Hello, fan of an NFL team. MGoBlog excruciatingly scouts every Michigan play, and scores them to inform our coverage. Since mi atleta es su atleta now, here we share what we're sharing. Series: RB Hassan Haskins, OL Andrew Stueber, DT Chris Hinton, DT Donovan Jeter, DE Aidan Hutchinson, DE David Ojabo, LB Josh Ross, S Daxton Hill, S Brad Hawkins, CB Vincent Gray. Quickly: Long-armed build-a-bear with bad pad level. Draft Projection: Undrafted free agent (signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers). NFL Comp: Foley Fatukasi. A little too tall and a little too thin DT who doesn't generate a lot of stats, but remains useful because his long arms make him impossible for linemen to stay attached to him long. What's his story? As with cornerback, DT is a pretty straightforward position in recruiting—the 300-pound guys with long arms who can move are good at it—and therefore hard to get if you're not going to recruit like a Georgia. Donovan Jeter came in a DE with a frame to hang a tackle on, the 4th ranked in his class of five(!) DT-like objects. But 5-star Aubrey Solomon, 4-star James Hudson (after converting to offense), and 4-star Deron Irving-Bey were washed out and gone in a few years. As the position fell into weakness over 2018-'20, the failure of the 2017 class to produce even one starter was ever-present. It wasn't helping that every spring the program was set to convince us anew that Donovan Jeter was going to work out. Jeter was by no small margin *THE* clubhouse leader for spring practice hype in 2019, followed by a season when he was unplayable and/or injured (Michigan started recently converted walk-on OL Jess Speight against Alabama in the Citrus Bowl), and then another spring of all the hype, and a season when he was kinda-sorta usable, if that's what you call Michigan trying to run a 3-3-5 with 280-pound Carlo Kemp at nose rather than lean on Jeter for too many plays. There was one fumble return TD in the opener, then reality. In 2021 the hype was self-awarely muted. He had also settled into a backup role behind the 5-star and 4-star recruited in 2019, in a defense that used odd (like a 3-4) fronts as often as not, and had a new generation of backups starting to look worthy of the field. In this environment, weirdly, Jeter did well. Sometimes he was downright good. Charting suggested the home-grown, long-armed senior was something of an acid test for offensive line coaching. He never did grow into Don Brown's dream of a 4-3 three-tech who kept the DE's explosion. But he made for a decent 3-4 DE, one Michigan tried to get back for a COVID shirt this year before Jeter decided to move on for good. Positives: The arms. Jeter is very hard to stay attached to, and keeps a good base when engaged, so unless you're under him he's really not going anywhere. Surprising speed, though not with much control, if he does get free as a pass-rusher, and unlike with many of the DTs immediately preceding him, that did happen. The Steelers are also getting a hometown kid; Jeter is from Beaver Falls, just outside the Pittsburgh metro area. Negatives: Plays high, and that means good OL are able to get under him and move him off his spot to dangerous effect. Not remotely explosive—if Jeter does make it into the backfield it's through a tear in the line that most NFL QBs should be able to dodge or render moot with a quick throw. Middling athleticism for college. Never a starter. [After THE JUMP: What others say, scheme fit, grading, video, conclusion]