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Michigan’s offense was a work in progress in 2019, but really started to show out as the season progressed.
Therefore, at the annual Schemmy Awards, formerly the Michigan football bust, held on Sunday at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, there were a lot of candidates for the best player on that side of the ball.
Naturally, with new offensive coordinator Josh Gattis installing a new ‘speed in space’ attack, it took some Herculean efforts to get the offense on track. As Gattis noted: “It takes all 11 players on the field, each and every play,” further praising how the Wolverines faced eight Top 30 defenses in 2019, and still ended up being one of the most efficient attacks in the country.
The nominees for offensive player of the year, given to the best player on offense, regardless of position, were: WR Ronnie Bell, who led the team in receiving; two-time team captain and LG Ben Bredeson; WR Nico Collins, who leads the Big Ten in yards-per-catch and QB Shea Patterson.
But only one could take home the award, and though he wasn’t targeted as much as some fans would have liked, Nico Collins won the award, as voted on by his teammates.
Collins finished the regular season with 33 receptions for 681 yards and 7 touchdowns. He averaged 20.64 yards per catch.
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