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Michigan's Rush Offense Ranks Fifth In Big Ten Since 2015

In a thorough look at the ground games in the Big Ten since 2015, Michigan's rush attack ranks fifth.
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Since taking over the program in 2015, Jim Harbaugh has made running the football a major priority at Michigan, and the Wolverines have responded in kind: over the past five years, U-M has accumulated 11,743 yards on the ground, the third-best tally of any Big Ten team. 

While the program's passing attack has not taken off yet, the rush offense has been consistently good, with 1-2 punches of De'Veon Smith and Chris Evans (2016), Karan Higdon and Evans (2017-18), and now Hassan Haskins and Zach Charbonnet (2019-present). 

Still, there is room to improve as the video compilation above proves.