Blake Corum puts up eye-popping bench press number in workout
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Blake Corum is a little less than a year away from his turn in the NFL scouting combine. He could have been included this past year, but citing unfinished business, the elite running back returned to Michigan football for yet another year.
While his running skills should have NFL teams salivating at his potential at the next level, Corum apparently has another attribute that should also make all 32 programs covet his unique capability.
The official Michigan football Twitter account posted a video on Monday of Corum participating in the bench press, surrounded by his teammates. They counted every rep of 225 pounds as strength and conditioning coach Ben Herbert served as his spotter. Corum reached an unbelievable 30 reps — not unheard of for a lineman, but certainly rare for a running back.
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Thirty reps on the bench press wouldn’t quite be a record for a tailback: Wake Forest fullback Tommy Bohanon put up 36 reps in 2013. Kansas State’s Alex Barnes put up 34 in 2019, Georgia Southern’s Jerick McKinnon and UConn’s Anthony Sherman put up 32 in 2014 and 2011, respectively, two put up 31. Seven backs have done 30.
This past combine, Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith had a team-best and defense-best 34 reps. Corum’s 30 reps would have beaten Rimington Trophy and Outland-winning center Olu Oluwatimi, who had 29 reps.
