For a long time now it’s looked like Michigan football has had its running back situation figured out, which is much more than we could have said at this point last offseason.
The general consensus: De’Veon Smith, who rushed for a team-high 753 yards last season, is going to be the 2016 starter for the Wolverines, and the only real battle taking place is to see who’s going to back him up.
But Monday, at the first day of the Big Ten media days, Jim Harbaugh helped shed some unexpected light on how the scenario might actually play out this season by giving a lot of praise to Ty Isaac, who transferred to Michigan from USC in 2014.