Players of the game after Michigan football defeated Hawaii

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan is off to a 2-0 start to the 2022 season after its trashing of Hawaii on Saturday night. The Wolverines defeated the Rainbow Warriors, 56-10.

J.J. McCarthy had his first-career start on Saturday and the former five-star lived up to the hype. The Wolverines’ offense cruised to 588 yards of total offense. The maize and blue seemingly were able to do whatever they wanted on the offensive side of the ball. Blake Corum and the running backs had gaping wide holes and, thanks to great ball placement, the receivers created great separation and hauled in some long passes.

The Michigan defense was stifling against the porous Hawaii offense on Saturday. The Wolverines only generated one sack against the Rainbow Warriors but the Michigan defense only allowed 253 yards of offense. The Rainbow Warriors went just 7-for-19 on third downs and most of those third-down conversions came against the backups that the Wolverines had in during the second half.

Here are our players of the game.

J.J. McCarthy

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McCarthy had his first-career start on Saturday. The Wolverines had a quarterback competition between Cade McNamara and the former five-star recruit.

But Jim Harbaugh announced that McCarthy is the man that will get the nod the for foreseeable future in Ann Arbor.

McCarthy made his deep throws look easy on Saturday and he looked to have a great command of the offense.

McCarthy went 11-for-12 for 239 yards and three touchdowns. The only incomplete pass was a dropped ball by Ronnie Bell. Maybe the most incredible stat from McCarthy was that he had a 334.5 passer rating.

Blake Corum

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Corum led the Michigan rushing attack once again.

The Wolverines mustered 268 yards on the ground. Corum was the high rusher with 88 yards on the ground.

He only carried the rock nine times and averaged 9.8 yards-per-carry. The junior back had nice help getting…