Michigan RB Blake Corum officially declares for 2024 NFL Draft
Michigan Wolverines football senior Blake Corum made if official: The running back announced today that he’s declaring for the 2024 NFL Draft after four seasons in Ann Arbor.
Corum leaves Ann Arbor after playing in 45 games, taking 1,338 offensive snaps and logging 675 rush attempts. Corum is the school’s all-time leader with 61 total and 58 rushing touchdowns, both program records. His 27 rushing scores in 2023 marked a single-season program record, as did his 28 total touchdowns. His 3,737 career rushing yards rank seventh in Michigan history.
More than what he did on the field, though, Corum hopes to be remembered for his acts in the community and overall character.
“I just want to be remembered as a Michigan man, someone who did good on the field, but also did good in the community, did good in the classroom and laid a foundation for the next generation,” Corum said in January. “I honestly don’t want to be remembered for a touchdown record or anything like that, but more so just a kind human being that brought smiles to people’s faces and just made a difference, made an impact on and off the field. That’s honestly how I want to be remembered.”
A consensus first-team All-Big Ten honoree the last two seasons (2022-23), Corum finished seventh in Heisman Trophy voting, won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football for the Big Ten’s best player and was named a unanimous All-American as a junior in 2022. He became the Wolverines’ first running back to be tabbed as a unanimous All-American since Bob Chappuis in 1947.
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The 5-foot-8, 213-pounder rushed for 1,463 yards and 18 touchdowns and caught 11 passes for 80 yards and a score in 12 games in 2022, before suffering a season-ending knee injury that held him out of most of a 45-23 win over Ohio State, as well as the entirety of the Big Ten championship game and College Football Playoff semifinal.
He decided to return for one more season, becoming a captain and leading the Wolverines to a magical 15-0 season and national championship in 2023. Corum put up 1,245 yards on 258 carries this past year.
Corum split carries with starter Hassan Haskins his sophomore year, logging 144 rushes for 952 yards and 11 touchdowns in 12 games in 2021. He added 124 grabs for 141 yards and a score. He played in all six outings in the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign, rushing 26 times for 77 yards and 2 touchdowns and catching 5 passes for 73 yards.
The Michigan running back was a four-star recruit and the No. 117 overall player in the 2020 class, according to the On3 Industry Ranking.
