Michigan Defensive Backs: Cornerbacks and Safeties

Charles Woodson: He is Michigan's only Defensive Back to win a Heisman Trophy in 1997, and be selected as a Three-Time Big Ten 1st Team, 1995-1997, Big Ten Player of the Year in 1997, and Two-Time All-American. In the NFL, Woodson had 65 interceptions, 1998-2015, and was selected to play in the Pro Bowl 9 times. He helped his teams to a NCAA Championship in 1997, and a Super Bowl Championship in 2011; he was selected as the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2009.

Charles Woodson-Dave Brown-Thom Darden-Rick Volk-Mike Harden-Ty Law-Randy Logan-Mike Bass

Harry Newman: In his Senior Year, he played 437 of 480 minutes in the Wolverines 8 games when they were crowned National Champion; Michigan was 24-1-2 over his three seasons while he played quarterback and defensive back. Newman was honored as the Most Outstanding NCAA Football Player in 1932, and went on to play in the National Football League, 1933-1937.

Bo Molenda: Bo intercepted 5 Illinois passes from Red Grange in 1925 in a 3-0 Wolverine win; this came a year after Grange ran Michigan roughshod in a 14-39 win where he ran for 409 yards for 3 TDs after he ran back the opening kickoff 95 yards for another TD. Molenda led the Wolverines revenge on the Fighing Illini, and went on to play in the NFL for 9 seasons, and was later Grange's teammate; he also played professional baseball, and coached in the NFL.

Kovacs, Jordan	334	2009-12
Pickens, Jim	262	1975-78
Dufek, Don Jr.	249	1972-75
Welbourne, Tripp	238	1987-90
Rivers, Garland	233	1983-87
Hicks, Dwight	231	1975-78
Darden, Thom	218	1968-71
Hendricks, Tommy	213	1996-99
Brown, Dave	212	1971-75

