Newsstand: Michigan cornerback Will Johnson hasn’t allowed a touchdown since his freshman season

Tweets Of The Day

Michigan junior cornerback Will Johnson hasn’t allowed a touchdown on 415 coverage snaps over the last two seasons. He’s been targeted 55 times over the last two seasons, too, and has 5 interceptions in that span (4 in 2023, 1 so far in 2024). Johnson allowed 2 touchdowns as a freshman in 2022 but also had 3 picks that season.

Michigan senior running back Donovan Edwards discusses how many new players the Wolverines have in prominent roles on offense and how the Maize and Blue are growing together.

“It’s a learning process and it’s growth, and that’s something that I have to come to a realization of, this isn’t last year’s team,” Edwards said. “This is team 145, not team 144. There are differences and there are guys that can do things good and there are guys from last year that we can always work on. From my viewpoint, from my standpoint, though, guys are working their butts off.

“And the thing for us is that each person has been in a role that we can all relate to. In some way, shape, or form, in some aspect, we’ve all have not been the one that has had the number called on. So that’s what stands out to me the most. We’re bonding together over that. We’re clicking together over that. And that’s what is ultimately going to continue to keep our brotherhood alive.”

Johnson discusses his family, which is his biggest motivation, and how it was his dream to play for Michigan.

“I want my legacy to just be someone that was a hard worker, that was there for his teammates. That you didn’t have to question what kind of guy he was … and he kept God first, which is most important.”

Michigan junior tight end Marlin Klein quotes the late U-M administrator Greg Harden when discussing pressure on the Wolverines heading into Saturday’s showdown with USC.

Quote Of The Day

“Yeah, it’s obviously fun catching the rock here and there, but to me all that matters is winning. That’s the kind of competitor I am, and that’s what this culture has been built on for the past couple years. So whatever we have to do — whether it’s having our hand in the dirt or catching 70-yard passes.”

— Klein on Michigan tight ends’ involvement in the passing game

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