Corey Malone-Hatcher, Ex-Wolverine

Corey Malone-Hatcher, Ex-Wolverine


July 6, 2017

This news is a couple days old by now, and I even posted a link to the MLive story (a post that had much better visuals, by the way). But I didn’t have time to add any editorial thoughts to that link, so here they are.

True freshman defensive end Corey Malone-Hatcher is done with football. He helped spearhead the 2017 recruiting class through videos and social media, and he enrolled early. But a lingering Achilles injury, which I’ve talked about before, ended up being his downfall. He was hurt for much of spring practice and unable to participate in football drills for most of that time. Instead of fighting through Achilles recovery – and an Achilles tear can be a very tough injury to overcome – he took a medical exemption, so he’ll remain at Michigan as a student on scholarship.

As for the impact on the team, I don’t think it will be significant. I ranked him at #83 in the countdown (LINK), and I gave him a final TTB Rating of 49, which is among the lowest I’ve given. His departure does open up a football scholarship for someone, since the Wolverines are down to 83 scholarship players (LINK).

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    JC
    Jul 06, 2017 at 5:38 PM

    Wish the kid could’ve rehabbed the injury, he’s one I thought could have turned into something special based on the athleticism he displayed playing through an injury. Fantastic he can recognize this and not let it affect his life while getting a great education.

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