Name: Brooks Bahr
Height: 6’5″
Weight: 298 lbs.
High school: Lake Forest (IL) Loyola
Position: Defensive tackle
Class: Redshirt freshman
Jersey number: #51
Last year: I ranked Bahr #120 and said he would redshirt (LINK). He redshirted.
TTB Rating: 71
After being coached by former Illinois and NFL linebacker John Holecek in high school, Bahr was one of those tweener freshmen in 2023, the kind of player who comes in tall and somewhat thin (if 280 can be considered thin) and doesn't really have a place. Does he lose weight and play defensive end? Or does he add weight to become a defensive tackle? Either direction was going to take some time, so Bahr redshirted.
Now it's 2024, and we see which direction Michigan has Bahr going: defensive tackle-ward. He's up to 298 pounds this season, which is defensive tackle-adjacent, but it's probably not where he needs to be to get on the field. At 6'5" that's not a ton of bulk. Add in the technique work he needed coming out of high school, and he probably still needs another year in the oven before he's really ready for prime time. Bahr might start getting some snaps in certain situations, but I don't think we're going to see him on the field much in 2024.
Prediction: Backup defensive tackle
We could use some DL depth but it's hard to see where Bahr fits right now at 6'5 / 300. If Thunder's theory about TE development works he could be developed into a blocking TE?
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