{"id":72673,"date":"2024-10-14T18:35:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T23:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/michigan-football-elevates-edge-josaiah-stewart-to-captain\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T18:35:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T23:35:58","slug":"michigan-football-elevates-edge-josaiah-stewart-to-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/michigan-football-elevates-edge-josaiah-stewart-to-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan football elevates EDGE Josaiah Stewart to captain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan Wolverines football<\/a> <\/strong>elected four captains and two alternates before the season but has made a change. Senior EDGE Josaiah Stewart was voted an alternate captain along with graduate running back Kalel Mullings, but head coach Sherrone Moore has elevated him to be the team\u2019s fifth captain.<\/p>\n

Stewart joins senior running back Donovan Edwards<\/a><\/strong>, senior fullback \/ tight end Max Bredeson<\/a><\/strong>, senior safety Rod Moore<\/a><\/strong> and graduate safety Makari Paige<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Moore said that Michigan\u2019s captains played a key role during the bye last week, helping the coach identify and correct issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cool thing I see, especially in this bye week, is just watching guys not attack people but attack problems,\u201d Moore said on the \u2018Inside Michigan Football\u2019 radio show. \u201cAnything that they see, they point it out. I meet with the captains every week, and there are different things that they\u2019re not afraid to acknowledge, things that are going on. It\u2019s really cool to have a bunch of guys that are leaders on your team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took the captains to one more. We added Josaiah Stewart as a captain. A guy that we think that, one, is a senior that has really done everything the right way. He plays as good as anybody in the country, but does it all with extreme energy. He\u2019s just such a leader and such a voice, and I want him to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moore described the Michigan EDGE\u2019s reaction to being named captain.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was pretty surprised, kinda shocked but super happy and excited for the opportunity to be a voice on the team,\u201d Moore said. \u201cAnd he deserves it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stewart is the FBS\u2019 active leader with 26.5 career sacks. He\u2019s currently tied atop the Big Ten with 5 sacks this season, despite missing a game due to injury. He\u2019s added 8.5 tackles for loss and 18 total tackles.<\/p>\n

Stewart rising to captainship at Michigan is particularly impressive since this is only his second year with the program. The 6-foot-1, 245-pounder spent his first two seasons with Coastal Carolina, where he appeared in 24 games with 17 starts and totaled 25.5 tackles for loss and 16 sacks.<\/p>\n

Michigan\u2019s defense is allowing 22.3 points per game, which ranks tied 56th in the country. Moore has lamented his team\u2019s tackling, issues that have stemmed from not taking the best angles, and said it was a focus of he and the staff to identify and correct during the bye week. With improvement in that area, the Michigan coach believes the Wolverines can limit big plays from opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing we took away was angles and pursuit of the football,\u201d Moore said of the self scout. \u201cWe gotta be better at tackling in space. We gotta be better at just tackling, period. And I think our staff did a really good job of attacking those little details in the off week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big thing for me: I went around and self-evaluated me, evaluated the coaches, the players. You look at the defense, and it\u2019s not a scheme, it\u2019s not this \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s really all the little things. And you look at those big plays, it\u2019s really just eyes, it\u2019s hand placement, it\u2019s angles.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you do those things, you eliminate them. Now, people are going to make plays because they always do, but for us to eliminate those explosives and eliminate those things that can hurt our defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

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