Michigan football's run game set for center stage in 2025: 'It's gonna be explosive and physical'

Going back to 2015, the first year Jim Harbaugh became the coach at Michigan, the Wolverines' offensive identity has been running the football. Michigan has also had some good signal callers -- including the great J.J. McCarthy -- but running the football has been the staple in Ann Arbor. Even with new offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey and freshman phenom Bryce Underwood at quarterback -- the Wolverines aren't getting away from pounding the rock.

During Michigan's spring game on Saturday, fans in attendance and media who went to the game, saw Alabama transfer Justice Haynes make an explosive cut that went for 20-plus yards, and Michigan will use Haynes and Jordan Marshall as the next great one-two punch in Ann Arbor.

Speaking on Inside The Trenches on Wednesday, Sherrone Moore said the run game is going to be explosive with Haynes and Marshall this season. Even after losing Donovan Edwards and Kalel Mullings, the Wolverines' run game should be just as good -- if not better -- than it was last season.

"Yeah, I feel like it's gonna be explosive and physical," Moore said of Michigan's run game. "Justice reminds me, his running style, a little bit of Blake [Corum]. I think he's a little wider, a little bigger than Blake is. But, he's got a lot of shoes to fill, big shoes to fill if he's gonna play like Blake, because Blake was a legend here. But, running style's similar, too, but a tough kid, man. Runs physical, runs hard, but has that breakaway speed to take it to the house.

"And Jordan's that really -- you say lightning, thunder, and lightning. They're kind of a mix of both of them. But, Jordan's more of the I'm gonna stick it, cram it right downhill, and be physical, and try to run you over. And it's gonna be fun to watch them both."