1). Without a doubt, it was Cornelius Johnson for me. There was a time last season where I would yell, ‘Don’t throw it Johnson!” for most of 2022, because he was dropping balls on the simplest of passes. I wouldn’t begin to speculate as to why, I’ve had years where everything I touched turned to horseshite, but this was freakin’ high stakes B1G football man..and No. 6 just didn’t look he was playing confident and in synch with JJ all year. Honestly, I felt like the should have had Moore or Smith starting above Johnson…I felt he was that much of a liability…until The Game in that pit of vipers in a whole state radical believers in a dangerous football quasi-religious/quasi-fascist delusional death cult. BOOM! CJ is reborn hard and explodes for what? 180+ yards and 2 TDs in THE GAME?!?! Don’t get me wrong, I was elated. He wiped out a whole year of “meh” to “NOO!” In that incredible performance that..well let’s say it.. Michigan doesn’t beat the sucknuts last year without Cornelius Johnson.
This year he’s been overshadowed by Wilson and Loveland, but Johnson was 3rd on the team with 42 catches for nearly 600 yards and 1 TD reception..but that wasn’t his role this year. (I think he had 1 or 2 rushing TDs, but I could be wrong.) Johnson averaged 13.8 yds per catch and he dropped maybe 2 balls all year..and they weren’t gimmies either. No. 6 averaged about 60 yds a game, and they were nearly all high pressure crucial grabs. He was a reliable, trusted receiver for JJ, and was great adjusting with his QB when he was extending plays to make a play. The B1G Championship game was his most targets and catches ever in a game, 9 or 10 if I remember correctly, and he caught every one..again, many for crucial first downs. I expect his low-keyness will end in the CFP, the guy has shown a few times he can be explosive and I’m hoping he tops off a great year with his 2 best games as a Wolverine. He’s far down on Bama’s list of guys to stop on D…I’m way up on Johnson, he’s shown me how wrong about him I was.
2). My favorite 3rd string guy who got some consistent run this year is Mullings..hands down. He showed up this fall running much faster, much more balanced and low..he doesn’t lose his size and power advantage by running upright. This year he showed some jump, some quick twitch agility in his 11 carries for 195 yards for a 6.1 yard avg for 1 TD in 11 games. The dude is 6-2 240lbs and he looks like a quick aggressive Rb instead of a converted LB this year. Next season, with Mullings, Hall, Cabana, and the deeep rb room, Mullings could be a 1,000 yard rb..with Hall not being far behind. Haskins came out of nowhere. Mullings appears to be a much larger version with some better than average rb skills. Oh would I love our RB1 to be a 4.6 6-2 240 rb with enough moves to break off big runs. His ypa of 6.1 per attempt screams it, as he had more than a couple 3rd or 4th down dives. The others were 10 yd to 20+ yard chunk runs. I’m telling you..Mullings and Hall could be no drop off from Corum and Edwards.
This year he’s been overshadowed by Wilson and Loveland, but Johnson was 3rd on the team with 42 catches for nearly 600 yards and 1 TD reception..but that wasn’t his role this year. (I think he had 1 or 2 rushing TDs, but I could be wrong.) Johnson averaged 13.8 yds per catch and he dropped maybe 2 balls all year..and they weren’t gimmies either. No. 6 averaged about 60 yds a game, and they were nearly all high pressure crucial grabs. He was a reliable, trusted receiver for JJ, and was great adjusting with his QB when he was extending plays to make a play. The B1G Championship game was his most targets and catches ever in a game, 9 or 10 if I remember correctly, and he caught every one..again, many for crucial first downs. I expect his low-keyness will end in the CFP, the guy has shown a few times he can be explosive and I’m hoping he tops off a great year with his 2 best games as a Wolverine. He’s far down on Bama’s list of guys to stop on D…I’m way up on Johnson, he’s shown me how wrong about him I was.
2). My favorite 3rd string guy who got some consistent run this year is Mullings..hands down. He showed up this fall running much faster, much more balanced and low..he doesn’t lose his size and power advantage by running upright. This year he showed some jump, some quick twitch agility in his 11 carries for 195 yards for a 6.1 yard avg for 1 TD in 11 games. The dude is 6-2 240lbs and he looks like a quick aggressive Rb instead of a converted LB this year. Next season, with Mullings, Hall, Cabana, and the deeep rb room, Mullings could be a 1,000 yard rb..with Hall not being far behind. Haskins came out of nowhere. Mullings appears to be a much larger version with some better than average rb skills. Oh would I love our RB1 to be a 4.6 6-2 240 rb with enough moves to break off big runs. His ypa of 6.1 per attempt screams it, as he had more than a couple 3rd or 4th down dives. The others were 10 yd to 20+ yard chunk runs. I’m telling you..Mullings and Hall could be no drop off from Corum and Edwards.
