Coach Jim Harbaugh Has Unique Plans For Quarterback Alex Orji

Alex Orji, the quarterback, will allegedly receive the same treatment from Jim Harbaugh as he did with Kordell Stewart this year.

Coach Jim Harbaugh Has Unique Plans For Quarterback Alex Orji

Perhaps the most muscular quarterback in college football is Alex Orji. Maalik Murphy is also involved, and Jalen Milroe has a case.

The 6-foot-3, 236-pound sophomore named Orji seems as though a lab manufactured him.

Orji was once compared to “Herschel Walker playing quarterback” by Michigan’s head coach, and he’d want to find as many ways as he can to get one of the Wolverines’ finest players out on the field.

This autumn, J.J. McCarthy is expected to start at quarterback for Michigan, but Jim Harbaugh feels it is his duty to use every strategy at his disposal to get his best players on the field.

One of the players who Harbaugh wants to enter the game is Alex Orji. He is too talented an athlete to not compete at some point.

As a senior in high school, Orji was dominant on the ground and in the air. His 1,187 yards and 24 touchdowns rushing were even more spectacular than his 2,064 yards and 23 touchdowns throwing with only eight interceptions. in particular for someone of his size and physique.

Orji is the subject of a “secret plan” for the club, according to Harbaugh, who also stated that he has “a chance to be maybe one of the greatest kick-returners of all time.” The “secret plan,” nevertheless, has already been made public, so it is no longer a secret.

“A secret plan for Alex Orji. He’s got a chance to be maybe one of the greatest kick-returners of all time,” Harbaugh said on Monday. “Big 235-pound guy — 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.”

J.J. McCarthy is unquestionably Ann Arbor’s starting quarterback. However, in 2023, Michigan supporters could get a sneak peek of Ojri. Although Harbaugh believes UM’s special teams need to get better before he considers starting him.

“We have to improve in our kickoff return blocking before I would agree to have Alex Orji returning the kick,” he continued.

“Our kickoff return blockers have seen what Alex can do as a kick returner, but the challenge is on them to get better. Get better at their fundamentals and techniques, and give him a chance. Because if we can make it happen, it would be really special.”

It will be interesting to see what Harbaugh does with him in autumn.

 

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