{"id":27333,"date":"2019-12-18T16:59:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordoncollegefootball.com\/?p=27333"},"modified":"2019-12-18T16:59:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:59:37","slug":"blake-corum-michigan-wolverines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2019\/12\/18\/blake-corum-michigan-wolverines\/","title":{"rendered":"Four-Star RB Blake Corum Signs with Michigan Wolverines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Michigan has added a signature running back to its signing day roster. Four-star running back recruit <strong>Blake Corum<\/strong> has signed with the Wolverines. The only running back to be signed for Michigan on signing day, Corum brings a complete game that is well-suited to Jim Harbaugh and Josh Gattis&#8217; coaching styles.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Who is Blake Corum?<\/h3>\n<p>Blake Corum hails from the football town of Marshall, Virginia. Attending St. Frances Academy, Corum helped this program be 11-1 in 2019 and a top-five high school football team in the country. As a senior, Corum showcased both his rushing and receiving abilities, running for 1,266 yards and 19 touchdowns and catching 152 yards on eight receptions.<\/p>\n<p>Corum&#8217;s performance in high school earned him four-star prospect honors from 247Sports and Rivals.com. The young running back is the 119th-rated player in the country and the 12th best tailback nationally.<\/p>\n<p>Corum has very good ball control and has the ability to burst up the middle or off the edge. His 4.40 40-yard dash makes him a runner that can fit well in a Michigan offense that will look to establish a running game. If he can add more size and continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Player\/Blake-Corum-92992\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">maintain his elusiveness in tight running spaces,\u00a0<\/a>Corum will be a dynamic runner and receiver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Michigan has added a signature running back to its signing day roster. Four-star running back recruit Blake Corum has signed with the Wolverines. The only running back to be signed for Michigan on signing day, Corum brings a complete game that is well-suited to Jim Harbaugh and Josh Gattis&#8217; coaching styles. Who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":27280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"207","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[4109,7983,5868,279,1413],"class_list":["post-27333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bigten","category-featured","tag-2019-early-signing-period","tag-big-ten-football","tag-blake-corum","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-national-signing-day"],"modified_by":"Maggie Yarnell, Senior Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}