Entering the season, Donovan Edwards was expected to shoulder the load as Michigan’s top running back. His strong finish to the 2023 season, running all over Washington in the national championship game, had draft analysts buzzing about what Edwards could do in 2024 in Ann Arbor.

Mullings was finally pushed out of bounds at the USC 17 to set Michigan up in the red zone. He later scored the game-winning touchdown on fourth-and-goal from the 1 with 37 seconds remaining, but it was his earlier 63-yard scamper that was the defining moment of the drive.