INDIANAPOLIS — Jim Harbaugh extended his arms and smiled before he let out a slight yell.
“CJ!,” Harbaugh exclaimed. “Let it rip!”
The former Michigan football coach — back where he won his third consecutive Big Ten championship just three short months ago but this time as head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers — embraced Cornelius Johnson in the lobby of the Westin downtown and shared the short message with his former receiver.
While it was somewhat of a coincidence for the two to run into one another here, it wasn’t that shocking.
The Wolverines are the most well represented team of the NFL combine, they have an event-record 18 former players from last season’s there there and the wide receiver is one of them; scheduled to interview Friday and perform on-field drills Saturday, as is J.J. McCarthy and Roman Wilson, among others.
Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh celebrates 26-0 win over Iowa at the Big Ten championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023.
“Yeah, they’re everywhere,” Harbaugh told the Free Press on Thursday. “Tremendous to see.”
Harbaugh, 60, is now back in the NFL after nine years in Ann Arbor, the last of which ended on the top of the college football mountain as national champions. U-M (15-0, 10-0 Big Ten) completed its first undefeated season since 1997 and became just the fourth team in the history of college football to go 15-0 in a year.
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Just a few weeks after Harbaugh led Michigan to its 34-13 national title game victory over Washington, he accepted the head coaching position with the Chargers.
Harbaugh said the “continuity” has helped ease the transition, but added he believes the staff in Ann Arbor under Sherrone Moore remains in a good place.
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-02-29 22:05:56
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