Once the clock hit zero after Michigan's victory over Ohio State, Aidan Hutchinson thrust both arms in the air and burst into tears. His visualization that he could help change the program's culture and his legacy, along with four years of pent-up emotion, all flowed out in that moment.
He took a risk by spurning the NFL after his junior year, when he was receiving first- and second-round grades, so he could come back and establish a legacy at Michigan. Surrounded by thousands of fans following a dominant three-sack, 15-quarterback pressure performance that sent the Wolverines to the Big Ten championship game, he knew his decision had paid off.