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  Sentencing for Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith, who had faced a felony concealed weapons charge and pleaded down to a misdemeanor charge during a probable-cause hearing last week, has been moved to Jan. 12. Smith was to have been sentenced Dec. 29 via Zoom in Washtenaw County 15th District Court before Judge Karen Valvo while he and the team are in Arizona for a national semifinal playoff game. An order was signed Wednesday to adjourn the sentencing and the new date appeared in online court records on Thursday. He will be sentenced under Michigan's Holmes Youthful Trainee Act. After Smith's Oct. 7 arrest, he left with the team and played at Indiana on Oct. 8.

The senior co-captain has not faced suspension from Michigan since his arrest. He was arraigned two days before Michigan's appearance in the Big Ten championship game on Dec. 3 and played. Michigan is now preparing for a national semifinal game on Dec. 31 in Arizona - Smith's original sentencing date was scheduled two days before. Smith now will have a pre-sentencing interview Jan. 3 ahead of the Jan. 12 sentencing. If Michigan wins the semifinal, it advances to the national title game on Jan. 9. Also of note, the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NFL Draft is Jan. 16 and Smith is eligible to head to the NFL. A Michigan football spokesman has said there is no change in Smith's status with the team. - Detroit News


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  2022 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION: OL Drake Nugent, Sr.,...Senior offensive linemen Walter Rouse and Drake Nugent, senior defensive lineman Stephen Herron, senior linebacker Levani Damuni, fifth-year linebacker Ricky Miezan, senior punter Ryan Sanborn, fifth-year wide receivers Brycen Tremayne and Michael Wilson, and senior wide receiver Elijah Higgins each garnered honorable mention recognition. Nugent started 24 consecutive games in his career. - Stanford Football

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  2022 WALTER CAMP SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: PK Jake Moody, Michigan,...Two-time Lou Groza Award Finalist and Michigan's first-ever winner...Two-time Bakken-Andersen Big Ten Kicker of the Year...Three points shy of single-season scoring record at Michigan...Made 26-of-32 field goals with a long of 40-plus in seven games...NCAA leader in combined touchbacks and fair catches (74) during kickoffs...NCAA leader or tied in total points (135), field goals per game (2.0), field goals made (26). - Michigan Football

rSr/2023 K Jake MoodyMichigan
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  2022 WALTER CAMP FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: C Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan,...U-M's first-ever Outland Trophy winner...Rimington Trophy winner...All-Big Ten selection (first team, coaches; second team, media)...Anchors U-M's No. 6 rushing offense (243 yards per game) with 38 rushing TDs...Charged with zero sacks, nine pressures in 360 pass-blocking snaps. - Michigan Football

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  2022 WALTER CAMP FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: RB Blake Corum, Michigan,...Doak Walker Award Finalist...2022 Big Ten Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year...Maxwell Award, Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Semifinalist...PFFCollege's highest-graded season ever by a RB (95.9)...NCAA's No. 8 rusher (1,463 yards), tied-No. 6 scorer (114 points) in 11 GP...Averaged 136.4 rushing yards per game in Big Ten play with 12 TDs...Historic production despite seven games with zero fourth-quarter touches. - Michigan Football

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  2022 OUTLAND TROPHY AWARD WINNER: Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan,...Recognized as an All-Big Ten first-team (coaches) honoree last week, Oluwatimi anchors the nation's No. 6 rushing attack in the country (243.0 yards per game) which ranks as the Big Ten's best. The U-M offensive line, a candidate for the Joe Moore Award, has boosted the team's run game to 5.97 sack-adjusted yards per carry with nearly three rushing touchdowns per game (38 touchdowns, No. 2, NCAA).

In the passing game, the Wolverines have allowed only 13 sacks across 13 games. Oluwatimi has been charged with no sacks and only nine total pressures allowed on 360 pass-blocking snaps. Oluwatimi is one of two U-M linemen to start all 13 games this year. The tone-setter and signal-caller for the line, he has helped the offense reach No. 7 nationally in points per game (40.1). - Michigan Football


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  2022 RIMINGTON TROPHY AWARD WINNER: Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan...Recognized as an All-Big Ten first-team (coaches) honoree last week, Oluwatimi anchors the nation's No. 6 rushing attack in the country (243.0 yards per game) which ranks as the Big Ten's best. The U-M offensive line, a candidate for the Joe Moore Award, has boosted the team's run game to 5.97 sack-adjusted yards per carry with nearly three rushing touchdowns per game (38 touchdowns, No. 2, NCAA). - Michigan Football

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  2022 OUTLAND TROPHY FINALIST (OUTSTANDING INTERIOR LINEMAN): Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan,...The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) has announced Oluwatimi as one of three finalists for the Outland Trophy, given to college football's best interior lineman. Oluwatimi's fellow finalists include Pitt's Calijah Kancey and fellow Big Ten representative Northwestern's Peter Skoronski. Oluwatimi is U-M's first finalist for the award since Jake Long (2007) and the program's fifth overall. No Wolverine has ever won the Outland Trophy. One other center (David Baas) was a finalist in 2004.

