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12/27/23 - Roman Wilson, Sr/2024, Michigan + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM: Roman Wilson, Michigan,...Guard Trevor Keegan and wide receiver Roman Wilson were second-team picks by both the coaches and media, while tackle Karsen Barnhart was voted second team by the coaches and third team by the media. Wilson is tied for ninth nationally in receiving touchdowns with 11, the most by a Wolverines pass catcher in the Harbaugh era (previously, Jehu Chesson, nine, 2015). They are also the most by a Michigan wideout since Mario Manningham had 12 in 2007. - Michigan Football

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WR Roman Wilson, Michigan
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12/27/23 - Trevor Keegan, rSr/2024, Michigan + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM: OG Trevor Keegan, Michigan,...Guard Trevor Keegan and wide receiver Roman Wilson were second-team picks by both the coaches and media, while tackle Karsen Barnhart was voted second team by the coaches and third team by the media. - Michigan Football

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OG Trevor Keegan, Michigan
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12/27/23 - Will Johnson, Jr/2026, Michigan + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM: DB Will Johnson, Michigan,...Defensive back Will Johnson was a consensus first-team pick with Mike Sainristil earning first-team honors on the media ballot (second team, coaches). Johnson (three interceptions) and Sainristil (five) are the team's leaders in turnovers with three of those picks being returned for touchdowns. - Michigan Football

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CB Will Johnson, Michigan
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12/27/23 - Mason Graham, Jr/2026, Michigan + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM: DL Mason Graham, Michigan,...Defensive lineman Mason Graham earned first-team honors on the coaches ballot (third team, media). With 29 tackles (19 solo), 6.5 for loss, 3.0 sacks, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery, Graham has stuffed the stat sheet from the Wolverines' interior this year. - Michigan Football

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DT Mason Graham, Michigan
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12/27/23 - Zak Zinter, Sr/2024, Michigan + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM: OG Zak Zinter, Michigan,...Zinter (guard) and Drake Nugent (center) were named first-team All-Big Ten honorees by both the coaches and media. Henderson (tackle) and Loveland (tight end) were both picked as first-team honorees by the coaches and were second-team selections by the media. Together, the offensive line permits 1.17 sacks per game (13th), the lowest rate in the Big Ten, along with its top-five national rate in TFLs allowed. They block for the nation's top scorer in Corum and support a run game that averages 4.4 team-wide yards per carry. - Michigan Football

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OG Zak Zinter, Michigan
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12/27/23 - Blake Corum, Sr/2024, Michigan + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM: RB Blake Corum, Michigan,...Corum is the fourth player to win the league's running back award twice, joining Montee Ball (2011-12), Saquon Barkley (2016-17) and most recently, Jonathan Taylor (2018-19). He is the only U-M back to receive the honor since it was introduced in 2011. He has 976 rushing yards and an FBS-leading 22 rushing touchdowns which is also a single-season record at Michigan. On 202 carries, Corum has only 12 yards lost. Corum is also a first-team all-league choice on both ballots and the program's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner. - Michigan Football

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RB Blake Corum, Michigan
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12/27/23 - J.J. McCarthy, Jr/2024, Michigan + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM: QB J.J. McCarthy, Michigan,...McCarthy is the first U-M signal caller to win the league's honor for the top quarterback. He is a first-team pick on both the coaches and media ballots. In his 25 career starts, U-M is 24-1 for a win rate of 96 percent, the best mark by a starting quarterback in at least the last 10 seasons (minimum 20 starts). Through 12 games in 2023, McCarthy has completed 191-of-257 pass attempts for a completion percentage of 74.3, second-best in the country. He has 19 passing touchdowns, three rushing touchdowns, and 2,483 pass yards. McCarthy has been particularly effective on third down, completing 42-of-57 pass attempts (73.5 percent) for 615 yards with a 193.26 passer rating. In situations of 3rd-and-7 yards or more, McCarthy is 27-of-35 (75.8 percent) for 447 yards with 24 first downs or touchdowns (five). - Michigan Football

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QB J.J. McCarthy, Michigan
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11/30/23 - Blake Corum, Sr/2024, Michigan + More +

2023 BIG TEN AMECHE-DAYNE RUNNING BACK OF THE YEAR: Blake Corum, Michigan,...Corum is the fourth player to win the league's running back award twice, joining Montee Ball (2011-12), Saquon Barkley (2016-17) and most recently, Jonathan Taylor (2018-19). He is the only U-M back to receive the honor since it was introduced in 2011. He has 976 rushing yards and an FBS-leading 22 rushing touchdowns which is also a single-season record at Michigan. On 202 carries, Corum has only 12 yards lost. Corum is also a first-team all-league choice on both ballots and the program's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner. - Michigan Football

