AJ Henning elated to have watched former team, Michigan football, win national championship

INDIANAPOLIS — While he may no longer be wearing maize and blue, no one was happier to see Michigan football win the national championship than AJ Henning.

The former Wolverines receiver, who transferred to Northwestern last offseason, was tuned in just like everyone else, elated to see his previous team take down Washington on January 8. Considering he spent three years in Ann Arbor, learning college football while building relationships, not only were there no hard feelings, Henning was rooting for his former team outright.

“It was such a cool experience,” Henning said. “I feel like being able to watch them, just knowing you were a part of something bigger than yourself, part of the foundation of that team — we set out to do something special.

“After that 2020 season, my freshman year, it didn’t feel good. Michigan wasn’t what Michigan had been. So the leaders of that team really refocused themselves, refocused the team to having a mindset that we’re coming for it all this year. Won a Big Ten Championship, lose hard in the playoffs that year, come back, win another Big Ten Championship, lose another heartbreaker in the playoff that following year.

“And then, going on this year, seeing all they accomplished, to complete the ultimate goal in this game, the ultimate prize of this game, it was very cool to watch. I’ve got a lot of relationships with those guys, guys that I call my best friends until the end. So it was cool to definitely see them hoist up that trophy and I was happy. I was happy for them.”

Henning, you may remember, and as he noted, was also instrumental in Michigan turning things around in 2021. He scored the first touchdown against Ohio State that year, on an end-around, but his production waned heavily the following season, after he was touted as being a Deebo Samuel-like…

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Author : Wolverines Wire

Publish date : 2024-07-24 01:50:42

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