Out of the Blue: Drafting the All-Harbaugh Era Offense

Who are the best offensive players of the Jim Harbaugh era? The boys settle it with a draft.

By AndrewBailey and Jared Stormer Feb 16, 2023, 7:00am CST

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This week on Out of the Blue, Jared and Andy decided to settle it once and for all and discuss the Michigan Wolverines of the Jim Harbaugh era (2015-22). But with a twist, the boys drafted against each other (just offense, defense next week) with a few rules in place:

You have to draft a player in a specific year (example: 2016 DeVeon Smith).
You cannot draft the same position group with consecutive picks. Runs happen and it’s just not as fun.
20 players were drafted for each team: two quarterbacks, three running backs, five wide receivers, three tight ends and seven offensive linemen.
See their picks below and vote to decide who won.

Quarterbacks:

Jared: 2022 J.J. McCarthy, 2021 Cade McNamara

Andrew: 2015 Jake Rudock, 2018 Shea Patterson

Running backs:

Jared: 2021 Hassan Haskins, 2017 Chris Evans, 2019 Zach Charbonnet

Andrew: 2022 Blake Corum, 2022 Donovan Edwards, 2018 Karan Higdon

Wide Receivers:

Jared: 2018 Donovan Peoples-Jones, 2016 Amara Darboh, 2022 Ronnie Bell, 2019 Tarik Black, 2016 Eddie McDoom

Andrew: 2019 Nico Collins, 2015 Jehu Chesson, 2022 Cornelius Johnson, 2021 Mike Sainristil, 2022 Roman Wilson

Tight Ends:

Jared: 2016 Jake Butt, 2022 Luke Schoonmaker, 2019 Sean McKeon

Andrew: 2022 Colston Loveland, 2021 Erick All, 2018 Zach Gentry

Offensive line:

Jared: 2022 Ryan Hayes, 2019 Ben Bredeson, 2022 Olu Oluwatimi, 2022 Trevor Keegan, 2019 Jalen Mayfield (Reserves: 2015 Graham Glasgow, 2021 Andrew Vastardis)

Andrew: 2018 Jon Runyan Jr, 2022 Zak Zinter, 2019 Cesar Ruiz, 2019 Michael Onwenu, 2017 Mason Cole (Reserves: 2021 Andrew Stueber, 2022 Karsen Barnhart)

Poll

Who won the Harbaugh Era offensive draft?

This poll is closed

53%

Jared

(123 votes)
46%

Andrew

(105 votes)

228 votes total Vote Now

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