Any transfer player ever as good as Jake Rudock?

Submitted by BIGBLUEWORLD on

Michigan has never been big on acquiring transfers. With that noted, has any transfer player ever come in for one year and made such a big contribution as Jake Rudock? Who were the best players to ever come to Michigan via transfer?

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BIGBLUEWORLD

August 24th, 2016 at 8:14 AM ^

After Jake Rudock pitched the Utah debacle many people thought we were heading into a dismal season. Coach Harbaugh remained calm, confident and steady. Then after MSU, "Steel in our spine" and all that. Once again, calm and confident.

As many have said, I wish Devin Gardner had the opportunity to experience that kind of solid support.

Anyway, Jake Rudock made the most of the great coaching he received. Not to take anything away from Elroy Hirsch, he may have had the most productive single year of football as a transfer in Michigan history.

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Sommy

August 24th, 2016 at 9:30 AM ^

There are countless transfer players better than Rudock. Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Randy Moss, etc. Was this a serious question?



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mgoblue78

August 24th, 2016 at 12:59 PM ^

Would be Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, who played football at Wisconsin in '42 and then two seasons with Michigan, transferring under the Marine Corps V-12 training program. Hirsch was the only modern athlete at Michigan to  letter in four sports in a single season (Football, basketball, track and baseball)  One day in the spring of '44, he took third place in the Big 10 track meet at Illinois in the long jump, then drove 150 miles to Bloomington to pitch in the second game of a double header at Indiana. (Not quite as impressive as Jesse Owens' 4 world records in 45 minutes at Ferry Field, but hey - Jesse didn't have to drive 150 miles between events.)

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Hornsgoblue (not verified)

August 24th, 2016 at 8:45 PM ^

Transferred from UCLA to Texas and was a great LB who played in the NFL for the Saints and now is on College FB TV shows.

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