The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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JANUARY 2020 THE WOLVERINE 31 MICHIGAN FOOTBALL at Penn State. Patterson threw for 276 yards that day, and he took off from there. After PSU, he threw for 13 scores against just two interceptions and averaged 261.2 passing yards over the final five contests. His 305 yards against the Buckeyes gave him three straight 300-plus yard games, a new Michigan record. That included a 384- yard, four-touchdown performance against Michigan State Nov. 16 and a 366-yard, five-TD showing at Indi- ana the following week to become the program's first player to ever throw for four or more scores in back-to- back weeks. His five scoring tosses in a regulation game during the latter contest also tied U-M's all-time mark. — Chris Balas TWENTY-SIX DIFFERENT WOLVERINES EARN ALL-BIG TEN HONORS Twenty-six different Michigan players earned All-Big Ten recogni- tion Dec. 3-4 when the conference handed out its hardware. Fifth-year senior left tackle Jon Runyan and senior left guard Ben Bredeson were each tabbed as con- sensus first-teamers, with all five starting members of Michigan's of- fensive line earning all-conference recognition for the second year in a row. Junior center Cesar Ruiz, mean- while, was pegged as a second- teamer by the coaches and a third- teamer by the media, while redshirt freshman right tackle Jalen Mayfield earned honorable mention status from the coaches. The final mem- ber of the front five — senior right guard Mike Onwenu — landed on the coaches' third-team squad and the media's honorable mention list. Senior quarterback Shea Patter- son was not only a consensus third- team member after throwing for 2,828 yards and compiling a 22-6 touchdown-to-interception ratio in 2019, but was also the Big Ten's selec- tion for Michigan's Sportsmanship Award. Freshman running back Zach Charbonnet's 642 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns landed him on the media's third-team unit, while junior wide receiver Nico Collins, redshirt junior tight end Nick Eubanks, red- shirt freshman running back Hassan Haskins and senior tight end Sean McKeon were all consensus hon- orable mention picks. Sophomore wideout Ronnie Bell and junior wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones were also chosen as honorable men- tions by the media. On the defensive side of the ball, senior cornerback Lavert Hill was honored as a unanimous first-teamer for the second straight year, earn- ing his third consecutive All-Big Ten accolade in the process (he was an honorable mention by the media in 2017). No defensive Wolverines made the media's second-team group, though senior viper Khaleke Hudson, junior defensive end Kwity Paye and senior linebacker Josh Uche were tabbed as second-teamers by the coaches. The third-team squads were filled by U-M players, with senior defen- sive tackle Carlo Kemp and junior cornerback Ambry Thomas making the coaches' list, and sophomore de- fensive end Aidan Hutchinson, se- nior safety Josh Metellus, Paye and Uche all chosen on the media's edi- tion. Redshirt freshman linebacker Cam McGrone was a unanimous honor- able mention choice, while Hutchin- son and Metellus made the coaches' honorable mention list, and fifth-year senior linebacker Jordan Glasgow, junior safety Brad Hawkins and Thomas landed honorable mentions from the media. The Maize and Blue were also well represented among the special team- ers, led by redshirt junior punter Will Hart. He received second-team status from the media and third-team hon- ors from the coaches, while Peoples- Jones was pegged by the media as a third-team return specialist and an honorable mention pick by the coaches. Finally, freshman wideout Giles Jackson was a unanimous honorable mention selection as a return man after averaging 24.9 yards on 21 kick returns, including one he took to the house 97 yards in the Nov. 2 win at Maryland. — Austin Fox TARIK BLACK, JORDAN ANTHONY ENTER THE TRANSFER PORTAL Michigan redshirt sophomore wide receiver Tarik Black will be playing somewhere else next fall. Black put his name in the transfer portal Dec. 13 after plenty of speculation that this would be his last year in Ann Arbor. Black's career has been plagued with injury. He was the team's lead- ing receiver with 153 yards and a touchdown through three games his first season (2017) before suffering a foot injury that held him out the rest of the year. He suffered another foot injury in preseason camp the follow- ing campaign, this time on his other foot, and returned to the field later in the season, appearing in six games. He caught four passes for 35 yards as a redshirt freshman. The Hamden, Conn., native was a decent contributor to U-M's passing game this season, finishing fourth on the team with 25 receptions for 323 yards and one touchdown. He ap- peared in 21 games during his career, totaling 40 receptions for 507 yards and two touchdowns. "I would like to thank the Univer- sity of Michigan coaching staff, train- ing staff, my teammates, administra- tion and true fan base for embracing me during my time in Ann Arbor," Black wrote in a post on Instagram. "I have built lifelong friendships and bonds that will follow me the rest of Left tackle Jon Runyan Jr. (above) and left guard Ben Bredeson were both named unan- imous first-team All-Big Ten by the league. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL