Blake Corum

ANALYSIS
This is an interesting pairing as Los Angeles found a diamond in the rough in Kyren Williams in 2022, but Corum was likely the best player available at this stage. Corum had a storied career at Michigan with 3,736 yards on 675 rushes (5.5 YPC) and a whopping 58 scores on the ground, including 27 in his senior season. He's a stout back at a shade under 5-foot-8 and 205 pounds who doesn't have blazing speed but has tremendous vision and runs with exceptional toughness to pick up yards. Pass catching won't be his meal ticket in the NFL, but it doesn't need to be with Williams picking up that part of the offense. Corum is a threat to take carries from Williams right out of the gate, and while this strengthens the Rams backfield significantly, handicapping this backfield will be a headache for fantasy managers.

ANALYSIS
Corum was a highly productive college player with the Wolverines, rushing for 3,657 yards at 5.6 yards per carry and adding 51 receptions for 338 yards over the 39 regular-season games covering his last three college seasons. A favorite of now Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh when the latter served as his head coach at Michigan, Shook notes Corum's excellent vision and ability to set up his blocks could carve out a path to playing time relatively early in his career, even if it's just in a complementary role to Williams initially.