Michigan Football: 5 takeaways from Jim Harbaugh’s spring ball presser
Harbaugh commented on a number of position battles
One of the most prominent position battles heading into next season is going to be at running back, following the graduation of Karan Higdon.
Chris Evans was supposed to be the favorite to start but after academic issues, his status with the team is murky, as Harbaugh said Monday. The head coach said he could return at some point but no one knows for sure.
Harbaugh says Christian Turner has "surged"
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) March 18, 2019
With Charbonnet out, much of the attention will go to Turner, who Harbaugh said has “surged.” Given what we saw last year out of the freshman running back, that’s not a surprise and right now, it appears he has the inside track on being the Wolverines bell cow.
QB depth chart: 1. Patterson, 2. McCaffrey, 3. Milton .... all are getting reps and "there's no possible way Shea Patterson will just be able to put his feet up ... it'll be a fun spring."
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) March 18, 2019
Harbaugh also said that Andrew Stueber and Jalen Mayfield were battling it out at right tackle, another job up for grabs on the offense. Beyond that, he touched on the quarterback race and right now, he said Patterson is the No. 1, followed by Dylan McCaffrey and Joe Milton.