Oluwatimi anchors the nation's No. 4 rushing attack in the country (244.5 yards per game) which ranks as the Big Ten's best. The U-M offensive line, named a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award, has boosted the team's run game to 5.97 sack-adjusted yards per carry with nearly three rushing touchdowns per game (35 touchdowns, t-3rd, NCAA). In the passing game, the Wolverines have allowed only 13 sacks across 12 games. Oluwatimi has been charged with no sacks and only eight hurries on 340 pass-blocking snaps. Oluwatimi is one of two U-M linemen to start all 12 games this year. The tone-setter and signal-caller for the line, he has helped the offense reach No. 7 nationally in points per game (39.8). - Michigan Football


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  2022 LOU GROZA AWARD FINALIST (OUTSTANDING KICKER): Jake Moody, Michigan,...The Palm Beach County Sports Commission recognized Moody as one of three finalists for the 31st Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award presented by the Orange Bowl. The Lou Groza Award recognizes college football's best placekicker. Moody is joined as a finalist by Stanford's Joshua Karty and North Carolina State's Christopher Dunn. The Northville, Michigan, product is the first-ever two-time finalist for U-M after he became the program's first-ever winner last season.

Should he win the award again this year, Moody would join Sebastian Janikowski (Florida State, 1998-99) as the only two-time winners in the award's history. Moody is the nation's No. 1 scorer (131 points), just seven points shy of the single-season scoring record at Michigan held by Desmond Howard. Moody leads the country in field goals made (26) and field goals per game (2.17) in addition to points scored. He has made multiple field goals in seven games, including going 4-for-4 against Penn State and Illinois (with a game-winning field goal) and 5-for-5 against Michigan State (17 total points). - Michigan Football


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  2022 DOAK WALKER AWARD FINALIST (OUTSTANDING RUNNING BACK): Blake Corum, Michigan,...Corum has delivered a special season as Michigan's lead back, totaling 247 carries for 1,463 rushing yards (No. 8, NCAA), the most yards by a U-M back since Mike Hart's 2006 season (1,562 yards) despite seven games this year with no fourth-quarter touches. He is U-M's first finalist for the Doak Walker Award since Hart, a two-time finalist in 2006-07. Chris Perry (2003) is the program's lone winner in seven seasons with a finalist.

Corum is third in the nation with 19 total touchdowns (18 rushing), second in first downs (96), and sixth in total points (114). He recorded at least 100 yards rushing and one rushing touchdown in eight consecutive Big Ten games, the longest streak at U-M in the last 25 seasons. The Marshall, Virginia, native is No. 10 in rushing yards per game (121.9 yards per game) and despite a career-high 247 carries, he has only 31 yards lost on the season. - Michigan Football


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  Michigan defensive lineman Mazi Smith pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Thursday, a week after he was charged with a felony for possessing a gun in his pickup truck without a concealed-weapon permit. Smith's record will be scrubbed clean if stays out of trouble for a certain period of time, which is a common offer for young people with no past criminal activity. Smith, 21, was stopped for speeding on Oct. 7 and found to have a handgun and ammunition but not a concealed-pistol permit, Ann Arbor police said. He was taken to the police station and released a day before Michigan faced Indiana.

Smith pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge involving a vehicle. He's scheduled to return to court on Dec. 29, two days before No. 2 Michigan plays No. 3 TCU in the Fiesta Bowl, part of the College Football Playoff. Washtenaw County prosecutor Eli Savit, a Wolverine fan, was criticized for waiting nearly two months to file a charge. He said there was nothing remarkable about the timeline, especially when Smith was not in custody, which would have forced a quicker decision. - AP College Football


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  2022 RIMINGTON TROPHY FINALIST: Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan,...Oluwatimi is the fourth Wolverine to be named a finalist and would be the program's third winner, joining David Baas (2004, co-winner) and David Molk (2011). The winner will be named during ESPN's College Football Home Depot Awards Show on Thursday (Dec. 8). The honor comes after Oluwatimi helped the Wolverines reach 13 wins for the first time in program history (13-0) with a win over Purdue in the Big Ten Championship game last weekend.

