The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
Issue link: https://comanpub.uberflip.com/i/1490206
INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS THEY SAID IT "My favorite moment was honestly watching from afar. I was in Cali, just got done with surgery, and watching my guys win the Big Ten cham- pionship, back-to-back Big Tens. You can't beat that. It was a joy to my heart, watching them really just go out there and dominate. That was one of my best experiences of the 2022 season for me, after a great sea- son, just seeing them out there killing it, didn't miss a beat. I loved it." — Running back Blake Corum on his favorite memory of the 2022 season, via the "In The Trenches" podcast "How do you know you've got a great room? You coach your starter — a mirror image of yourself as a player — to become a Heisman Trophy candidate, lose him at the most crucial stretch of the season, and you don't miss a beat." — Football Scoop's Zach Barnett, naming Mike Hart the top running backs coach in the country for the 2022 season "At a school like Michigan, every day in practice, it's like a game for the most part. You're always getting experience every day." — Michigan wide receiver Darrius Clemons "He's a game-breaker type guy as a kick returner and as a defensive back … a unique player. He has a really high ceiling as a defensive back … great ball skills. He's one of those kinds of guys who has a personal- ity that lights up the room. He has true, genuine confidence about him." — Jim Harbaugh on Michigan early enrollee cornerback Jyaire Hill 77.4 Stop rate for Michigan football's DEFENSE, which allowed 1.18 points per drive during the 2022 season. Stop rate is the percent- age of a defense's drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turn- over on downs. The Wolver- ines trailed only Iowa (78.7) and Marshall (78.4). PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL "A changing environment within college football requires adaptation, and the Wolverines have had success this offseason in filling some holes." — ESPN.com's Tom VanHaaren, naming Michigan one of five " big winners" of the transfer portal in 2022-23, along with Florida State, Oklahoma, Colorado and LSU 18th Nationally is where Michi- gan senior running back BLAKE CORUM ranks with an $881,000 On3 NIL Valuation following his Jan. 9 announcement that he will return to college football for the 2023 season. He has 167,000 to- tal followers across his three ma- jor social media platforms, with 105,000 on Instagram, 18,100 on TikTok and 44,000 on Twitter. His valuation is the highest among all college run- ning backs who haven't declared for the 2023 NFL Draft. It's the second highest among Big Ten play- ers who haven't declared, behind Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. (seventh; $1.5 million). FEBRUARY 2023 THE WOLVERINE 17