The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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15-0 Tattoo received by former head foot- ball coach Jim Harbaugh, as promised. "I'm impervious to pain," Harbaugh said while being inked by artist Stephen Bateman April 20 at Schembechler Hall. PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN ❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS JUNE/JULY 2024 ❱ THE WOLVERINE 17 PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL 13 2024 NFL Draft picks for Michigan, leading all schools. The Wolverines were followed by Texas (11), Alabama (10), Florida State (10), Washing- ton (10), Oregon (8), Georgia (8), Penn State (8) and USC (7). The Maize and Blue had 13 of the Big Ten's 42 draft choices. 22 Top-10 NFL Draft picks for Michigan throughout history, including quarterback J.J. MCCARTHY at No. 10 overall to the Minnesota Vikings this year. McCarthy was the third U-M quarterback picked in the first round (joining Forest Evashevski, No. 10 to the Washington Redskins in 1941, and Jim Harbaugh, No. 26 by the Chicago Bears in 1987) and 53rd Wolverine player overall. 414 Overall NFL Draft picks for Michigan, including one in an NCAA-record 86 consecutive drafts dating back to 1938. The total ranks fifth among all colleges. Ac- cording to Athlon Sports, only Notre Dame (532), USC (529), Ohio State (489) and Oklahoma (417) have more than the Wolverines. This guy just knows how to win. He makes the right plays, he makes great decisions — whether it's running game, passing game, third down, red area. He does a lot of the right things to help you win, and he doesn't turn the ball over." — Former NFL head coach Bill Belichick on U-M quarterback J.J. McCarthy It was everything I could've imag- ined. These fans, the weather, play- ing in The Big House for the first time … obviously I had been here a lot of times as a recruit, but playing in this game with so many amazing players, my teammates, my coaches, it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I'm a young guy, but I can't wait to keep doing this year in and year out." — Freshman quarterback Jadyn Davis to ABC WXYZ on his first spring game at Michigan There's no doubt in my mind that he will be a successful head coach here. Beyond grate- ful for him. He recruited me coming out of high school. He started as the tight ends coach, O-line coach, [won the] Joe Moore Award — so he's been suc- cessful at everything he's done. He led us to a national championship as an offensive coordinator." — Senior running back DONOVAN EDWARDS on first-year head coach Sherrone Moore It felt good finally hearing my name get talked about more. I put a lot of work in this offseason and now in this spring, so hearing that from one of the coaches makes me feel a lot bet- ter about myself. I'm going to run with this opportunity and not let it go to waste." — Junior defensive back Zeke Berry on generating buzz during spring practices Michigan had the best coached O-line of anybody, and those guys played great technique and they played well together. The one thing about leadership — the best teams that we ever had, we didn't need any leaders. "Everybody talks about leadership all the time, everybody talks about 'this guy is a leader.' I'm sure he was a leader, but when he was missing, there was no difference, because their whole team didn't need guys to be leaders. They were all in to do what they wanted to do and accomplish what they wanted to accomplish." — Former Alabama coach and current ESPN analyst Nick Saban after the Cleveland Browns drafted Michigan offensive lineman ZAK ZINTER in the third round PHOTO BY DOMINICK SOKOTOFF