“Michigan Football PFF players grade, snap counts in loss to Illinois”.

Michigan suffered its third loss of the season on Saturday when it lost to Illinois 21-7. The Wolverines were expected to correct some of the problems that plagued them in the first half of the season after a bye week, but many question whether Michigan performed worse after the bye. Scoring seven points was the lowest performance in 10 years and veteran quarterback Jack Tuttle was the third starting quarterback who didn't look competent in the maize and blue.

Tuttle threw two interceptions – one was called back for a flag – and fumbled the football. He did throw for 208 yards, but many of those went in the trash late in the fourth quarter when Illinois took the lead. The Wolverines will evaluate the quarterback position again next week.

The defense played better for the most part. Michigan held Luke Altmyer to 80 yards through the air, but several key penalties allowed the Illini drives to continue. The Wolverines' defense flexed a lot but never really broke. Michigan's defense played well enough to win the game, but the Wolverines' offense struggled mightily.

Here are the best and worst player grades since Michigan's loss to Illinois, using Pro Football Focus. We also take into account the number of player snaps you should know.

TE Hogan Hansen – Grade 77.2
TE Colston Loveland – Grade 75.0
RB Kalel Mullings – Grade 73.4
RT Andrew Gentry – grade 66.7
TE Marlin Klein – grade 64.8

QB Jack Tuttle – Grade 28.7
LT Jeff Persi – grade 51.4
TE Max Bredeson – grade 51.6
WR Tyler Morris – Grade 52.5
WR Kendrick Bell – Grade 53.4

DT Mason Graham – Grade 86.9
LB Jaishawn Barham – Grade 82.6
Edge Josaiah Stewart – Grade 78.5
DT Kenneth Grant – Grade 74.3
Edge TJ Guy – Grade 70.9

LB Ernest Hausmann – grade 52.5
CB Aamir Hall – grade 53.8
DT Trey Pierce – Grade 55.2
CB Zeke Berry – Grade 57.7
CB Will Johnson – Grade 57.9

WR Amorion Walker played 29 snaps – a season high – and trailed Tyler Morris (47), Kendrick Bell (34) and Semaj Morgan (32).

RB Donovan Edwards reached a season low with 27 snaps played. Kalel Mullings had 50 snapshots Ben Hall played in one.

Mainly due to TE Marlin Klein Leaving the game, rookie TE Hogan Hansen played a season-high 15 snaps.

With Will Johnson I'm leaving the game early, CB Aamir Hall played in 51 snaps – the second most of any corner.

True freshman cornerback Mason Curtis played in 22 snaps, which was his first appearance of the year on defense.

Michigan hasn't changed its linebackers often. Ernst Hausmann (55) and Jaishawn Barham (53) dominated snaps. Backups Jimmy Rolder (8) and Jaydon Hood (8) were used sparingly.

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