{"id":164497,"date":"2025-09-23T19:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/164497\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T19:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:20:07","slug":"si-says-one-michigan-player-boosted-their-2026-nfl-draft-stock-after-win-vs-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/164497\/","title":{"rendered":"SI says one Michigan player boosted their 2026 NFL Draft stock after win vs. Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"

Running back Justice Haynes is the first Michigan player to run for 100 yards in his first four games<\/a>, as a Wolverine, of his career. Through four weeks, Haynes has rushed for 537 yards and is tied for No. 3 in the country, averaging 134 yards per game. He has also tacked on six touchdowns, at least one in every game. <\/p>\n

Haynes transferred from Alabama in hopes of securing a lead role — something he didn’t have with the Tide. Now that he has the lead role, Haynes is showing why he was a former five-star prospect. After rushing for 149 yards and a score, Sports Illustrated’s Daniel Flick named Haynes as the No. 3 transfer player who boosted their 2026 NFL Draft stock<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"Michigan,<\/p>\n

Junfu Han \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

“The Alabama transfer appears rejuvenated at Michigan, eclipsing 100 rushing yards in every game, and surpassing 125 yards in all but one, including 149 yards and a touchdown in the Wolverines\u2019 30\u201327 win at Nebraska. The 5′ 11”, 210-pound Haynes has a strong base, above-average contact balance and big-play potential\u2014he has four runs of 50-plus yards through four games, including a 75-yarder against Nebraska. Haynes is a capable, albeit unspectacular, pass catcher, and he\u2019s a potent blocker who\u2019s allowed only two pressures in 27 pass-protection snaps, according to\u00a0Pro Football Focus<\/a>. He\u2019s running his way into the Day 2 conversation.”<\/p>\n

Haynes might be the 1A — or No. 1 — on the Michigan depth chart, but the backup is pretty special as well. Jordan Marshall hasn’t had the opportunities that Haynes has had through the first four weeks, but he’s made the best of his chances. Marshall has rushed for 189 yards and three scores, averaging over five yards per carry. <\/p>\n

The Michigan rushing attack has propelled the Wolverines’ offense so far. It’s been a staple of the Michigan offense for quite a while now, and it doesn’t appear to be changing anytime soon. <\/p>\n

Haynes could be seeing his draft stock take a major rise, but he isn’t the only one. On Monday, head coach Sherrone Moore spoke on<\/a> LB\/Edge Jaishawn Barham and how he could also be a first-round pick if he continues his stellar play. <\/p>\n

“Yeah, he\u2019s a freak,” Moore said of Barham. “It\u2019s a problem for other people. I\u2019m glad it\u2019s not our problem. He\u2019s got ability, but now he\u2019s playing to that ability, and he\u2019s doing it consistently. But you saw it really in spring, but then you saw it in training camp, how he practiced, because he always had the talent. But we\u2019ve been around guys with talent that don\u2019t ever push it to that level, and he\u2019s pushed it to that level, and now you\u2019re seeing it. He\u2019s got the chance to be a first-round draft pick if he continues to play that way. We\u2019ll continue to push him, and he continues to push himself. But it\u2019s fun to watch him out there on the edge, man.”<\/p>\n

Michigan will have a bye this week, but the Wolverines will be back in action<\/a> in two weeks against Wisconsin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Running back Justice Haynes is the first Michigan player to run for 100 yards in his first four…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-164497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}