Michigan RB Blake Corum will miss the rest of the season due to knee surgery

Michigan just lost its star running back for the rest of the season. According to Ian Rapoport, Blake Corum will have knee surgery that requires him to miss the rest of Michigan’s football season. Here was Rapoport’s report:

“Sources: #Michigan star RB Blake Corum is expected to have knee surgery and is out for the season. The Heisman candidate should make a full recovery. He tried to play last week vs. Ohio State but his knee made it impossible.”

Corum was originally injured against Illinois, then tried to give it a go vs. Ohio State but missed almost all of that game as well. Nonetheless, the Wolverines won to all but ensure their spot in the College Football Playoff. But it’ll be Donovan Edwards as the go-to running back for their remaining games, not Blake Corum.

Best wishes on what is hopefully a nice and easy recovery for Corum.

More on Blake Corum injury

With under three minutes to play in the first half during Michigan’s game against Illinois, running back Blake Corum took a third-and-six run near the marker and was pushed out of bounds, injuring his knee as he went down.

Corum laid on the ground writing in pain and grabbing his knee while officials reviewed whether he had fumbled the ball before he went down. After a a couple minutes of laying down, Corum was able to get up and walk off the field on his own and is now heading to the locker room just before halftime.

To add salt to the wound, the officiating crew ruled that Blake Corum did fumble the ball and Illinois took over on their own 13, preventing Michigan from scoring just before half.

Before going down, Corum accounted for 103 yards on 17 carries with a touchdown. And he took a screen pass for 41 yards on third down, too.