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These are the guys I could see taking the field for us over the coming years. I'd be happy with any of those guys under center.

*In 2013, I'm rooting for Bellomy to be good enough to beat out Gardner so Garner can get moved to one of the receiver positions. Honestly, I'd love to see that this Fall with Denard under center. How awesome would it be if Denard and Devin were both on the field 100% of the time!

2012
Denard Robinson - Senior
Devin Gardner - Junior
Russell Bellomy - Sophomore

2013
Devin Gardner - Senior
Russell Bellomy - Junior
Shane Morris - Freshman

2014
Russell Bellomy - Senior
Shane Morris - Sophomore or Redshirt Freshman
Kizer/Stewart/someone else - Freshman

One thing to remember is that Gardner could still get his medical redshirt which would put him at a RS Junior next year.

I think the coaches will end up taking 2. Depth is terrible.

Depth isn't great, but I wouldn't call it terrible. We'll always have at least three scholarship guys, and you really only want four. And it's going to be hard enough to get one top 2014 guy to sign on with Shane in the class in front of him. Taking two would be just begging for future transfers and make it harder to sell in 2015. Plus, if Gardner gets his redshirt, we'd have four guys in 2014 anyway.

I think you just try to get one top QB every year and you'll usually have four on the roster at a given time. If injuries or transfers happen, you adjust accordingly, but for now just one each year is a good steady way to go about it.

Never said I was a coach or anything, but I've heard they only plan on taking 1 QB on a Michigan recruiting facebook page from a recruiting analyst.

It's going to be very hard to land two quality QBs in 2014. If we were to land somebody like Chance Stewart, plus have Morris in the fold and Bellamy with a bunch of eligibility, depth chart will be scary. I know top prospects don't care about competition, but it's not very often two top QBs commit to the same school, especially with a 5*-type talent in Shane a year ahead of them.

I agree with 1 top kid. Was saying I think it would be hard to land 2 top QBs and sell them both on redshirting. If that were to happen, the one who fell on the depth chart would be high risk of transferring.

I always get a laugh out of projecting depth. As amazing as we all think Shane Morris is and going to be there is no guarantee he will ever start at QB for us. If Belllamy is better then Shane next year and has a good year you would expect him to continue to start. Then if you have a kid like Kizer come in and be better then Shane we may never have him start. It sounds far fetched but anything can happen.

I wouldn't mind DG moving to WR permanently, and being Bellomy's backup. They could still have QB packages for him

Well, we're moving him to WR this year leaving us with only 2 scholarship QBs.

Devin isn't making the permanent move to WR, at least not yet. The coaches just know that he is a great athlete and are looking for ways to get him on the field.

Yeah, and Bellamy has an advantage over Gardner in the QB competition...If Bellamy is the QB, then he can throw to Gardner. However, if Gardner is the QB, he's going to have a very tough time throwing it to himself.

So, the question isn't just who's better, Bellamy or Gardner? The real question is whether Gardner is so much better than Bellamy under center that we can justify losing him as a WR.