The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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16 THE WOLVERINE ❱ OCTOBER 2025 ❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO BY DOMINCIK SOKOTOFF NUMBERS AND QUOTES BY CLAYTON SAYFIE If you count college and pro, I would make an argument today, the great- est coach in the history of football is not Bill Belichick or Bill Walsh or Vince Lombardi. It's Jim Harbaugh. The greatest coach ever. Think about this: He's never failed. He's five for five, at San Diego, Stanford, San Francisco 49ers, Michi- gan and the Chargers. He's never failed. [Nick] Saban and Urban [Meyer] are unbelievable col- lege legends. Struggled in the NFL. He's also not tied to a single player. What's Belichick without Brady? Not great. The only person that kind of compares to him is Jimmy Johnson." — Fox Sports commentator Colin Cowherd on national championship-winning former Michigan head coach JIM HARBAUGH 100+ Rushing yards for junior running back Justice Haynes in each of his first four games — against New Mexico (159), Oklahoma (125), Central Michigan (104) and Nebraska (149). Following the performance against the Chippewas, that became the longest streak of 100-yard rushing games by a U-M player since Blake Corum had eight in a row in 2022 — versus Maryland (243), Iowa (133), Indiana (124), Penn State (166), Mich- igan State (177), Rutgers (109), Nebraska (162) and Illinois (108). According to U-M, Haynes is the first Wolverine back to begin his career with four consecutive 100-yard performances. 88 88 Players saw game action in Michigan's 63-3 win over Central Michigan Sept. 13, including 44 on offense, 36 on defense and 8 on only special teams. 26 Double-doubles for Michigan basketball graduate forward Yaxel Lendeborg last season at UAB, the most among returning players in col- lege basketball. The other top returners are Purdue's Oscar Cluff (22), Notre Dame's Carson Towt (20), Texas Tech's JT Toppin (19) and Cen- tral Florida's Jamichael Stillwell (16). 21 21 Plays of 20-plus yards for Michigan football in its first four games, compared to only 35 in 13 contests in 2024, the third- worst mark in the country. Eleven of the 21 explosive plays came through the air, with 10 on the ground. 3 Michigan players checked in on CBS Sports in- sider Jon Rothstein's list of the top 30 impact transfers in college basketball heading into the 2025-26 campaign — junior point guard ELLIOT CADEAU (North Carolina), graduate forward Yaxel Lendeborg (UAB) and sophomore forward Morez Johnson Jr. (Illinois). 2.4 Yards per carry for oppo- nents against Michigan foot- ball in the first four games of 2025 — 132 carries for 310 yards. Only Okla- homa punched in rushing touchdowns against the Maize and Blue (2 scores).