U-M out-rushed Purdue 225-90 in the win. Oluwatimi is also a finalist for the Outland Trophy given to college football's best interior lineman. Recognized as an All-Big Ten first-team (coaches) honoree last week, Oluwatimi anchors the nation's No. 6 rushing attack in the country (243.0 yards per game) which ranks as the Big Ten's best. The U-M offensive line, a candidate for the Joe Moore Award, has boosted the team's run game to 5.97 sack-adjusted yards per carry with nearly three rushing touchdowns per game (38 touchdowns, No. 2, NCAA). - Michigan Football


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  The offensive line for the No. 2-ranked Michigan Wolverines was revealed as one of two finalists for the 2022 Joe Moore Award by the Foundation for Teamwork on Wednesday (Dec. 7). The other finalist group is the unit from No. 1-ranked Georgia. The Wolverines won the award in 2021 for the first time in program history and are seeking to be the first offensive line unit to ever win the award in consecutive seasons. The Joe Moore Award has been presented since 2015 and recognizes the most outstanding offensive line in college football. The voting committee trimming its finalist list to just two offensive line units is unprecedented in the award's history.

U-M saw starting guards Zak Zinter and Trevor Keegan pick up first-team All-Big Ten honors last week, while Olusegun Oluwatimi was first-team on the coaches' ballots. Oluwatimi is also a finalist for the Rimington Trophy and Outland Trophy. Ryan Hayes (second team, coaches) and Karsen Barnhart (honorable mention, both) were also All-Big Ten picks, marking the second year in a row that U-M has seen all five starters receive some type of all-conference recognition. Trente Jones (six starts) and Giovanni El-Hadi (three starts) are also major contributors to the group. This group is the engine behind U-M's offensive success. Last weekend, the Wolverines reached 13 wins for the first time in program history (13-0) with a win over Purdue in the Big Ten Championship game. U-M out-rushed Purdue 225-90 in the win. - Michigan Football


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  Michigan has dipped into the NCAA transfer portal again to add a veteran offensive lineman to the 2023 roster. Arizona State's LaDarius Henderson announced Tuesday he is signing with the Wolverines a day after he entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal. Entering this season, Michigan added Virginia graduate transfer Olu Oluwatimi, one of three finalists for the Rimington Award given to the nation's top center. Henderson, who has one year of eligibility, reportedly accepted an invitation to the East-West Shrine game, suggesting he would leave college football to prepare for the NFL Draft.

He announced his decision to transfer to Michigan with a social media post that included a photo of him with Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, co-offensive coordinators Matt Weiss and Sherrone Moore, who also coaches the offensive line, and tight ends coach Grant Newsome. "After much prayer and thought, I will be spending the last chapter of my college journey at The University of Michigan! GO BLUE!" wrote Henderson, who has not returned a request for comment. Henderson, who will turn 21 next week, was a three-star recruit from Waxahachie, Texas. He started 29 games during the last three seasons at Arizona State and was a captain this season. He missed the last six games after suffering a broken hand in October. The 6-foot-5, 310-pound Henderson has played left tackle and left guard. - Detroit News


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  Michigan defensive back Mike Sainristil is returning for a fifth season. The 5-foot-10, 182-pounder announced his decision on Twitter late Sunday night - one day after the Wolverines beat Purdue to win their second straight Big Ten title. "I want to start off by thanking Coach Harbaugh and the University of Michigan for an amazing 4 years," Sainristil wrote. "The opportunity coach gave me when he offered was one that changed my life beyond football. My family and I can't thank you enough coach! The season is not over. In fact, it is just getting started. Just like my team here at the university. "With that being said, I will be back for my 5th year as a Wolverine and won't be entering my name in the 2023 NFL Draft after the season. Team 143, let's finish the mission and bring the big one home!"

Because the NCAA issues blanket waivers for all student-athletes in 2020, Sainristil has another year of eligibility despite never redshirting. The former three-star recruit from Massachusetts has been one of the biggest surprises in 2022, switching from receiver to nickelback - a vital position in Michigan's defense previously played by first-round pick Daxton Hill. Sainristil immediately earned a starting role in Michigan's defense and has 51 tackles (fourth on the team), seven pass breakups (second) and two sacks this season. He is a 2022 all-Big Ten honorable mention by coaches and media. - Ann Arbor News


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