A surefire way to tell the college football season is quickly approaching is when preseason watch lists and the like start to emerge. From polls to individual player awards, different organizations will start to share who they anticipate will be the best teams and players across the sport.
On Monday, the Walter Camp Foundation gave out its preseason designations by announcing its 2022 preseason All-America first and second teams. Three Michigan football players made the list, with one coming on first and two others in the second.
[lawrence-related id=60783,60781,60779]
It should come as no surprise that Michigan place kicker Jake Moody, who won the Lou Groza award for the best kicker in the country, was named to the first team. The fifth-year Wolverine was a first-team All-American according to the Walter Camp Foundation at the culmination of the 2021 season.
Moody is joined on the second-team by Olusegun Oluwatimi — who transferred into Ann Arbor this offseason after being a Rimington Award finalist at Virginia — and Wolverines third-year running back Blake Corum.
What’s somewhat surprising is that those are the only two inclusions from the maize and blue, especially given Michigan’s success last year. Oluwatimi is certainly a standout given his bona fides in Charlottesville, but that none of the three returning offensive linemen — a group that won the Joe Moore Award, given to the nation’s best offensive line — managed to make either team does raise some questions.
[listicle id=60735]
[mm-video type=playlist id=01eqbzardvge799bm2 player_id=01f5k5y2jb3twsvdg4 image=https://wolverineswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/plugins/mm-video/images/playlist-icon.png]