Michigan Football vs Illinois: Important Takeaways from the Wolverines Win

Jabrill Peppers didn’t help his Heisman hopes

Don’t get me wrong, Peppers played well against Illinois. He returned two kicks for 58 yards and had two tackles on defense. However, his day lacked splash plays.

Offensively, the Wolverines tried to get Peppers involved early and the Illini were ready for it. You kept hoping he would make a big play, it just never came to fruition.

On the offensive end, he ran the ball five times for nine yards. He also caught one pass for five. Defensively, he was solid, but again, didn’t do anything that made you step back and say wow.

Certainly, he’s still right in the Heisman hunt, but if his campaign is going to keep gaining momentum, he’s going to keep making the highlight-reel plays that have become commonplace for the junior this season.

At the end of the day, when Michigan football dominates like it did, it’s hard to find any negatives. And even in terms of Peppers, he deserves credit for helping to limit Illinois to just 172 total yards.

As long as he doesn’t have many more games like this and makes big plays in the biggest games, he could win the thing.

Yet, at least for one day, Peppers campaign probably suffered a little bit of a setback. Knowing him and the fact Michigan won by 33 points and are 7-0, I doubt he cares.

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Peppers is all about winning and I guarantee the only thing on his mind right now — is beating Michigan State.