Michigan football edge rusher is taking an intense approach to the 2023 season

Over the past two seasons, Jim Harbaugh and his Wolverines have won back-to-back Big Ten titles and appeared in consecutive College Football Playoffs. Moreover, the Wolverines boast an impressive 25-3 overall record, a 19-1 Big Ten record, and have secured top-3 finishes for two consecutive years. Nevertheless, despite this remarkable success, Michigan football edge rusher Jaylen Harrell is in fall camp and approaching the 2023 season with intense determination — last year holds no significance for this senior defender.

Michigan football edge rusher explains intense approach to the 2023 season

Currently, Michigan football edge rusher Jaylen Harrell finds himself in the midst of a heated position battle during fall camp. The Wolverines are aiming for a third consecutive Big Ten title and more accomplishments this fall. This pursuit necessitates having their top players on the field and a wealth of depth to support them.

According to Harrell, who spoke with the media at Schembechler Hall earlier today, Michigan football maintains a short memory — last year remains in the past, holding no bearing on the upcoming season.

“You know last year is last year, this year is this year,” senior Michigan football edge rusher Jaylen Harrell said earlier today. “What we did last year doesn’t matter. Each day we just come out with that mentality, we always gotta stay hungry. We’ve got out goals in mind, so we just have to take each day, day by day, just keep stacking days, we’ll be right where we want to be.”

As fall camp kicks off in Ann Arbor, the entire Michigan football program is making the final adjustments to its preparations for the 2023 season. Today, the Wolverines secured the No. 2 position in the coaches’ poll, underscoring the elevated expectations for the coming months of football in Ann Arbor.

There’s a prevailing sense that this could be Jim Harbaugh’s most promising opportunity to vie for a national title, and the team is acutely aware of the need to exhaust every effort to bring an end to the program’s prolonged championship drought, which dates back to the Lloyd Carr era (1997).

“Just everyone around the whole team, offense-defense, wherever position, we’re all just hungry, all just competing, getting each other better, especially D-line going against O-line, we’re just attacking,” Harrell concluded.

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