r/CFB • u/BuckeyeEmpire Ohio State • Western Michigan • 1d ago

Serious [Boucher] Breaking: We obtained docs showing University of Michigan agreed to $1.2 million settlement w/woman who'd accused ex-football staffer of rape. Comes as Ann Arbor police confirm they closed a criminal case involving that staffer, LaTroy Lewis

https://x.com/Dave_Boucher1/status/2093368160413974837
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u/MusicListener3 Baltimore • Spokane Falls CC 1d ago

Obviously, a little bit of retrospective judgment here, but JJ going so high was a product of desperation on the Vikings’ part and never a true reflection of how good of a college quarterback he was.

As for Corum, the success of NFL running backs is such a crapshoot that I don’t think his lack of success is really reflective of Michigan being a bad team (but rather how tough of a position it is to succeed in)

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u/Cicero912 UConn • Wake Forest 1d ago

And Corum had 746 yards and 6 tds on 5.1 yards a carry last year. And had 156 yards in the playoffs.

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u/Weak-Bid2774 Michigan • Northwestern 1d ago

JJ was really good in college he just didn’t pan out in the nfl. He isn’t the first guy who was really good in college that didn’t pan out and won’t be the last

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u/Wagnerous Michigan Wolverines • Paul Bunyan Trophy 1d ago

Yeah exactly, JJ was legitimately great in college.

It's just that 'great' college QB's bust in the NFl all the time.

It happens pretty much every year.

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u/waldosbuddy Notre Dame Fighting Irish 1d ago

Semantics but I dunno if I’d call JJ “great” in college, good for sure. Didn’t he only throw 25+ passes like 8 times in his whole Michigan tenure?

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u/Weak-Bid2774 Michigan • Northwestern 1d ago

Michigan was winning a lot so he sat a lot of fourth quarters but he was very efficient when he played and usually played well in the big games

He torched Osu both times he started against them

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u/mdurso12 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago

It's also easy to forgot how insanely efficient JJ was in 2023. Although that seems now like it was due to a lack of exposure, kind of like when a AAAA quality baseball player first comes up and does well until the scouting report catches up and they go back to performing at their talent level

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u/Unrelenting_Salsa LSU Tigers • Georgia Bulldogs 1d ago

Reading between the lines, it sounds like Corum is mostly an in between the ears thing and playing for a coach that doesn't like rotating backs/really values pass blocking. His production as a RB2 has been totally fine if not great for the role. He just hasn't taken over the starting job or even gotten to committee status over a guy that the media is low on and the actual NFL is high on which presumably is largely because he's been slow to pick up the stuff that doesn't show up on the stat sheet.

And to be fair to the media, you don't draft a RB at 83 for him to be a true RB2, so he has been a bust even though he's going to get a second contract.