2022 Football Team

Overall Record: 13-1-0 Conference Record: 10-0-0
Conference Finish, East Division: 1st, Big Ten Champion
National Ranking: AP 3rd / ESPN 3rd
Coach: Jim Harbaugh
Captain: Cade McNamara, Erick Alt, Roniie Bell, Mazie Smith, Mike Sainristil
All-Americans: Blake Corum, Olusegun Oluwatime
All-Conference: Blake Corum, Zak Zinter, Ousegun Oluwatimi, Trevor Keegan, Mike Morris, Mazi Smith, Jake Moody
Bo Schembechler Most Valuable Player: J.J. McCarthy
Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: Caden Kolesar
Hugh Rader Jr. Award: Olusegun Olawatimi
Robert P. Ufer Bequest: Brad Robbins
Roger Zatkoff Award: Junior Colson
Dick Katcher Award: Mike Morris
 
Offensive Player of the Year: J.J. McCarthy
Defensive Player of the Year: Mazi Smith
Special Teams Player of the Year: A.J. Henning
Offensive Skill Player of the Year: Ronnie Bell
Defensive Skill Player of the Year: Mike Sainristil
Specialist of the Year: Jake Moody
Toughest Player of the Year: Blake Courm
Blue Collar Award: Blake Corum
Rookie of the Year - Offense: Colston Loveland
Rookie of the Year - Defense: Mason Graham, Will Johnson
Rookie of the Year - Special Teams: Colston Loveland, Jimmy Rolder
Scout Teams Player of the Year (Offense): Zach Peterson
Scout Teams Player of the Year (Defense): Jess Madden
Scout Teams Player of the Year (Special Team): Joel Metzger
Most Improved Player (Offense): Karsen Barnhart
Most Improved Player (Defense): Michael Barrett
Most Improved Player (Special Teams): Eamonn Dennis, Matthew Hibner
Assistant coaches: Ron Bellamy, Kirk Campbell, Steve Clinkscale, Mike Elston, Jay Harbaugh, Mike Hart, George Helow, Jesse Minter, Sherrone Moore, Grant Newsome,
Strength and Conditioning: Ben Herbert
Student Managers (Seniors):

Opponent Rank DateSiteResult Attend.
Colorado State8/-9/3HW 51-7 109,575
Hawaii4/-9/10Hw 56-10110,012
Connecticut4/-9/17HW 59-0109,639
Maryland4/-9/24HW34-27 110,225
Iowa4/- 10/15AW27-14 60,250
Indiana410/8AW31-10 50,085
Penn State4/810/1HW41-17110,812
Michigan State410/29HW29-7111,083
Rutgers4 11/5AW 52-17 51,117
Nebraska311/12HW34-3110,192
Illinois311/19HW19-17110,443
Ohio State3/211/26AW 45-23106,787
Purdue212/3NW43-2267,107
Texas Christian212/313L 45-5171,723
Total 566-225 1,289,050
* Big Ten Championship, Indianapolis
+ Fiesta Bowl - CFP semi-final
 



Starting Lineups Offense     
PositionPlayer
wide receiver Cornelius Johnson (14)
right tackle Trente Jones (6)
Karsen Barnhart (8)
right guard Zak Zinter (14)
center Olusegun Oluwatimi (14)
left guard Trebor Keegan (11)
Giovanni El-Hadi (3)
left tackle Ryan Hayes (12)
Jeffrey Persi (1)
Karsen Barnhart (1)
tight end Luke Schoonmaker (11)
Joel Honigford (2)
Colston Loveland (1)
tight end Erick All (2)
Ben Bredseson (1)
Colston Loveland (4)
quarterback Cade McNamara (1)
J.J. McCarthy (13)
tailback Blake Corum (12)
Donovan Edwards (3)
wide receiver Ronnie Bell (14)
wide receiver# Roman Wilson (4)
A.J.Henning (2)
 
* includes games with 2 or three tight end starters
# includes games with 3 wide receivers


Starting Lineups Defense       
PositionPlayer
defensive end Jaylen Harrell (12)
Eyabi Okie (2)
defensive line
Kris Jenkins(14)
defensive line Mazi Smith (13)
Mason Graham (2)
defensive end Mike Morris (11)
Braiden McGregor (3)
linebacker Kalel Mullings (1)
Michael Barrett (13)
linebacker Junior Colson (14)
defensive back Rod Moore (13)
defensive back D.J. Turner (14)
corner back Mike Sainristil (11)
defenskive back Gemon Green (10)
Will Johnson (5)
defensive back R.J. Moten (10)
Makari Paige (5)

View full 2022 roster (from all-time roster database)

Statistics (from MGOBLUE.Com)


--------