Wolverine TV: Jim Harbaugh's no comment on NCAA situation, Michigan fall camp updates

Michigan Wolverines football head coach Jim Harbaugh met with the media Tuesday afternoon to discuss his team halfway through fall camp. Watch video from his press conference in the player above.

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Harbaugh discussed Michigan’s depth chart at a number of positions, including four in which he believes battles for starting jobs will rage on into the season, calling that the “Michigan method.” The positions he mentioned were offensive tackle, cornerback, EDGE and perhaps center, though he wasn’t as confident about center as he was with the others. He also revealed that sophomore cornerback Amorion Walker has an injury; he was spotted wearing crutches last week.

“He’s working through something right now, but we expect to have him back in four or five days,” Harbaugh explained.

He mentioned Michigan graduate Josh Wallace as leading at cornerback and said the Wolverines are at their best when graduate Mike Sainristil is at nickel, though he can and will play both that and corner.

And then there was the Michigan special teams unit. The Wolverines have a slew of different players working in at punt and kick returner, the head coach revealed. But one is more interesting than the rest — sophomore quarterback Alex Orji, just named a ‘freak’ by Bruce Feldman.

“Alex Orji has got a chance to maybe be one of the greatest kick returners of all time, big 230, 235-pound guy,” Harbaugh said, cracking a smile that displayed his excitement. “He Just started doing it. We’ll see how it goes. He’s also excelling at quarterback, so there will be some decisions that have to be made.”

Harbaugh discussed the defensive front getting the better of the Michigan offensive line — which has won two straight Joe Moore Awards — in recent situational scrimmages, too, naming some of the key contributors at those spots.

Michigan has nearly two more weeks of training camp before game week is upon it. The Wolverines have won back to back Big Ten championships and made the College Football Playoff the last two seasons. With that, there has been an increased emphasis on winning the national title, though Harbaugh and the players have said right now they’re focusing on the day to day of camp rather than goals down the road.