Michigan Football: Poggi Wouldn't Be A Fullback If He Didn't Love Blocking
Jim Harbaugh has always been known to utilize his fullbacks everywhere he’s been, despite the position being somewhat of a dying breed.
Both this season and last, Harbaugh has had a two-headed monster at the position, made up of fifth-year seniors Khalid Hill and Henry Poggi.
While Hill is usually the one who sees more carries of the two, Poggi said he has no problem with it.
“I just do what I’m told,” he said with a laugh.
Just because he hasn’t shown up in the box score yet this season doesn’t mean he hasn’t had a big impact on Michigan’s offense.
His blocking has been a valuable asset, and is something he takes great pride in.
“Yeah, I take a lot of pride in blocking,” he explained. “It’s one of the best feelings when you get a big block and someone does well because of it — we’re always happy in our teammates’ success. I wouldn’t play the position if I didn’t take pride in blocking.”
He and the rest of the Michigan offense will go up against an Air Force defense that only allowed 95 yards to Virginia Military Institute in the only game it has played this season.
“They play hard,” Poggi observed. “They’re also technically sound. It’s going to be a battle out there on Saturday.”
Michigan’s offense will have to play better against the Falcons than it did against Cincinnati if it hopes to move the ball.
The Wolverines looked out of sorts at times against the Bearcats, especially when they turned the ball over twice.
Poggi thinks it can be fixed though.
“It just takes focus,” the fifth-year senior said. “As long as we’re locked in in practice, we’ll get it fixed. We just have to focus on our mistakes and find a way to correct them.”
Finally, Amazon Prime announced on Tuesday that it will release an eight-episode series in January documenting the 2017 Michigan football season.
Although it was just announced today, Poggi said he and his teammates have known about it for a while.
“We knew before camp even started,” he revealed. “The cameras haven’t been following me around though — I doubt they want to see me.
“It’s all good though. It’s great for the program and that everyone can now see the inner workings of Michigan football — I bet people will be excited to see that.”
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