Michigan football coach explains Donovan Edwards situation

Donovan Edwards, the Wolverines’ junior star running back, has seen a pretty slow start to the season thus far. Yesterday, when the Maize and Blue took on the Indiana Hoosiers at the Big House, the impressive ball carrier clearly wanted his first touchdown of the year — he even tried to wave off Blake Corum subbing in, though a timeout was taken, and Corum was handed the ball again. After the game, Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh explained what happened there.

Michigan football coach explains Donovan Edwards situation

Yesterday, Donovan Edwards got his first touchdown of the season, punching in a late touchdown and helping Michigan football to walk past Indiana, 52-7. While Edwards’ did eventually get himself into the endzone, it came a few quarters after he tried to wave off Blake Corum from subbing in.

Donovan Edwards really wanted that first TD of the season.

Late in the 2Q, he tried to wave Blake Corum back to the sideline when @UMichFootball was deep in the red zone.

Corum came in, and punched it in.

Then, early in the 4Q, Edwards got his chance. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/Q1G5MsFFEz

— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) October 14, 2023

After the win, Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh, who is in his 9th year with the Wolverines, explained what happened with Donovan Edwards.

“I mean, he (Donovan Edwards) was rolling. He wanted to stay in, and I wanted Blake (Corum),” Harbaugh said. “Blake’s a really good goal-line runner and short-yardage runner. I think Blake’s the guy I wanted in that situation. So that was — I understand the competitive nature of ‘The Don’ and he helps us in so many ways, but that was his competitive fighter nature. He wanted to finish it off.”

Jim Harbaugh adds more on Edwards

Jim Harbaugh added that Edwards’ first touchdown could be the first of many — he compared it to a jar of olives.

“The olive jar analogy is the olives are packed in so tight, they’ve got the big screw in top and it’s wide and you unscrew it and you turn the olive jar over, nothing will come out because they’re packed in so tight,” Harbaugh said. “But if you can just get one, one to get shake loose, then they just all just start flopping out. And that’s what I said to Dono, ‘Hey, now you’re in.'”

It’s worth noting that there is clearly no bad blood between the two Michigan football running backs. Donovan Edwards and Blake Corum checked in on social media after the win.

“Go Blue!” 🔵〽️

Donovan Edwards and @blake_corum checking in after a big @UMichFootball dub vs Indiana pic.twitter.com/Ynp1weqwSQ

— Big Noon Kickoff (@BNKonFOX) October 14, 2023

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