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Michigan football stock watch: Five players trending up after historic win vs. OSU

Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia breaks down the Michigan football players who helped or hurt their stock after Saturday's 45-23 win over Ohio State in Columbus.

Five up

J.J. McCarthy: He started slowly, 3-for-10 out of the gate, but once he connected with Cornelius Johnson on a 69-yard touchdown catch and run — with a double A-gap blitz breathing down his neck — he finally settled in. On the next snap, he found Johnson again on a double-move that had him wide open down the middle of the field for a 75-yard score.