Last week, we wrote about how the Michigan football team is actively trying to bulk its players up after seemingly physical shortcomings last fall.

But according to the Wolverines’ updated weights, the gains are more massive and widespread than initially thought.

While updated rosters usually lack significance outside of the occasional change or fun fact for diehards, Michigan’s latest changes showed a colossal change in culture.

Of 60 returning scholarship players, only seven players lost weight from a season ago, while a whopping 26 players gained 10 pounds or more from last season’s listed weights. In total, the 60 players gained a net 491 pounds, or 8.18 per player.

By comparison, last season’s team had a net of 10 pounds gained among 58 returning scholarship players (0.17 pounds per person) with 25 players losing weight and six players gaining 10 pounds or more.

Of course, not all of this season’s weight gains are created equally relevant. Punter Brad Robbins is up 25 pounds, and the evidence that bulkier punters are more effective is insufficient to date. Bryan Mone is a player coaches have previously mentioned as one who could benefit from being lighter on his feet, but his additional 10 pounds indicates that didn’t occur this offseason. Of the 27 double-digit gainers, several are unlikely to see significant snaps this season.

But many players, such as Nico Collins, Khaleke Hudson, Devin Bush Jr., Karan Higdon, David Long, Tyree Kinnel, Ben Bredeson, Jon Runyan Jr. and Zach Gentry return this season expecting to be major contributors, and have added heft believed to help them handle increased workloads.

In doing so, a concern could be raised about the Wolverines struggling to move their new weight. But in speaking with reporters last week on the topic at Big Ten Media Days in Chicago, Kinnel claimed that the team has by and large retained its speed throughout the weight gains.

“We just did the workouts, ate the food and all of a sudden we were gaining weight,” he said. “We’re getting bigger, but we don’t look fat, so I don’t know. At first we were concerned, because everyone was weighing a lot more, but looking at our bodies, it wasn’t bad.”

"People can get scared about us getting bigger and things, but we’re not slow. We’re still fast, still playing the way we did before, our bodies are just more toned.”

To be sure, many of the weights will likely change between now and Michigan’s season opener at Notre Dame Sept. 1, and certainly before the season is all done.

But in the Wolverines’ concerted offseason effort to get bigger and stronger, early indications are that they did just that.

Weight changes among returning scholarship players

Player, height, current weight — change

Ambry Thomas, 6-0, 183 — +4

Carlo Kemp, 6-3, 280 — +16

Oliver Martin, 6-1, 200 — +2

Rashan Gary, 6-5, 283 — +2

Quinn Nordin, 6-1, 206 — +11

Brad Robbins, 6-2, 206 — +25

Nico Collins, 6-4, 218 —+12

Rueben Jones, 6-4, 250 — -5

Aubrey Solomon, 6-3, 287 — -10

Kurt Taylor, 5-8, 195 — -1

Josh Uche, 6-3, 238 — +12

Tarik Black, 6-3, 215 — +9

Khaleke Hudson, 6-0, 220 — +15

Drew Singleton, 6-2, 222 — -3

Donovan Peoples-Jones, 6-2, 208 — +9

Devin Bush Jr., 5-11, 233 — +11

Dylan McCaffrey, 6-5, 217 — +18

Chris Evans, 5-11, 216 — +10

Josh Ross, 6-2, 225 — +4

Eddie McDoom, 6-0, 187 — +6

Josh Metellus, 6-0, 204 — +5

Chase Winovich, 6-3, 255 — +2

Jaylen Kelly-Powell, 6-0, 184 — +11

Brandon Peters, 6-5, 230 — +10

Luiji Vilain, 6-4, 255 — +13

Kwity Paye, 6-4, 260 — +19

Brad Hawkins, 6-2, 213 — +9

Karan Higdon, 5-10, 202 — +12

David Long, 5-11, 198 — +11

Tyree Kinnel, 5-11, 215 — +14

O’Maury Samuels, 5-10, 205 — +13

Lavert Hill, 5-11, 181 — +4

Benjamin St-Juste, 6-3, 196 — +3

J’Marick Woods, 6-3, 210 — +7

Brandon Watson, 5-11, 204 — +4

Phillip Paea, 6-4, 296 — +21

Jordan Anthony, 6-0, 245 — +9

Devin Gil, 6-1, 231 — +11

Ben Mason, 6-3, 254 — +3

Deron Irving-Bey, 6-4, 294 — +20

Michael Dwumfour, 6-2, 285 — +5

Michael Onwenu 6-3 350 — +0

Cesar Ruiz, 6-4, 319 — +3

James Hudson, 6-5, 301 — -1

Noah Furbush, 6-5, 237 — -3

Joel Honigford, 6-6, 295 — +20

Chuck Filiaga, 6-6, 341 — -4

Nolan Ulizio, 6-5, 305 — +10

Andrew Stueber, 6-7, 323 — +9

Stephen Spanellis, 6-5, 300 — +7

Ben Bredeson, 6-5, 320 — +12

Jon Runyan Jr., 6-5, 310 — +12

Juwann Bushell-Beatty, 6-6, 318 — +3

Grant Newsome, 6-7, 318 — +4

Nick Eubanks, 6-5, 252 — +12

Zach Gentry, 6-8, 262 — +14

Sean McKeon, 6-5, 251 — +3

Grant Perry, 6-0, 195 — +4

Bryan Mone, 6-4, 335 — +10

Lawrence Marshall 6-4 285 — +0

Donovan Jeter, 6-3, 308 — +20

Ron Johnson, 6-4, 267 — +3