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RB Blake Corum, Michigan
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11/30/23 - J.J. McCarthy, Jr/2024, Michigan + More +

2023 BIG TEN GRIESE-BREES QUARTERBACK OF THE YEAR: J.J. McCarthy, Michigan,...McCarthy is the first U-M signal caller to win the league's honor for the top quarterback. He is a first-team pick on both the coaches and media ballots. In his 25 career starts, U-M is 24-1 for a win rate of 96 percent, the best mark by a starting quarterback in at least the last 10 seasons (minimum 20 starts). Through 12 games in 2023, McCarthy has completed 191-of-257 pass attempts for a completion percentage of 74.3, second-best in the country. He has 19 passing touchdowns, three rushing touchdowns, and 2,483 pass yards. McCarthy has been particularly effective on third down, completing 42-of-57 pass attempts (73.5 percent) for 615 yards with a 193.26 passer rating. In situations of 3rd-and-7 yards or more, McCarthy is 27-of-35 (75.8 percent) for 447 yards with 24 first downs or touchdowns (five). - Michigan Football

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QB J.J. McCarthy, Michigan
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02/28/23 - Zak Zinter, Sr/2024, Michigan + More +

There's good, and then there's an embarrassment-of-riches good. That's the state of the Michigan offensive line heading into the upcoming season. Michigan has won the Joe Moore Award in back-to-back seasons, getting a boost at center last season with transfer Olu Oluwatimi, who went on to win the Rimington Trophy as the nation's best center and the Outland, given to the nation's top interior lineman. The group helped the Wolverines average 238.9 rushing yards last season, ranking No. 5 nationally. Sherrone Moore, Michigan's offensive coordinator, who also coaches the offensive line, has built depth, adding three linemen from the transfer portal last December, and experience. Last season, because of injuries, there were five different starting-line combinations, with nine players making starts. Gone are Oluwatimi and left tackle Ryan Hayes, both participating in this week's NFL combine, but the transfer additions are LaDarius Henderson, Drake Nugent and Myles Hinton.

Among the experienced players returning are left guard Trevor Keegan and right guard Zak Zinter. Both assessed heading to the NFL and opted for another season at Michigan. Spring practice, which began a week ago and is paused while the university is on spring break, will be useful for getting some of the younger players, including Gio El-Hadi and Jeff Persi, who made starts last season, more practice reps. Also back are starters Karsen Barnhart and Trente Jones, who competed at right tackle. Henderson won't be able to practice with the team until the preseason, while he finishes his degree work at Arizona State, and Nugent and Hinton are missing spring practice while working through post-season surgeries. Henderson and Nugent are targeting starting spots in the fall. - Detroit News

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OG Zak Zinter, Michigan
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02/26/23 - Blake Corum, Sr/2024, Michigan + More +

Michigan's football program received a massive boost this offseason when star running back Blake Corum announced he was returning for his senior season. But the 2022 Heisman Trophy candidate won't back to 100% during spring practices as he recovers from surgery on his left knee in early December. "Probably will be full-go sometime around the start of June for the full summer cycle," head coach Jim Harbaugh said Thursday, talking with media two practices into the spring cycle. Although Corum isn't participating in drills, Harbaugh said he has been at the team's facilities every day rehabbing and receiving treatment.

"Give it the time that's needed to recover and build the strength back and make sure that he's in a in a great place," Harbaugh said. "Every guy that's not participating in spring ball, they're actively continuing strength and conditioning. They're actively fulfilling the protocols that the doctors have for their rehabilitation. I don't see anybody loafing or taking it easy. They still got the sweat all over the shirt, so it's good. Guys are doing what the experts are telling them to do right now." The 5-foot-8, 210-pound Corum was among the nation's rushing leaders last season before suffering a knee injury late in the first half against Illinois on Nov. 19. He finished with 1,463 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns as the workhorse in Michigan's backfield. "I don't like the way I went out," Corum said in January on The Rich Eisen Show. "I'm coming back for it all." - Ann Arbor News

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RB Blake Corum, Michigan
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02/25/23 - Myles Hinton, rSr/2025, Michigan + More +

For a second straight year, Michigan's football team enters the offseason with a big problem on its hands along the offensive line. (A good one, of course.) Too many capable players and not enough spots, after adding three veteran starters via the transfer portal during the months of December and January. But the Wolverines kicked off spring practice this week without Arizona State transfer LaDarius Henderson and a slowed Myles Hinton and Drake Nugent, both transfers from Stanford, three players with significant starting experience.

