Michigan football player makes Rivals’ No. 1 Big Ten breakout player in 2021

If this comes to fruition, Michigan football’s defense will be solid in 2021.

The Wolverines retooled the entirety of the defense this offseason, with Don Brown being let go in favor of first time defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald, who is bringing the Baltimore Ravens’ attack to Ann Arbor. While big things are expected of defensive end/outside linebacker Aidan Hutchinson, there’s another player who is ready for his glow up.

Safety Daxton Hill had an up-and-down 2020 campaign, but the former five-star’s best football is certainly ahead of him. Last year, Hill was expected to be one of the breakout players in college football, and in looking specifically at the Big Ten, Rivals’ Mike Farrell is renewing optimism in the Oklahoma product’s talents.

In Farrell’s latest ‘Three-point Stance,’ he shared which Big Ten players he’s most excited to see in 2021, as they’re on the verge of a truly remarkable season. And in that list, Hill comes in at No. 1.

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Considering that Michigan’s problems on defense last year were in the secondary and in the middle of the defense, while the Wolverines are looking for a mistake-eraser at linebacker, the various ways in which Hill could be deployed means that, while at safety, he could take on that role for Mike Macdonald.

If Hill does make this prophecy come true, the maize and blue defensive attack should take leaps and bounds — assuming that the players around him are serviceable at the very least.

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