MFB Player	Starts	Position	Award	AA	Captain	MVP	Other
Kovacs, Jordan	46	DB	n/a	No	Yes	Yes	NFL 4 seasons
Warren, Donovan	45	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Cochran, Brad	38	DB	n/a	Yes	Yes	No
Metellus, Josh	38	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Trent, Morgan	38	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Hendricks, Tommy	37	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 5 seasons
Hill, LaVert	37	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Key, David	36	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 1 season
Rivers, Garland	36	DB	n/a	Yes	No	No	NFL/AFL 5 seasons
Woodson, Charles	36	DB	n/a	Yes	No	Yes	Pro Bowl 9 Times/Heisman Trophy/NFL 18 seasons-65 interceptions/997 tackles
Floyd, J.T.	35	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Gant, Tony	35	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Hall, Leon	35	DB	n/a	Yes	No	No	NFL 12 seasons-27 interceptions
Jolly, Mike	35	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Murray, Vada	35	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Dufek, Don Jr.	34	DB	n/a	Yes	Yes	No	NFL 9 seasons
Howard, Todd	34	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Welbourne, Tripp	34	DB	n/a	Yes	No	Yes	NFL 2 seasons
Brown, Dave	33	DB	n/a	Yes	Yes	No	NFL 15 seasons-62 interceptions
Whitley, James	33	DB	n/a	No	Yes	No	NFL 7 seasons
Harrison, Brandon	31	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Wilson, Jarrod	31	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Campbell, Erik	30	DB	n/a	No	No	No	Assistant Coach
Countess, Blake	30	DB	n/a	No	No	No	Transfer to Auburn-NFL 4 seasons-2 interceptions
Curtis, Tom	30	DB	n/a	Yes	No	No	NFL 2 seasons/College Football Hall of Fame
Law, Ty	30	DB	n/a	Yes	No	No	Pro Bowl 4 Times-53 interceptions-708 tackles
Darden, Thom	29	DB	n/a	Yes	No	No	Pro Bowl-1976-79-3 Times/NFL 10 seasons-45 interceptions
Dottin, Lance	29	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Patmon, DeWayne	29	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Cooper, Evan	28	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 6 seasons
Hicks, Dwight	28	DB	n/a	No	Yes	No	Pro Bowl 1981-82/NFL-CFL 9 seasons-32 interceptions
Hicks, Ivan	28	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Winters, Chuck	28	DB	n/a	No	No	No	CFL/AFL 8 seasons
Drake, Charles	26	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Hill, DeLano	26	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Jackson, Marlin	26	DB	n/a	Yes	Yes	No	NFL 6 seasons
June, Cato	26	DB	n/a	No	No	No	Pro Bowl 2005/NFL-AFL 8 seasons
Kinnel, Tyree	26	DB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Long, David	26	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Healy, Brian	25	DB	n/a	No	No	No
LeSeur, Jeremy	25	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Peppers, Jabrill	25	DB	n/a	Yes	No	Yes	Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year/NFL 4 seasons
Brown, Corwin	24	DB	n/a	No	Yes	No	NFL 8 seasons/NFL-NCAA Coach
Harden, Mike	24	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 11 seasons
Mallory, Doug	24	DB	n/a	No	Yes	No	NFL-NCAA Coach 33 seasons
Volk, Rick	24	DB	n/a	Yes	No	No	Pro Bowl 1967-71/NFL 12 seasons-38 interceptions
Baldacci, Lou	23	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 1 season
Pickens, Jim	23	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Shazor, Earnest	23	DB	n/a	Yes	No	No	NFL 1 season
Weathers, Andre	23	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Body, Marion	22	DB	n/a	No	No	No	USFL 1 season
Bostic, Keith	22	DB	n/a	No	No	No	Pro Bowl 1987-88/NFL 8 seasons-13 interceptions
Braman, Mark	22	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Curry, Markus	22	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Engelmon, Brandent	22	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Harmon, Tom	22	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Jackson, Tony	22	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Logan, Randy	22	DB	n/a	Yes	Yes	Yes	NFL 11 seasons-23 interceptions
Thompson, Clarence	22	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Woolfolk, Troy	22	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Adams, Jamar	21	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Arnold, David	21	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 1 season
Ray, Marcus	21	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Bass, Mike	20	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 9 seasons-30 interceptions
Clark, Jeremy	20	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons/XFL
Dotzauer, Barry	20	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Lewis, Jourdan	20	DB	n/a	Yes	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Thomas, Dymonte	20	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Avery, Courtney	19	DB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Carpenter, Brian	19	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Gusich, Frank	19	DB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Howard, Derek	19	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Peoples, Shonte	19	DB	n/a	No	No	No	CFL 9 seasons
Stribling, Channing	19	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL/CFL/XFL 4 seasons
Taylor, Ramon	19	DB	n/a	No	No	No	CFL 1 season
Ward, Willis	19	DB	n/a	No	No	No
White, Paul	19	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 1 season/NCAA Coach
Burch, Alfie	18	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Burgei, Jerry	18	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Hoey, George	18	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 5 seasons
Hughitt, Tommy	18	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 6 seasons
Wiese, Bob	18	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Curry, Julius	17	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Hankins, Woody	17	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Ware, Dwayne	17	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Elliott, Dave	16	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Hartman, Jerry	16	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Julian, Fred	16	DB	n/a	No	No	No	AFL 1 season
Lott, John	16	DB	n/a	No	Yes	No
McRae, Bennie	16	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 10 seasons-27 interceptions
Newman, Harry	16	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 5 seasons
Ward, Carl	16	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Sygar, Dick	15	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Chappuis, Bob	14	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Frutig, Ed	14	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 6 seasons
Gordon, Thomas	14	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Rindfuss, Dick	14	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Teninga, Wally	14	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Johnson, Deon	13	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Mason, Grant	13	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL/UFL 4 seasons
Oldham, Don	13	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Rogers, James	13	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL/AFL 3 seasons
Taylor, Dadrion	13	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Thomas, Ambry	13	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Williams, Otis	13	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Bell, Gene	12	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Bolden, Jim	12	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Elliott, Bruce	12	DB	n/a	No	No	No
King, Steve	12	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Zuver, Jerry	12	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Banks, Harry	11	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Burks, Roy	11	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Harris, Stu	11	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Pierson, Barry	11	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Betts, Jim	10	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Hawkins, Brad	10	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Madar, Elmer	10	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 1 season
Rowser, John	10	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 11 seasons-26 interceptions
Usher, Eddie	10	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Wedge, Bob	10	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Bishop, Allen	9	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Nussbaumer, Bob	9	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 6 seasons-16 interceptions
Plate, Todd	9	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Williams, Mike	9	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Barringer, Willis	8	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Drake, Tom	8	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Wallace, Coleman	7	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Cissoko, Boubacar	6	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Coombs, Zia	6	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Mundy, Ryan	6	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 8 seasons
Reeves, Jeff	6	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Vinopal, Ray	6	DB	n/a	No	No	No	Transfer to Pittsburgh
Maloney, Pat	5	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Anderson, Deollo	4	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Dreyer, Wally	4	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Hewlett, Rich	4	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Furman, Josh	3	DB	n/a	No	No	No	Transfer to Oklahoma State
Hill, Daxton	3	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Johnson, Carvin	3	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Nelson, Doug	3	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Noble, Tyrone	3	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Steger, Geoff	3	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Diggs, Gerald	2	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Peterson, William	2	DB	n/a	No	No	No	Transfer to Western Illinois/NFL 10 seasons-8 interceptions-334 tackles
Rather, Bo	2	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 6 seasons
Sanders, Earnest	2	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Stewart, Jacob	2	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Williams, Brandon	2	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Charles, Jean-Angus	1	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Corbin, Scott	1	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Doty, Alfred	1	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Gray, Vincent	1	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Hood, Darnell	1	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Murray, Dan	1	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Ritter, Dave	1	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Robinson, Marvin	1	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Sears, Johnny	1	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Shaw, Jon	1	DB	n/a	No	No	No
Woods, J'Marick	1	DB	n/a	No	No	No	Transfer to Duke
Greene, John	0	DB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 7 seasons