First Up: Tim Hiller Brings Big Numbers Into The Big House

First up for Michigan Football this year is the Walter Camp Player of the Year and Davey O'Brien Award hopeful, Tim Hiller, quarterback of the Western Michigan University Broncos.

Hiller is a 228lb, 6' 5" senior from Orville High School/Orville, OH.  He brings to the field his record breaking arm from 2008.  He compiled 36 touchdown, 3,700+ yards, and passed for a completion percentage of 64.9. 

For his career, Hiller has surpassed 8,000 yards and has thrown for 76 touchdowns.  

Tim Hiller is not only a QB, he is also a man on a mission.  On April 30, as reported on wmubroncos.com, Hiller left for Trinidad and Tobago on a ministry mission.  He wasn't alone on his trip, he left with 22 others.  

The trip would end on May 8.  During the trip, Hiller would lend his thoughts on the church to the people of T&T, in hopes to create one there.  

When Hiller steps away from his community service projects, he takes to the football field as one of the best QBs to play college football this year. 

The WMU offense has lost 19 touchdowns from last year. WRs Jamarko Simmons, Schneider Julien, and TE Branden Ledbetter have graduated, and that leaves Juan Nunez and his 6 touchdowns and 701 yards to shine on the field.  

Hiller will need to use Doak Walker watch list RB Brandon West (Camden County High School/Brunswick, GA), and WR Juan Nunez (Miami Carol City High School/Miami, FL) as primary weapons if he wants to continue to see his star status rise.  

Brandon West rushed for over 1,000 yards and 8 touchdowns last year.  

What Michigan can do against Hiller?

Michigan will need defensive coordinator Greg Robinson to come up with a game plan to halt the balance attack that WMU will bring into the Big House.

Robinson, coming to Michigan from Syracuse, has to lose sleep at night knowing Hiller is the first QB this defense will face.  Brandon Graham (Crockett Technical/Detroit, MI) will have to live up to his star status, and be the driving force on the defensive side.  

The secondary will also have to step up.  Donovan Warren (Long Beach Polytechnical/Long Beach, CA) and Boubacar Cissoko (Cass Tech/Detroit, MI) will have to show there five-star status as top corners on the field.  

Hiller threw for 300 yards seven times last season.  He beat Illinois, and he is ready to shock the Big House.

Michigan will need to be prepared right off the bat if they want to prove they are not what you saw last year.  The defense is the primary concern for this game.  Michigan will score, it's just can they stop Hiller and Co. from doing the same.  

Can't wait to find out on September 5.