National Awards and All-American/All-B1G Predictions
It has been a very successful season with a lot of individually successful campaigns. I would predict that we will fill the All-B1G teams and have some All-Americans as well. How would you all see the honors and awards shaking out?
National Awards:
Rimington Award Winner: Olu Oluwatimi
Doak Walker Award Winner: Blake Corum
Joe Moore Award Winner: Michigan Offensive Line
Outland Award Finalist: Olu Oluwatimi
Lou Groza Award Finalist: Jake Moody
Heisman Trophy Finalist: Blake Corum (he may just miss the New York cut due to missing possibly the last 2 1/2 games)
Broyles Award Finalist: Jesse Minter
All American:
1st Team:
Olu Oluwatimi; Blake Corum (Consensus/possibly Unanimous)
2nd Team:
Jake Moody
3rd Team:
Zak Zinter
All B1G
1st Team:
Blake Corum, Olu Oluwatimi, Zak Zinter, Mazi Smith, Mike Morris, Jake Moody
2nd Team:
Luke Schoonmaker, Trevor Keegan, Ryan Hayes, Kris Jenkins, Rod Moore, Mike Sainristil
3rd Team:
Ronnie Bell, Donovan Edwards, Michael Barrett, DJ Turner, JJ McCarthy
Freshmen:
Colston Loveland, Will Johnson
November 29th, 2022 at 9:20 AM ^
Lots of players to be excited for! Excellent list.
No more impactful DT freshman than Mason Graham.
Also I think Moody may win again. The reigning winner (recognition matters) and highest scorer for top team is a very compelling argument.
I know we love Mike Morris, but there's far more statistically impactful ends in the big ten that haven't been injured. Maybe 2nd or 3rd team consideration?
November 29th, 2022 at 9:23 AM ^
I just realized I omitted Mason Graham. I would say there is a chance he makes one of the Coaches' or Media's teams (Freshmen AA isn't out of the question either)
Moody's stats aren't as good this year due to much more 50 yard+ attempts, but him coming up in our (only) close game might have him win back 2 back.
November 29th, 2022 at 9:43 AM ^
I originally felt the same way about Morris, but I checked the stats and he finished second in the conference in sacks. He'll have a shot at 1st team but may end up 2nd as one of the OSU name brands gets the spot.
November 29th, 2022 at 12:36 PM ^
Mike Morris was named B1G DL of the year. So it seems like he should be 1st team.
November 29th, 2022 at 1:29 PM ^
Haha wow. I'm genuinely happy for him! And happy to be so off base. Nicely done.
Congrats Mike 👏
November 29th, 2022 at 9:35 AM ^
Really can't overstate Sainristil's value. Recuited as a DB, staff wants him to be a receiver instead, does that for three seasons. Fourth season, staff converts him back to DB as starting nickel corner, and I remember the reaction of many here (myself included) was, "Um...that's...suboptimal..." Dude ends up probably the best nickel corner Michigan has ever had.
November 29th, 2022 at 9:58 AM ^
interesting. i thought he requested to play WR rather than DB?
November 29th, 2022 at 11:14 AM ^
Yeah, you're right. I remembered there had been some discussion about where he'd play, but it's hard to find old articles on this site now with URLs for back pages not having unique numbers in them, so I went to Wikipedia. It read, "He enrolled early and turned heads in Michigan's 2019 spring practice. Michigan's defensive coaches sought to use him as a cornerback, but the offensive staff won out in having him as a wide receiver," but after your comment I went and read the linked article for that section and it does say he wanted to play WR. I don't know why the editor of the Wikipedia article chose to leave out the player's own input despite citing a source that included it.
In any case, though, preference or not, my point was that he switched sides of the ball, there were some groans here (again, my own included) about a player switching positions in his fourth year and starting, and yet he has shone.
November 30th, 2022 at 1:05 PM ^
Wait.. we stole him from Va Tech because we offered him at WR.
November 29th, 2022 at 9:36 AM ^
Freshman, Mason Graham
November 29th, 2022 at 10:42 AM ^
That avatar is perfect.
November 29th, 2022 at 9:43 AM ^
Does Donovan Edwards' success vs ohio undermine Corum's Heisman case? I'm worried voters might have the impression that anyone could put up his amazing numbers with Michigan's O line and commitment to the run. (I don't hold that view myself - Corum is special)
November 29th, 2022 at 9:50 AM ^
I’ll bet $5k right now on Venmo that Minter is a Broyles finalist. Any takers?
November 29th, 2022 at 9:54 AM ^
I wonder if Blake missing the OSU game cost him a Heisman invite. It certainly cost him a chance to hoist the trophy because if he plays and takes up those yards that Edwards had for himself, he's bringing home the hardware, or at least in a dead heat with Caleb Williams. But I wonder if he's going to even get an invite at this point. At this point, its got to be Caleb Williams' trophy to lose unless he just absolutely implodes against Utah this weekend, which I don't see happening.
Kind of stinks that it'll be two years in a row where a Michigan player loses out on the Heisman due to factors completely beyond their control. If Bryce Young doesn't go off against Georgia in the SEC Title Game, Hutch wins the Heisman. If Blake doesn't get injured against Illinois and plays against OSU, he very likely wins the Heisman.
November 29th, 2022 at 11:04 AM ^
I think he will be invited. Voters obviously know what happened.
I am very curious as to whether we can expect Corum in the Playoff. Long time to heal up and I am guessing yes but still don't know the injury.
November 29th, 2022 at 10:05 AM ^
Unfortunately for BC, I don’t think he wins the doak walker award. Missing the past game and a half while other rbs like Minnesota’s, the Pitt rb , the uab rb and Texas’ rb have played and surpassed him in yardage and some in tds will hurt him. Sucks for him. He should still make 1st team b1g rb and at least 2nd team AA.