Derrick Green transferring to TCU

Keep your head up and stop running into your own linemen. This will help you going forward.

Best of luck Derrick

Best of luck to Derrick. He got his Michigan degree and nobody can ever take that away.

I'll root for him at TCU.  Unless they play Michigan.

I'll agree that TCU seems an odd fit for him, but I'll also trust that Gary Patterson will make it work out.  I think he's a pretty good coach, and wouldn't have been upset at seeing him arrive if the Unicorn hadn't worked out.

Good luck, Derrick - snack on Big 12 defenses!!

 

I wish Derrick Green that all his NFL dreams draw true. 

The other RBs can improve greatly alongside the OL, but Green just doesn't have the work ethic to even break a 3.0 ypc. He can't hit holes, can't burst, can't break tackles. He shows up woefully out of shape every summer. If he goes to a texas conference team that's not oklahoma, just shows how desperate he is. They are pass first all the way. Last year, the QB led in rushing and two RBs tied with a whopping 262 yards, not even 100 carries combined. He'll get the ball 5 times a game. My guess is that Harbaugh is fed up with him

A few years ago, I did a study of #1 tailbacks on Rivals up to that point (LINK). The average performance for a #1 tailback before Derrick Green was a three-year career of:

429 carries for 2,442 yards (5.7 yards/carry) and 22 touchdowns and being the #63 overall pick in the NFL Draft

So far Green has 212 carries for 898 yards (4.2 yards/carry) and 7 touchdowns in three seasons.

Green needs 217 carries for 1,544 yards and 15 touchdowns in his fourth season just to reach what most #1 guys do in three years. 

Good luck to him

TCU has some good speed backs on their roster, but they are just that, speed guys (2nd on the depth chart is a converted WR). Green looked improved in 2014 the couple games before he went down with an injury, and I thought he ran much tougher in the few snaps he got under Harbaugh.

Moving to more of a zone scheme, where he looked to be gaining some comfort, and with some improvement, he could be a solid player for him. A couple years back there was a stat about how RBs did once they got through the first line of defense, and Green actually had good stats. His issues were getting through that first part. With some improved blocking, familiarity/comfort in the scheme, and some improvement in some areas, he still has some other very nice abilities. It would be interesting to see it all click in his final year.

I hope next year he has a great season!

Maybe Gary Patterson can find a staff position for his mother.

I remember all the excitment when he picked UM and thought he would  be our starting back by now. But it did not work out here. Much like other 5 star backs such as Grady and Baraka who did not live up to their potential here.

is that he was not a great blocker in pass protection (though he improved just a little last season), and he did not appear to be much of a receiver. Both are desirable qualities in a Harbaugh running back.

I hope your time at TCU goes well.

I wish him the very best at TCU!

Does he have to sit a year?

but got damn, his running style infurriated me. 

Best of luck to him and I hope he does well at TCU, if nothing else he may get some time and space due to the nature of Big 12 offenses and defenses that he didn't get at Michigan.  

he was the best and um took him from osu and it was a great cruitin' victory over meyer. Poor osu they ended up with 4* ezekiel elliot.

Hope you have a fun and memorable final year of football.

Too bad it didn't work out for you here. 

Lol ...I love these 'best of luck' threads.