The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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3. RB Hassan Haskins Haskins joined the program as a three-star recruit in the 2018 class without a known position. The coaching staff toyed with him at both running back and linebacker before settling on him as part of Michigan's run game. Haskins rushed 452 times for 2,234 yards and 30 touchdowns in his career, averaging 5.1 yards per carry in 36 games played. Big Ten coaches voted Haskins an honorable mention All- Big Ten performer in 2019 after 121 carries for 622 yards and 4 touchdowns. He followed it up with 375 yards and 6 touchdowns during the 2020 campaign before busting out in a big way in 2021. Haskins earned third-team AP All-America honors and a first-team All-Big Ten nod after rushing for 1,327 yards and 20 touchdowns in 14 starts. The Tennessee Titans selected Haskins in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft. 4. WR RONNIE BELL Not many expected Bell to become the most productive wide receiver from the 2017-18 classes, but he found a way to pull it off. The former three-star recruit and high school basket- ball star was U-M's Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2018 and Offensive Skill Player of the Year in 2019 after a 48-reception, 758-yard season with 1 touchdown. Bell suffered a setback in the first half of the 2021 season opener, tearing his ACL and missing the rest of the year. He returned in 2022 and grabbed third-team All-Big Ten honors and was named U-M's Offensive Skill Player of the Year again with a team-high 62 catches for 889 yards with 4 touch- downs. Bell was a two-time team captain and appeared in 47 games with 31 starts. The San Francisco 49ers selected Bell in the seventh round of the 2023 NFL Draft. 5. OT Ryan Hayes Hayes did not leave the program with the accolades that some of his peers in the 2018 cycle received, but he was a consistent presence at left tackle on a Michigan offensive line that won a pair of Joe Moore Awards as the best unit in college football. Hayes started a pair of games at left tackle in 12 appearances during his sophomore season in 2019 and two more during the 2020 season. He started 14 games at left tackle in 2021 and an- other 12 in 2022, missing a pair of games due to injury. Hayes was a two-time All-Big Ten pick with second-team honors from the coaches and a third-team nod from the media in 2022. Big Ten coaches had him as a second-teamer in 2021, while the media selected him as an honorable mention performer. He appeared in 41 career games with 30 starts and was selected in the seventh round of the 2023 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. Big Ten Teams' Overall Winning Percentages from 2018-22 Rk. School Rec. Pct. 1. Ohio State Buckeyes 57-8 .864 2. Michigan Wolverines 53-15 .779 T3. Wisconsin Badgers 49-17 .742 Penn State Nittany Lions 49-17 .742 5. Iowa Hawkeyes 46-21 .687 6. Minnesota Golden Gophers 44-22 .667 7. Michigan State Spartans 39-26 .600 8. Purdue Boilermakers 33-34 .493 9. Northwestern Wildcats 29-35 .453 10. Maryland Terrapins 29-37 .446 11. Indiana Hoosiers 27-37 .421 12. Illinois Fighting Illini 26-39 .400 13. Nebraska Cornhuskers 24-37 .393 14. Rutgers Scarlet Knights 17-48 .262 A three-star recruit, Ronnie Bell posted career stats of 145 catch- es for 2,269 yards and 9 TDs, and was a two-time captain and a sev- enth-round NFL Draft selection PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL 142 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2023 FOOTBALL PREVIEW