Ann Arbor — Michigan running back Chris Evans had to wake up at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday and was set to wake the same time on Wednesday to make up for missing his training room check-in on Sundays.
But this isn’t a punishment.
Evans sometimes misses check-in because he’s busy coaching young kids in flag football and rec-league basketball. He has an organization called C.E. Stars and coaches flag football teams of 11- to 12-year-olds and another group of 13-year-olds and a basketball team that has kids through fifth grade.
It is a special outlet for Evans, a sophomore, who two weeks ago shared Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors with teammate and fellow running back Karan Higdon after their mammoth performances against Minnesota.