Wolverine TV: A.J. Henning, Jaylen Harrell, Kris Jenkins talk Michigan spring football, their increased roles
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Three third-year Michigan Wolverines football players met with the media Thursday afternoon ahead of the team’s spring game (Saturday, April 2 at The Big House at 12 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network). Wide receiver A.J. Henning, outside linebacker Jaylen Harrell and defensive tackle Kris Jenkins had sessions with reporters and discussed a myriad of topics.
All three players are expected to have much bigger roles for Michigan this fall, now that they’re all upperclassmen. Henning is stepping into a situation where he could be the starter at the slot position — with Mike Sainristil having moved to nickel (he’s playing both ways). He expects Michigan to use him on end-arounds and potentially out of the backfield, too. Jenkins has steadily been adding weight and continues to be a bigger force on the interior of the Michigan defensive line. Meanwhile, Harrell was mostly used on run downs last season but wants to become a more complete player — and he said that’s where he’s grown the most this offseason, being able to rush the passer and have a combination of moves so that he can stay on the field the entire game if needed.
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When is the Michigan spring game?
Michigan’s spring game is free for all fans wanting to attend. Doors will open to Michigan Stadium at 11 a.m. ET. The Wolverines will take the field to warm up and go through practice drills around 11:30 a.m.
Big Ten Network will televise the practice and scrimmage live at 12 p.m. The radio broadcast will begin at 11:45 a.m. from The U-M Sports Network from Learfield on WXYT Radio – 97.1 The Ticket in the Detroit area.
Brandon Gaudin will be on play-by-play for BTN with former U-M tight end Jake Butt on color commentary. The radio broadcast will be the debut of Doug Karsch as Michigan football’s play-by-play voice with former Wolverine Jon Jansen on color duties.
