the culmination of weeks of effort,
practice and determination — Ru-
dock took off, completing 67.4 per-
cent of his 141 attempts for 324.0
yards per contest while directing
U-M to wins over Rutgers, Indiana
and Penn State, and the loss to Ohio
State.
Rudock's 2,739 yards passing cur-
rently rank fifth in single-season
annals, and he should move to at
least third (John Navarre, 2,905) in
the bowl game. His 64.0 comple-
tion percentage ranks fifth among
U-M quarterbacks with at least 100
passes in a season and third among
those with 200 attempts, while his 17
touchdowns put him in 15th place.
Rudock turned out to be every-
thing Michigan needed, and with a
lone exception — the loss at Utah
in the opener — he put this team in
a position to win and was often the
reason U-M won.
Best Player: Jake Rudock
Most Improved: Wilton Speight
Who To Watch In 2016: John
O'Korn
Graduate transfer quarterback Jake Rudock completed 64 percent of his passes for 2,739
yards and 17 touchdowns against nine interceptions. He also rushed for four scores.
PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN
