Blake Corum hypes up former teammate Donovan Edwards, reveals message to 2024 Michigan squad

Blake Corum spoke with FOX’s Jenny Taft, while attending of his first Spring Game as a former member the Michigan Wolverines.

First, Corum explained what it’s like to be back in Ann Arbor as a former player, while he’s preparing for the 2024 NFL Draft.

“It feels great being back,” Corum stated.” A little weird, you know, not having the maize and blue on. Not the shoulder pad, the helmet, but it’s great. It feels really good. They’re looking pretty good. So I’m expecting big things.”

Corum’s former teammate Donovan Edwards will be leading the backfield in 2024. Ahead of his upgraded share of the carries, Corum is expecting Edwards to have a phenomenal campaign.

“I expect to him just do what he does. Now he has really like, the platform to just go and ball out, you know. I expect really big things,” Corum added. “He’s been working really hard. It looks like he got a little bigger. As we already saw you know, he’s running hard, breaking tackles. I’m like, Okay Don.’ … I’m super excited to see him just go crazy.”

Corum truly represented what Michigan strives to achieve year-in and year-out, and the running back doesn’t take that lightly, believing the Wolverines prepared him and his teammates for immense success in life.

“I mean, Michigan prepares you each and every way,” Corum explained. “Academically, we had the time management, right. And so that was one part. Hard work, we’re going to do that. You know, so on and off the field, Michigan just prepared each and every one of us for the next level, whether that be the NFL. Whether that be you know, going to Fortune 500 company, it doesn’t matter. We’re ready. That’s what the University of Michigan does.”

Finally, the former Michigan running back delivered a message to the Wolverines as they look to continue the standard set by him and his teammates over the past couple of seasons.

“My message to this team is just be brothers, just like we did last year, when people were trying to tear us apart, but we locked arms,” Corum stated. “We had a goal in mind, to finish the goal. So don’t change anything. The culture is phenomenal. We love our brothers. So just do that. Work hard, and just go one day at a time.”

Time will tell how high Michigan can climb in 2024, but Blake Corum will for sure have an eye on the team moving forward, even in the NFL.