If Tony Alford had to categorize the Michigan football team’s top two running backs into specific roles, he’d probably designate sophomore Jordan Marshall as a powerful rusher built to break tackles, and junior Justice Haynes as someone with a big play potential. Perhaps, given Marshall’s physicality and Haynes’ quickness, the duo could even don the nickname ‘Thunder and Lightning.’

Luckily for the Wolverines’ running back coach — and potentially for Michigan as well — any such distinction shouldn’t be necessary this upcoming season.

“Both guys are adept at doing (the) entire offense, complete, complete players,” Alford said Wednesday. “They’re both very talented dudes, but there’s no defined roles, like, this guy’s gonna do this, this guy’s gonna do this. … If you said I had to pick som

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