Newsstand: Chris Partridge grateful to be back at Michigan, 'the greatest university in the world'
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Michigan brought back Chris Partridge as an assistant coach, with the program making it official Wednesday. They did not announce what his specific role will be, however, but there’s expected to be attrition since the on-field staff is full at 10 assistants.
Partridge started his Power Five career at Michigan as Director of Player Personnel, coached safeties, linebackers, and special teams at U-M before accepting a job at Ole Miss in 2020.
“Chris has been a trusted agent, known friend and ally since we started working together in 2015,” Harbaugh said in a release. “He is a phenomenal teacher and coach and will be a major asset to our team, program, and university community. We are so excited to have Chris, his wife, Marissa, and daughters, Mia and Gianna, back in Ann Arbor and part of the Michigan Football family.”
“My family and I could not be more excited to be back in Ann Arbor,” Partridge said. “Michigan has always remained a huge part of us. I appreciate Coach Harbaugh for having continued trust and faith in me to help him with the championship brand of football he has established.
Partridge sent out a tweet after the announcement.
Michigan’s nine players invited to the 2023 NFL Draft Scouting Combine are tied for the third-most among any school.
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Michigan senior defensive tackle Kris Jenkins was an extremely productive player for Michigan last season, ranking fifth on the team with 54 tackles, 3.5 of which came behind the line of scrimmage, including 2 sacks. He had 20 pressures, which was tied for fifth on the Wolverines’ defense. However, Jenkins wants to become more of a force with his pass rush.
“Honestly, my biggest thing that I’ve kind of been obsessing over, over this offseason and really toward the end of the season, is my pass rush,” Jenkins said. “Coming off of last season, I’ve been identified as — and us as a team, our identity was a huge run-stopping force, really affecting the run, having that identity where teams can’t run on us, but not really having that identity where people fear my pass rush. People didn’t really look at me as a pass-rush threat. People weren’t really scared where I lined up, how I was going to affect the QB.
“I’m working with [Michigan defensive line] Coach [Mike] Elston, even getting the knowledge from my uncle [former NFL defensive end Cullen Jenkins] and my dad [former NFL All-Pro defensive tackle Kris], taking that more seriously. I just really want to get after the quarterback, really affect the pass game.
“With the whole D-line, talking to [sophomore] Mason [Graham], talking to K.G [sophomore Kenneth Grant]., Rayshaun Benny, even Cam Goode, everybody’s obsessing over us being the leading sack defense in the country.”
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“That would mean the world to me, honestly. Since I was committed, since I was a kid, kinda really fascinating over the fact that, being the team, being the people to change the culture, to really affect the culture that Michigan’s back on top, trying to set that standard, really, that would mean the world to me.”
Jenkins, on the possibility that his class leaves Michigan without ever losing to arch rival Ohio State
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