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Michigan Football Awards Show winners announced

After no award show in 2020, the Wolverines and the U-M Club of Greater Detroit are back at it.

By Trevor Woods
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The Michigan Wolverines football team is in the midst of bowl preparation, but they had a little bit of time on Saturday to celebrate accomplishments and dish out some team awards.

The award show, which is presented by the U-M Club of Greater Detroit, transpired on Sunday with many players being recognized.

The biggest award of the event went to edge-rusher Aidan Hutchinson, who won the Bo Schembechler Most Valuable Player. Hutchinson’s accolades are massive in totality at this point after a season in which he finished second in the Heisman voting after amassing 14 sacks in 2021, a Michigan record. Other honors for Hutchinson include the Rotary Lombardi Award, the Lott IMPACT Trophy, the Big Ten Woodson-Nagurski Defensive Player of the Year, the Big Ten Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year, along with being a consensus first team All-American.

Here’s the rest of the award winners (via Dave Ablauf and Chad Shepard)

  • Rookie of the Year : Offense- QB J.J. McCarthy, RB Donovan Edwards, WR Andrel Anthony, Defense - LB Junior Colson, DB Rod Moore. Special teams - Rod Moore.
  • Most most improved player: Offense - QB Cade McNamara, TE Luke Schoonmaker. Defense - LB David Ojabo, DB D.J. Turner
  • Ufer Spirit Award: LB Josh Ross, punter Brad Robbins
  • Roger Zatkoff Award (top linebacker): Josh Ross
  • Richard Katcher Award (top defensive lineman): Mazi Smith
  • Hugh Rader award (top offensive lineman): Andrew Stueber
  • Arthur Robinson Award (academic): center Andrew Vastardis. DB Josh Luther
  • Toughest Player Award: Hassan Haskins
  • Blue Collar Award: Andrew Vastardis
  • Scout Team Player of the Year: Offense- QB Davis Warren. Defense- DL George Rooks. Special teams- LB Tyler McLaurin
  • Defensive Skill Player of the Year: DBs Brad Hawkins, D.J. Turner, Vincent Gray, Dax Hill
  • Offensive Skill Player of the Year: RB Blake Corum, WRs Cornelius Johnson, Mike Sainristil, TE Erick All
  • Special Teams Player of the Year: Caden Kolesar
  • Specialist of the Year: kicker Jake Moody

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