There may finally be some stability in the Michigan secondary.

Since the Indiana game, the much-maligned position group has been plagued with too many unanswered questions, as Donovan Warren has been the only consistently good player. But at his press conference yesterday, Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez was sure about one thing.

Troy Woolfolk will play cornerback again this week against Delaware State.

“Yes, I think he could go back to safety at any time, but right now we're solid with him at corner,” Rodriguez said.

Woolfolk, who switched from cornerback to safety at the beginning of the season, was settling into his role on the defense’s deepest level before the coaches moved him back to corner for the Iowa game.

His switch came on the heels of sophomore Boubacar Cissoko’s suspension for a “violation of team rules” and redshirt freshman J.T. Floyd’s mistake-prone performance at Michigan State.

Woolfolk could remain at corner indefinitely, since Cissoko’s return will be based on his response to the suspension, Rodriguez said Monday.

"When (Cissoko) comes back, it’s really up to him," Rodriguez said Monday. "He’s got certain things he’s got to do, on and off the field, academically and all that, and if he does that, he’ll be back sooner rather than later."

And Rodriguez stated that Woolfolk’s move was a result of the Texas native’s positives and not Floyd’s negatives.

"It really was what we thought Troy could bring at corner, and not necessarily on the way teams were attacking us,” Rodriguez said. “It makes him more comfortable, and for us to be able to do more things defensively. Having him, more of a veteran presence, with he and Donovan at corner, I thought it was a pretty good move.”

With Woolfolk solidified at the position, the starting lineup in the secondary should have Woolfolk and Warren at cornerbacks, former walk-on Jordan Kovacs at strong safety and redshirt sophomore Mike Williams at free safety.

Forcier update: Rodriguez said freshman quarterback Tate Forcier was very limited in practice on Tuesday, the Wolverines’ only full-speed, full-pad practice of the week. He “ran around a little bit, but didn’t do anything football-wise," Rodriguez said.

But the coach was optimistic when talking to media before practice that Forcier would rejoin the team yesterday.

“Yeah, he should be practicing today, unless something happened in the last two hours that I don't know about,” he said.

Of course, Rodriguez wants to be careful with Forcier as he recovers from the concussion he suffered in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game at Iowa.

“I think he's okay,” Rodriguez said. “I haven't seen him yet today. I know he's been in the meetings, and talking to the trainers this morning, he felt it was a lot better. We'll see how he does today.

“Yesterday, he felt a lot better. I don't think there are many issues, or any issues, with his shoulder. It's just, again, with those concussions, no matter how severe it is, you want to be 100 percent sure it's cleared up.”

Running rotation: Rodriguez said senior running back Carlos Brown should be cleared to play this weekend. Brown suffered a concussion last Tuesday after taking a hard hit from a lineman in practice.

The question of whether Brown or senior Brandon Minor will get the start Saturday doesn't seem to concern the coach.

“It really will depend on what play we want to run,” Rodriguez said. “If Brandon is 100 percent or close to that, he'll be the starter. But either one, they play so much, I consider them co-starters.”

Rodriguez was surprised to find out that Minor had 22 carries against the Hawkeyes, but he said he and Brown can handle that many attempts. Although he’d like to see Brown and Minor get the ball 15-20 times a game, that may be too many carries to support the other things Rodriguez would like to do with the offense.

“That's a lot of runs, because you're going to have some quarterback runs and some other guys in there as well,” he said. “Mike Shaw and Vincent Smith, those two in particular, we've got to get more game action. I can't expect them to go out there and not have mistakes if we don't play them more. We've got to play them more if we can.”