Everyone knew that going into the 2017 season, Michigan football was going to be relying on young players at wide receiver. Guys like Donovan Peoples-Jones, Tarik Black, Kekoa Crawford and Eddie McDoom, were supposed to be vital parts of the offense.
Certainly, some growing pains were to be expected. After you lose two seniors like Amara Darboh and Jehu Chesson, the production wasn’t going to be the same, at least not right away.
Yet, for Michigan football that production never came. There were reasons for that. One of the biggest was an early injury to Black, who started the season on fire.