The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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you put 115 players together, they all come into college with different talent levels, attitudes, coaching and work ethic. Football in college comes down to what you do at this level. The best players play. "So much of football is technique and film study, knowing your responsibly and executing with perfect fundamen- tals, and while you might not be able to overcome the better athlete that also does all those things well, you usually will overcome the better ath- lete that doesn't do all those things." Among the walk-on starters, safety Jordan Kovacs (2009-12) rose up to become the recipient of the Bo Schem- bechler Most Valuable Player award in 2012, while Eric Mayes (1997), Mark Moundros (2010), Kovacs (2012) and Joe Kerridge (2015) were voted cap- tains by their teammates. " There is an immense pride and sense of accomplishment in what walk-ons have done at Michigan," said Heininger. "It's not a fluke and it's not a surprise. Everything has been earned." — Michael Spath Former walk-on safety Jordan Kovas started 46 games, was a team captain and won the Bo Schembechler Most Valuable Player award during his time at U-M. He currently plays for the Miami Dolphins. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL Michigan's Walk-On Starters From 1990-2015 Years Walk-On Starts 1988-90 CB Todd Plate 9 (1) 1988-91 DL Mike Evans 32 (24) 1989-91 WR Yale VanDyne 11 (11) 1994-97 QB Brian Griese 22 1995-97 LB Eric Mayes 3 2004-06 FB Obi Oluigbo 4 2007-10 FB/LB Mark Moundros 8 2008-09 QB Nick Sheridan 4 2009-10 LB Kevin Leach 5 2009-12 S Jordan Kovacs 46 2009-11 FB John McColgan 3 Years Walk-On Starts 2008-11 DL Will Heininger 12 2010-13 WR Joe Reynolds 2 2011-12 DL Nathan Brink 1 2011-12 TE Mike Kwiatkowski 6 2011-14 OL Joey Burzynski 2 2012-15 OL Graham Glasgow 31* 2012-15 FB Joe Kerridge 13* 2012-14 WR Bo Dever 1 2013-15 DT Ryan Glasgow 18* ( ) Starts from 1990-forward *Through Oct. 20, 2015