Heading into the 2021 season, there was no surprise what the pecking order of Michigan’s rushing attack would be. Hassan Haskins and Blake Corum would be 1A and 1B, “Thunder and Lightning”. True freshman Donovan Edwards would be a valuable piece to the puzzle behind the two lead backs.
“Hassan and Blake, they’re kind of like running back one and one. We’re sitting here today, those three are up there right to where it would be a three-back type of rotation. Leaning on Hassan and Blake the most,” Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh said in July. “Donovan’s got the ability to hit the big ones.