{"id":2263,"date":"2025-08-08T12:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/haynes-and-marshall-stressing-unselfishness\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T12:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:49:07","slug":"haynes-and-marshall-stressing-unselfishness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/haynes-and-marshall-stressing-unselfishness\/","title":{"rendered":"Haynes and Marshall stressing unselfishness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After last season, Michigan coach Sherrone Moore wanted to see more touchdowns. It\u2019s why he replaced his offensive coordinator and brought in an arsenal of guys, including junior running back Justice Haynes, that can find the endzone.<\/p>\n<p>And according to sophomore running back Jordan Marshall, that\u2019s worked out well for the Michigan football team in fall camp so far \u2014 maybe even too well for Moore\u2019s liking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my favorite part about this team, is it\u2019s an unselfish offense,\u201d Marshall said Thursday. \u201cNo matter what\u2019s going on, we score. Everybody\u2019s off the sideline running to celebrate, and coach Moore gets mad because we\u2019re all on the field and we\u2019re running down there like we just scored our first touchdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than any other position group, the Wolverines\u2019 offense is counting on the running backs to be unselfish. Michigan needs someone to emerge from the quarterback room, it needs receivers to prove they can create separation and there even exists a few holes to fill on the offensive line. But in Marshall and Haynes, the Wolverines seem confident in their ball carriers.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n<style><![CDATA[@media ( min-width: 300px ){.newspack_global_ad.scaip-1{min-height: 250px;}}@media ( min-width: 728px ){.newspack_global_ad.scaip-1{min-height: 90px;}}]]><\/style>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Reciprocating the sentiment, Marshall and Haynes seem confident they\u2019ll both get their touches and their touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesmond Howard said it best to us yesterday in a TTG meeting that we had. He said, \u2018You know, I\u2019ve never seen a great player get caught up to greatness\u2019,\u201d Haynes said Wednesday. \u201cAnd that\u2019s just a testament to our room. If you want to be the best running back in the country, it comes out of the best running back room. And we say it all the time, we want to be the best unit in the country, not just the best running back unit, but the best overall unit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Haynes and Marshall aren\u2019t the most veteran backs in college football, they\u2019ve each shown enough to be confident in themselves. Haynes averaged 5.7 yards per carry as the second option for Alabama last season and Marshall earned MVP honors in the Wolverines\u2019 win over the Crimson Tide in the ReliaQuest bowl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And as they\u2019ve gotten to know one another better since Marshall hosted Haynes on his visit many months ago, each has grown confident enough in the other to set lofty goals for the unit and further appreciate the necessity of unselfishness for this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marshall even noted how Michigan has used two backs for the entirety of his time with the program. In 2023, both Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards carried the ball over 100 times. In 2024, the same thing occurred with Kalel Mullings and Edwards.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n<style><![CDATA[@media ( min-width: 300px ){.newspack_global_ad.scaip-2{min-height: 250px;}}@media ( min-width: 728px ){.newspack_global_ad.scaip-2{min-height: 90px;}}]]><\/style>\n<\/aside>\n<p>However, comparing Haynes and Marshall to the duos of years past gets tougher when analyzing the skillsets of each. Haynes, Marshall and the coaching staff both think of the two as every-down, complete backs. The situational usage of each isn\u2019t as clear as last season when Mullings was the power back and Edwards was the receiving and explosive-plays back. But then again, this year\u2019s offense is supposed to be different and it needs to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they complement each other because they push each other,\u201d Michigan offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey said Monday. \u201c\u2026 They\u2019re both every-down backs, in my opinion, that can be in there first, second and third down. Protections are good. And they\u2019re smart and competitive, and they understand they need each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obviously Lindsey was hired to pull the Wolverines\u2019 offense back into the twenty-first century with the forward pass, but his running backs are arguably the best mix of proven production and raw talent of any position group Lindsey has to work with. Regardless of how revamped the passing attack is with whoever wins the quarterback battle under center, Haynes and Marshall are more likely than not to be Michigan\u2019s top two touchdown scorers this year.<\/p>\n<p>Because they both seem to understand the importance of splitting carries, they will likely not care who tallies more trips to the endzone. Haynes and Marshall just want the new offense to keep scoring, and Moore just wants it to translate from fall camp to live games \u2014 so he can join in on the celebration too.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"newspack-popup-container newspack-popup hidden  newspack-inline-popup      \" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#000\" id=\"id_162162\" data-segments=\"\" data-frequency=\"0,0,0,month\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Please consider donating to The Michigan Daily<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related articles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After last season, Michigan coach Sherrone Moore wanted to see more touchdowns. It\u2019s why he replaced his offensive coordinator and brought in an arsenal of guys, including junior running back Justice Haynes, that can find the endzone. 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