Michigan Football: 3 takeaways from waxing of Western Michigan
By Nick Popio
Blake Corum’s hard is work is getting noticed.
The sophomore exploded onto the scene with several splash plays throughout. He scored Michigan football’s first touchdown and his vision stood out by finding creases to run through against Western’s defenders. His workmanlike performance earned him 100 yards on the ground and two trips to the endzone.
Altogether the rushing attack had an exceptional showing with over 300 plus yards as a whole. Two of the biggest plays came from receivers A.J. Henning and Roman Wilson.
Henning took it to the house on an end around to blow it wide open. The offensive line provided the necessary gaps to sprint through and the ball carriers didn’t disappoint.
Offensively, #Michigan did EXACTLY what it said it would do. They pounded Western and did it with their best offensive on the sideline. Running backs rarerly were hit behind the line. @H2_3125 and @blake_corum showed if you let them get going, they're going to be tough to stop...
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) September 4, 2021
Even Donovan Edwards got in on the party as well. He got a handful of snaps, but didn’t get the chance to shine quite like Corum did.
Corum should be a focal point of the offense moving ahead as he is clearly a unique weapon that must be used in bunches as he makes up for his lack of size at 5’8”.