Blake Corum
Position: RB — Projected: 3rd Round
History & Measurables
Born: Nov. 25, 2000 – Marshall, VA
High School: St. Frances Academy
College: Michigan University
Height – 5’7″ Weight – 205 lbs
Traits & Characteristics
The Good
- Patience and Vision
- Nose for End Zone
- Utilizes Jump Cut to Make Defenders Miss
- Tough runner despite size
The Bad
- Not Elite Speed
- Sometimes just Runs up Middle
- Injuries and Wear and Tear from usage
Advanced Analytics Notes
2023 Rushing
- 2.42 Yards After Contact/Attempt (151st Among FBS RBs, min. 100 rush attempts)
- 31.8% of total rushing yards came on runs of 15+ yards (104th Among RBs)
- 30 Missed Tackles Forced (88th Among RBs)
- 25 Runs of 10+ Yards (T-47th Among RBs)
- 36% of carries in zone scheme, 64% of carries in gap scheme
2023 Receiving
- 75.4% Route Participation (T-153rd Among FBS RBs, min. 10 targets)
- 0.87 Yards per Route Run (130th Among RBs)
- 8.1 YAC/REC (T-137th Among RBs)
- 67.4 PFF Receiving Grade (75th Among RBs)
- 54.3 PFF Pass Blocking Grade (324th Among RBs)
Film Notes and Highlights
Blake Corum is a very tough runner despite his size. Although he is not very tall, he is compact and can take a heavy workload. I think Corum has some of the best vision in the class and shows great patience to press the hole before making moves on defenders. He is smart and uses a variety of moves including a nasty jump cut to avoid defenders. Late in big games he would use hesitation to break long runs to ice games for Michigan.
I think he is more quick than fast, but has the speed to make long gains. He is able to get his pads low and keep his legs moving to get tough yards. Corum had a nose for the end zone with 45 touchdowns in the last two years. Injuries and the ability to stand up to the beating of a NFL season are concerns of mine. The main things I love about his game is he is decisive and knows how to grit out the tough yards. -Brandon Haye
(Games Watched: vs Ohio St 2023, vs Penn St 2023, vs Iowa 2022, vs Penn St 2022)
A very good tackler in the box and in space, Campbell's only misstep that I saw was falling for Blake Corum's hesitation move on a late TD by Michigan in early October. He corrected that mistake on a similar run play 3 weeks later vs Ohio St.#Lions #DetroitLions pic.twitter.com/edebrNvjP9
— All 22 Films (@All_22_NFL_Cuts) May 6, 2023
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