Corum Named Walter Camp Player of the Year Finalist
11/30/2022 2:00:00 PM | Football
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Running back Blake Corum of the No. 2-ranked University of Michigan football team was named one of five finalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year, the foundation announced Wednesday (Nov. 30). Corum is the lone running back to make the finalist cut.
U-M's last finalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award was Jabrill Peppers (2016). Four Wolverines have been finalists in the program's history, with two winners in Desmond Howard (1991) and Charles Woodson (1997).
The Marshall, Va., native has impressed this season as Michigan's lead back, totaling 247 carries for 1,463 rushing yards (No. 8, NCAA), the most yards by a U-M back since Mike Hart's 2006 season (1,562 yards) despite seven games this year with no fourth-quarter touches. Corum is a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, and earned the title of Ameche-Dayne Big Ten Running Back of the Year.
Corum is third in the nation with 19 total touchdowns (18 rushing), second in first downs (96), and sixth in total points (114). He recorded at least 100 yards rushing and one rushing touchdown in eight consecutive Big Ten games, the longest streak at U-M in the last 25 seasons. Corum is No. 10 in rushing yards per game (121.9 yards per game) and despite a career-high 247 carries, he has only 31 yards lost on the season.
Corum has helped the Wolverines reach a 12-0 mark for the fourth time in program history on the strength of the NCAA's No. 7 scoring offense (39.8 points per game) and the No. 5 rushing offense (244.5 yards per game).
The 2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient is voted on by 131 FBS head coaches and sports information directors, and will be announced Thursday, Dec. 8 during ESPN's The Home Depot College Football Awards Show.
Michigan is preparing to face Purdue in the Big Ten Championship game on Saturday (Dec. 3) at 8 p.m. on Fox.
