The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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1. CADE MCNAMARA vs. Rutgers Losers of three straight games coming in, Michigan looked stagnant once again Nov. 21 at Rutgers, another one-win team at the time. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Joe Milton was 5-of-12 passing for 89 yards and had yet to lead the Wolverines down the field to score. With 4:18 remaining in the second quarter, head coach Jim Harbaugh inserted redshirt freshman signal-caller Cade McNamara, a decision that changed the course of the game. McNamara went on to complete 27 of 36 throws for 260 yards with four touchdowns, while also adding a rushing score in the 48-42, triple-overtime win. 2. KWITY PAYE vs. Minnesota Much was expected from Paye heading into his senior year, and he delivered right away in Michigan's season-opening win in Minneapolis. He notched four tackles, including three behind the line of scrimmage and two of the team's five sacks on the night. In fact, Paye's sacks Oct. 24 were two of the team's nine for the entire six-game season. PFF handed Paye an elite grade of 84.3 for his evening, with the pass-rusher having notched seven quarterback pressures. 3. HASSAN HASKINS vs. Rutgers Michigan employed a four-man running back rotation much of the season, with no single back carrying the ball more than eight times in a game through the first four contests. But when the Wolverines needed a feature ball carrier, redshirt sophomore Hassan Haskins was there to step up. Against Rutgers, the former linebacker carried it a career-high 23 times for 111 yards, and produced what wound up being the game-winning touchdown — a one-yard dash — in triple overtime. Seventeen of his car- ries and 94 of his yards came after halftime, when it mattered most. RUSHING ............ G NO. GAIN LOST NET AVG. TD LG. YD./G Haskins, Hassan ......6 61 380 5 375 6.1 6 66 62.5 Charbonnet, Zach ...5 19 135 11 124 6.5 1 70 24.8 Milton, Joe................6 38 164 55 109 2.9 1 23 18.2 Corum, Blake ...........6 26 90 13 77 3.0 2 15 12.8 Evans, Chris ..............6 16 79 6 73 4.6 1 16 12.2 Henning, A.J. ...........6 3 15 0 15 5.0 0 9 2.5 Wilson, Roman ........6 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 9 1.5 McNamara, Cade ...4 5 7 0 7 1.4 1 3 1.8 Jackson, Giles ..........5 2 8 3 5 2.5 0 8 1.0 Team ...........................1 1 0 5 -5 -5.0 0 0 -5.0 Total .....................6 172 887 98 789 4.6 12 70 131.5 Opponent ............6 258 1193 120 1,073 4.2 14 43 178.8 PASSING .............. G ATT. COM. PCT. INT. YDS. TD LG. YD./G Milton, Joe................ 6 141 80 56.7 4 1,077 4 52 179.5 McNamara, Cade ... 4 71 43 60.6 0 425 5 46 106.2 Haskins, Hassan ...... 6 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Total ..................... 6 213 123 57.7 4 1,502 9 52 250.3 Opponent ............ 6 208 123 59.1 2 1,533 12 61 255.5 RECEIVING ............. G NO. YDS. AVG. TD LG. YD./G Bell, Ronnie .................. 6 26 401 15.4 1 52 66.8 Johnson, Cornelius.... 6 16 254 15.9 3 46 42.3 Jackson, Giles .............. 5 15 167 11.1 0 36 33.4 Wilson, Roman ............ 6 9 122 13.6 1 26 20.3 Eubanks, Nick .............. 5 10 117 11.7 1 28 23.4 Evans, Chris .................. 6 9 87 9.7 0 23 14.5 All, Erick ......................... 6 12 82 6.8 0 27 13.7 Sainristil, Mike ............. 6 7 82 11.7 2 23 13.7 Corum, Blake ............... 6 5 73 14.6 0 24 12.2 Henning, A.J. ............... 6 6 59 9.8 0 28 9.8 Charbonnet, Zach...... 5 6 41 6.8 0 14 8.2 Mason, Ben .................. 6 2 17 8.5 1 9 2.8 Total ........................ 6 123 1,502 12.2 9 52 250.3 Opponent ............... 6 123 1,533 12.5 12 61 255.5 OFFENSIVE STATISTICS SCORING ............. G TD FG SAF PAT-1 PAT-2 TOTAL PG Haskins, Hassan ...... 6 6 0 0 0 0 36 6.0 Johnson, Cornelius .. 6 3 0 0 0 0 18 3.0 Nordin, Quinn ......... 4 0 2 0 12 0 18 4.5 Corum, Blake ........... 6 2 0 0 0 0 12 2.0 Moody, Jake ............. 6 0 1 0 9 0 12 2.0 Sainristil, Mike ......... 6 2 0 0 0 0 12 2.0 Jackson, Giles .......... 5 1 0 0 0 1 8 1.6 Bell, Ronnie .............. 