NFL Draft 2021: Michigan RB Chris Evans picked by Bengals in sixth round
Updated May 01, 2021;
Posted May 01, 2021
Chris Evans rushed for more than 1,700 yards and 14 touchdowns in his first three seasons at Michigan.Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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Chris Evans may not have had the college career some expected, but he did enough to warrant interest from an NFL team.
The Michigan running back was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft, pick No. 202 overall, on Saturday the Wolverines’ seventh player off the board this year.
Evans is the first Michigan running back to be drafted since Mike Hart in 2008. He follows three other offensive players picked this year by NFL teams: lineman Jalen Mayfield (No. 68, Falcons) and receiver Nico Collins (No. 89, Texans) in the third round, and fullback Ben Mason (No. 184, Ravens) in the fifth round.
Corum, Haskins to get ‘bulk of’ Michigan’s carries in 2021, Harbaugh says
Posted Apr 30, 10:30 AM
Michigan running back Hassan Haskins (25) rushes past tight end Carter Selzer (89) and Thomas Rush (8) for a touchdown in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)AP
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If you’re counting on Donovan Edwards to make a huge splash running the football this fall, you might want to temper your expectations a bit.
Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh dialed back any pressure put on the four-star running back from West Bloomfield this week, telling the “In the Trenches” podcast that the plan in 2021 is to give a majority of the carries to two, more experienced players in the backfield.
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on April 29th, 2021 at 10:47 AM
This is a scheme theory discussion only - all rhetorical from here on guys. Sorry for the duplicate thread earlier!
I ve been a fan of football all of my life, and one of my favorite aspects is the speed vs. strength discussion, and how it applies to both offense and defensive schemes. With Gattis recent move to the #SpeedInSpace offense coming to a hopeful fruition this year, it seemed like a fun opportunity to discuss the finer points of the Speed vs. Strength spectrum.
One of the clearest examples of the speed end of the spectrum (offensively) is the Oregon offense of the 2010 s. With LaMichael James and De Anthony Thomas as running backs, the Oregon offense utilized speed at an extreme, and challenged defenses to a track race on nearly every play. This was also during the initial trend towards hurry-up offenses, and those teams perfected it to a science. One wrong step against those offenses meant
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Welcome back to Off Tackle Empire’s position-by-position thumbnail series as we gear up for B1G 2021. Being more of an audio contributor these days, whenever I’m obligated to hammer away at the ol’ typin’ machine for one of these series, you’d better believe I’m taking the low-hanging fruit. What better plum piece to snag than a counting-stat smooth brain’s bonanza, the running back?
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After a sometimes-underwhelming regular season, Trey Sermon parlayed a late-season hot streak into an NFL departure. Master Teague III, somehow a forgotten man in the press despite his fantastic name, went for nearly 5 YPC in split duty last year, but don’t assume he’s set for a dominant role now.
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