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LovelandBuckeye
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You got a source on that? A friend wants to watch it.
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ScriptOhio
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Running back Chris Evans will not play for Michigan this season
Michigan running back Chris Evans, suspended earlier in the year by the university because of an academic issue, hasn’t been a member of the football team since then and will not be with the Wolverines this fall.
Evans had appealed the decision to the university hoping to have it cut from one year to a half year, which would allow him to play football this fall, but that hasn’t happened.
“Chris Evans is suspended for the year,” Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh told The Detroit News on Sunday after speaking at the Best of the Midwest football camp at Grand Valley State.
The decision was made by the university, not the football program.
Harbaugh had said at the start of spring practice there was a chance Evans could work his way back. Evans, no longer enrolled at Michigan and, obviously, no longer on a football scholarship, told The News in March the issue was “an academic mistake. Not my grades. I’m on pace to graduate.”
Evans had taken a job at an Ann Arbor restaurant delivering take-out orders and was working out at Xplosive Performance Academy in Southfield to stay in shape. He wrote an eight-page letter to the university to appeal the decision.
Entire article: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...is-evans-not-play-michigan-season/1320407001/
Michigan running back Chris Evans, suspended earlier in the year by the university because of an academic issue, hasn’t been a member of the football team since then and will not be with the Wolverines this fall.
Evans had appealed the decision to the university hoping to have it cut from one year to a half year, which would allow him to play football this fall, but that hasn’t happened.
“Chris Evans is suspended for the year,” Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh told The Detroit News on Sunday after speaking at the Best of the Midwest football camp at Grand Valley State.
The decision was made by the university, not the football program.
Harbaugh had said at the start of spring practice there was a chance Evans could work his way back. Evans, no longer enrolled at Michigan and, obviously, no longer on a football scholarship, told The News in March the issue was “an academic mistake. Not my grades. I’m on pace to graduate.”
Evans had taken a job at an Ann Arbor restaurant delivering take-out orders and was working out at Xplosive Performance Academy in Southfield to stay in shape. He wrote an eight-page letter to the university to appeal the decision.
Entire article: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...is-evans-not-play-michigan-season/1320407001/
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ScriptOhio
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Morning Conversational: Where Does Michigan Turn Without RB Chris Evans?
On Sunday, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters that senior running back Chris Evans had been suspended for the 2019 season for academic reasons.
Evans’ future was already cloudy before the suspension, but Harbaugh confirmed the rumors and now his leading returning rusher won’t be available this year.
In his career, Evans has rushed for 1,722 yards, averaging at least 5 yards per carry per season. His best season came in 2017, where he rushed for 685 yards. He was also a dangerous receiver out of the backfield, which would have helped in UM’s new offense this year.
While this is a significant loss for Michigan, Evans has only ever been a complementary back to the Wolverines’ leading rusher. The same would have likely held true this season as well.
Still, they will miss his versatility, experience, and explosiveness. While he was never going to be the Wolverines’ workhorse, somebody will now have to pick up his customary 600-yard slack.
The problem with that, however, is that they still don’t know who the workhorse is going to be, let alone his sidekick.
Karan Higdon and his 2,100+ yards from the last two seasons are now gone and somebody else has to emerge to power the Michigan ground game.
Unfortunately for the Wolverines, there are really only a few options, and none of them are ideal.
Former defensive back walk-on Tru Wilson is now the team’s leading returning rusher, having carried the ball 62 times for 364 yards last year. He would probably fit best in a complementary role. If a No. 1 runner doesn’t emerge, however, then Wilson may be called upon to carry more of he load.
Second-year tailback Christian Turner is a former 3-star prospect who rushed for 95 yards on 20 carries last season. Good words have been said about him over the past year, but how much of that is hope rather than reality? Missing much of the spring due to injury didn’t help answer questions on his behalf either.
Fellow 2018 classmates Hassan Haskins and Ben VanSumeran both had to be moved to running back. Haskins moved from linebacker, while VanSumeran moved from fullback. At this point, neither is expected to be The Guy in 2019.
Most of the eggs in Michigan’s running back basket belong to true freshman Zach Charbonnet, who missed the spring due to surgery.
Charbonnet was the top offensive signee in Jim Harbaugh’s 2019 recruiting class. Ranked the No. 4 running back in the nation and the No. 46 player overall, Charbonnet walks into a dream scenario for a lot of freshmen running backs — the competition isn’t as stiff as it has been in the past, and the team desperately needs him to be productive.
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2019/06/michigan-turn-without-chris-evans/
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Ties in nicely to the discussion in the recruiting forum about needing two horses.
But a true frosh coming off surgery should be just fine.
But a true frosh coming off surgery should be just fine.
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sparcboxbuck
What happened to my ¤cash?
Q: Morning Conversational: Where Does Michigan Turn Without RB Chris Evans?
A: DGAF
A: DGAF
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tsun RB stable for 2019 season
1. A true freshman who didn't play spring ball due to surgery
2. Former defensive back walk-on Tru Wilson is now the team’s leading returning rusher, having carried the ball 62 times for 364 yards last year.
3. Second-year tailback Christian Turner is a former 3-star prospect who rushed for 95 yards on 20 carries last season.
Seems solid.
1. A true freshman who didn't play spring ball due to surgery
2. Former defensive back walk-on Tru Wilson is now the team’s leading returning rusher, having carried the ball 62 times for 364 yards last year.
3. Second-year tailback Christian Turner is a former 3-star prospect who rushed for 95 yards on 20 carries last season.
Seems solid.
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sparcboxbuck
What happened to my ¤cash?
OK, so maybe I do GAF. It’s difficult not to get a bit of a chub when thinking about that backfield.
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