jim Stuckey
903:Otis Wilson
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883:Marc Wilson
873:Earl Cooper
858:Jacob Green
853:Doug Martin
848:Mark Haynes
828:Bruce Clark
421:during the
419:picket line
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187:All-Big Ten
174:First-team
112:(1976–1979)
1624:Categories
1599:P. Johnson
1509:Fitzgerald
1499:B. Johnson
1063:Tyron Gray
1055:Rush Brown
1034:Bill Acker
1014:Doug Marsh
999:selections
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863:Brad Budde
813:Billy Sims
429:References
375:concussion
365:NFL career
359:bowl games
300:Early life
117:NFL draft:
56:1957-11-10
1569:Nkemdiche
1564:Humphries
1469:Wadsworth
1244:Childress
1229:Olszewski
1174:Kimbrough
1039:Ben Apuna
918:Ray Snell
818:Lam Jones
505:March 23,
452:March 24,
402:Fred Dean
98:Cass Tech
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1559:Bucannon
1544:Peterson
1484:T. Jones
1419:Stouffer
1379:Anderson
1334:Thompson
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1149:Lawrence
898:Art Monk
414:ligament
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1254:K. Hill
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