Michigan’s Blake Corum broke the varsity’s all-time dashing landing document in fashion. The senior operating again scored on what would change into a game-winning 17-yard plunge on the second play of additional time within the No. 1 Wolverines’ 27-20 additional time victory over No. 4 Alabama in Monday’s College Football Playoff semifinal. It was the 56th landing run of Corum’s profession, breaking a tie with former Wolverines operating again Anthony Thomas.
The rating put the Wolverines up by a landing. The Michigan protection would end the job by stopping Alabama on a fourth-and-goal from the 3-yard line to set off a wild celebration and punch the Wolverines to the nationwide title sport in Houston on Jan. 8.
Corum carried the ball 19 instances for 83 yards along with his landing. He additionally padded his single-season dashing touchdowns document, which now sits at 25. He set that mark and tied Thomas’ document nearly a month in the past with two dashing touchdowns in Michigan’s 26-0 win in opposition to Iowa within the Huge Ten Championship Sport. Corum is the one participant on the FBS degree to attain a landing in each sport he is appeared on this season.
It ought to come as no shock that Corum’s 25 dashing scores lead the nation. He ranked second within the Huge Ten getting into Monday’s sport with 1,028 yards dashing. He and Rutgers’ Kyle Monangai are the one two Huge Ten gamers with greater than 1,000 yards on the bottom.
This marks Corum’s third straight season with no less than 900 yards dashing and 10 touchdowns. He had 18 touchdowns on the bottom final 12 months and completed seventh in Heisman Trophy voting regardless of struggling a late-season damage that stored him sidelined for a lot of the Ohio State sport and the entire postseason.