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.0 Charbonnet, Zach... 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.2 Eubanks, Nick .......... 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.2 Evans, Chris .............. 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.0 Jeter, Donovan........ 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.0 Mason, Ben .............. 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.0 McNamara, Cade ... 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.5 Milton, Joe................ 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.0 Wilson, Roman ........ 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1.0 Total ..................... 6 23 3 0 21 1 170 28.3 Opponent ............ 6 26 8 0 25 0 205 34.2 ALL PURPOSE ..... G RUSH REC PR KR IR TOTAL PG Jackson, Giles .......... 5 5 167 45 354 0 571 114.2 Bell, Ronnie .............. 6 0 401 0 0 0 401 66.8 Haskins, Hassan ...... 6 375 0 0 0 0 375 62.5 Johnson, Cornelius ...6 0 254 0 0 0 254 42.3 Corum, Blake ........... 6 77 73 0 96 0 246 41.0 Charbonnet, Zach... 5 124 41 0 0 0 165 33.0 Evans, Chris .............. 6 73 87 0 0 0 160 26.7 Wilson, Roman ........ 6 9 122 0 0 0 131 21.8 Eubanks, Nick .......... 5 0 117 0 0 0 117 23.4 Milton, Joe................ 6 109 0 0 0 0 109 18.2 Sainristil, Mike ......... 6 0 82 2 0 0 84 14.0 All, Erick ..................... 6 0 82 0 0 0 82 13.7 Henning, A.J. ........... 6 15 59 0 0 0 74 12.3 Barrett, Mike ............ 6 0 0 0 66 0 66 11.0 Ross, Josh ................. 6 0 0 0 0 18 18 3.0 Mason, Ben .............. 6 0 17 0 0 0 17 2.8 McNamara, Cade ... 4 7 0 0 0 0 7 1.8 VanSumeren, Ben ... 6 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.7 Team ........................... 1 -5 0 0 0 0 -5 -5.0 Total ..................... 6 789 1,502 47 520 18 2,876 479.3 Opponent ............ 6 1,073 1,533 29 144 91 2,870 478.3 PUNT RETURNS .. G NO. YDS. AVG. TD LG. YD./G Jackson, Giles .......... 5 5 45 9.0 0 32 9.0 Sainristil, Mike ......... 6 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.3 Corum, Blake ........... 6 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total ..................... 6 7 47 6.7 0 32 7.8 Opponent ............ 6 6 29 4.8 0 9 4.8 KICK RETURNS .... G NO. YDS. AVG. TD LG. YD./G Jackson, Giles .......... 5 13 354 27.2 1 95 70.8 Corum, Blake ........... 6 5 96 19.2 0 32 16.0 Barrett, Mike ............ 6 1 66 66.0 0 66 11.0 VanSumeren, Ben ... 6 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.7 Mason, Ben .............. 6 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total ..................... 6 21 520 24.8 1 95 86.7 Opponent ............ 6 7 144 20.6 0 33 24.0 PUNTING ......... G NO. AVG. LG BLK. TB FC 50+ IN 20 Robbins, Brad ..... 5 23 45.3 66 0 2 9 5 8 Hart, Will............... 5 4 37.8 47 1 0 1 0 1 Team ...................... 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total ................. 6 28 42.6 66 1 2 10 5 9 Opponent ........ 6 27 43.1 78 0 3 8 6 9 FIELD GOALS ......... G ATT. MADE LG. BLK. Nordin, Quinn ............. 4 5 2 46 0 Moody, Jake ................. 6 4 1 40 0 Total ........................ 6 9 3 46 0 Opponent ............... 6 11 8 52 0 TOTAL OFFENSE ... G RUSH PASS TOTAL PG Milton, Joe................... 6 109 1077 1186 197.7 McNamara, Cade ...... 4 7 425 432 108.0 Haskins, Hassan ......... 6 375 0 375 62.5 Charbonnet, Zach..... 5 124 0 124 24.8 Corum, Blake .............. 6 77 0 77 12.8 Evans, Chris ................. 6 73 0 73 12.2 Henning, A.J. .............. 6 15 0 15 2.5 Wilson, Roman ........... 6 9 0 9 1.5 Jackson, Giles ............. 5 5 5 1.0 Team .............................. 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 Total ........................6 789 1,502 2,291 381.8 Opponent ...............6 1,073 1,533 2,606 434.3 TOP THREE INDIVIDUAL GAME PERFORMANCES 142 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2021 FOOTBALL PREVIEW Redshirt freshman quarterback Cade McNamara helped Michigan come back from 17 down at Rutgers to gut out a win. PHOTO BY BRANDON BROWN