Michigan State’s secondary brought in a lot of depth at cornerback from the portal, and returning safeties Nikai Martinez and Malik Spencer proved last season that they can do the job. Tatum’s departure, however, is still a major loss of talent.

Michigan football appears to have an exceptionally deep front seven entering the 2025 season, with a strong defensive front and an increasingly deep linebacking corps. While the Wolverines only had two obvious linebackers a year ago in starters Ernest Hausmann and Jaishawn Barham,