Although Michigan was winning week after week, senior running back Donovan Edwards admits that he was struggling personally during the 2023 National Championship season.
Entering his senior season at Michigan, running back Donovan Edwards has become an advocate for mental health awareness, leaning on his own personal struggles to strengthen his message. Although he's been responsible for some of the most memorable plays during Michigan's incredible three-year run toward a National Championship in 2023, the truth is that the journey hasn't been all rainbows and sunshine for the talented back.
Heading into the 2023 season, Edwards made it clear that he had high goals for himself. Not only did he indicate that he'd be entering the NFL Draft following the 2023 season, he also said that he'd be remembered as one of the greatest to ever play the game. “I will go down as one of the greatest running backs to ever play the game,” Edwards said. “I’ll be up there with Walter Payton, Barry Sanders.
"I'd be doing a disservice if I wasn't being vulnerable to the world, and just saying, 'oh, I did it this way. I just stayed strong.' Nah. There were sometimes where I cried. There were sometimes where I came into the meeting room mad. That's perfectly fine, but the thing that I can say is that I didn't allow that to affect the team. I didn't allow that to affect my running back room, even though my guys knew, like, 'he's not okay.
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