Still, head coach Jim Harbaugh summed up the situation nicely on Thursday, his first meeting with reporters in nearly two months. "A good problem to have, right?," Harbaugh said. "How hard is it going to be to get to five starters? It'll probably be pretty hard - like it was last year when we considered 7-8 guys that were starters." By the end of Michigan's 2022 season, through injury and merit, eight different players started games last year. Only two of them departed for the NFL, leaving six returners, the group of three transfers - and a couple of additional names Harbaugh considers in the mix for playing time. "You look at it now - Karsen Barnhart, Greg Crippen, Trevor Keegan, Gio (El-Hadi), Trente Jones, Zak Zinter, Jeff Persi - I consider them all starters," Harbaugh said. "And then LaDarius Henderson, Drake Nugent, Myles Hinton - all capable. Andrew Gentry is going to be really good. Reece Atteberry is going to be really good. Dom Giuidice has come over and he's been really good from the defensive side." - Ann Arbor News

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OT Myles Hinton, Michigan
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02/25/23 - J.J. McCarthy, Jr/2024, Michigan + More +

There is no quarterback controversy at Michigan heading into this season as J.J. McCarthy returns from leading the Wolverines to a 13-1 record last fall in his first year as full-time starter. By no means is McCarthy a finished product and will use spring practice to further develop his game under the tutelage of new Michigan quarterback coach Kirk Campbell, who was elevated to the role after one season as an offensive analyst. He replaces Matt Weiss, co-offensive coordinator/QB coach, fired last month amid an ongoing police investigation into alleged computer access crimes. Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy completed 65% of his attempts for 2,719 yards and 22 touchdowns, against five interceptions, last season. He also had 70 carries for 306 yards and five touchdowns. The good news for McCarthy is he actually gets to practice this spring after missing last year while rehabbing a labrum injury in his right (throwing) shoulder. He won the starting job following the second game of the season last fall after Cade McNamara, who helped lead the Wolverines to a 12-2 record that included a Big Ten title in 2021 and a College Football Playoff appearance, started Game 1.

McCarthy led Michigan to the program's first win at Ohio State since 2000, a second Big Ten title and another CFP appearance The junior-to-be completed 65% of his attempts for 2,719 yards and 22 touchdowns, against five interceptions, last season. He also had 70 carries for 306 yards and five touchdowns. "Tremendous physical ability and athletic ability and in every single way that you would want your quarterback," Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said Thursday at a news conference. "The rare thing is that he would sacrifice anything for any player on this team. Personally, he's just so willing to do whatever is best for the team. I would follow him anywhere. Happily. I suggest that all players on our team do the same thing. He's just really, really good at it. "As far as anything you tell him, I mean, any coaching point that you give, he just he absorbs it and will make the correction immediately. It's tremendous." - Detroit News

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QB J.J. McCarthy, Michigan
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02/22/23 - Kris Jenkins, Sr/2024, Michigan + More +

Kris Jenkins is certainly no newcomer to the Wolverines and after weighing his NFL options decided to return to Michigan, an enormous boost at defensive tackle with the departure of Mazi Smith to the NFL. The 6-2, 285-pound Jenkins never has shied away from being vocal and a leader, but now this is his chance, starting in the spring, to take on a bigger leadership role. He was All-Big Ten honorable mention last season after leading the Michigan defensive linemen with 54 tackles and seemed to get better as the season wore on. This is when he starts setting the tone on defense. - Detroit News

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DT Kris Jenkins, Michigan
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02/21/23 - Braiden McGregor, Sr/2024, Michigan + More +

As the Wolverines unofficially kick off the 2023 season this week (they began spring practice on Monday), they'll look to lean on the 6-foot-6, 261-pound McGregor at the edge rusher/outside linebacker position, a vital one these days in college football. Mike Morris, named the Big Ten's defensive lineman of the year in 2022 with a team-high 7 1/2 sacks, has departed. So has impact edge-rusher Eyabi Okie. In a sense, the deck has been cleared for McGregor, who played a limited snap count last season, primarily on third down, whose time is now. He'll likely line up opposite of junior Jaylen Harrell, who emerged as a starting-caliber outside linebacker in 2022 and figures to be a big part of the team's pass-rushing success again this fall.

Michigan's defense ranked top-10 in the country in points and yards allowed last season, an impressive feat given the fact that it was on its third coordinator in as many years. But through a blend of elite play on the back end and an improved situation up the middle, the Wolverines didn't have to rely on the edge to impact games. The group, instead, just had to complement everything else. And it did. While McGregor was able to get name onto the stat sheet (4 1/2 tackles for loss, two sacks), the list was crowded with names who made an impact. The aforementioned Morris and Harrell, middle linebacker Michael Barrett (who is also returning), Okie and defensive tackle Mason Graham, among others. - Ann Arbor News

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