Graham, Mullings Share MVP as 2024 Season Awards Presented at Spring Game
4/19/2025 1:00:00 PM | Football
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan Football program distributed its 2024 season awards during the 2025 Spring Game on Saturday (April 19) at Michigan Stadium. Presented by the U-M Club of Greater Detroit, the team award winners were recognized during a halftime ceremony on the field with head coach Sherrone Moore and U-M Club of Greater Detroit president Tim Horvath.
Defensive lineman Mason Graham and running back Kalel Mullings were named co-recipients of the Bo Schembechler Most Valuable Player award. Graham earned consensus first-team All-America honors, first-team All-Big Ten honors and was named a finalist for the Outland Trophy and Nagurski Award. He led all U-M defensive linemen with 45 stops, including seven for loss, with 3.5 sacks, three hurries, one pass breakup, and one blocked kick. He helped spearhead a defense that finished 10th in total defense and fifth against the run.
Mullings picked up third-team All-Big Ten honors after leading U-M with 948 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, averaging more than five yards per carry (5.1). His receiving (35 yards) and kick return (74 yards) production put him over 1,000 all-purpose yards for the season. Mullings eclipsed 90 rushing yards six times in 12 games and lost just 18 yards across 185 carries. Graham and Mullings are also the team's recipients of the 2024 Defensive and Offensive Player of the Year honors.
Among the awards distributed were the six team honors presented by the U-M Club of Greater Detroit: the Humphries-Miller Scholarship Award (given to the team's top student-athlete), the Robert P. Ufer Bequest (given to the top offensive lineman), the Roger Zatkoff Award (given to the top linebacker), the Woodley-Graham Award (given to the top defensive lineman), and the Dierdorf-Hutchinson Award (given to the top offensive lineman).
Below is a complete list of the 2024 University of Michigan football team award winners:
Bo Schembechler MVP: Mason Graham, Kalel Mullings
Humphries-Miller Scholarship Award: Henry Donohue
Robert P. Ufer Bequest: Max Bredeson
Roger Zatkoff Award: Ernest Hausmann
Woodley-Graham Award: Kenneth Grant, Josaiah Stewart (co-recipients)
Dierdorf-Hutchinson Award: Giovanni El-Hadi, Josh Priebe (co-recipients)
The above six are original team awards presented by the U-M Club of Greater Detroit
Toughest Player Award: Max Bredeson
Blue Collar Award: Ernest Hausmann
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Hogan Hansen
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Mason Curtis
Special Teams Rookie of the Year: Cole Sullivan
Offensive Player of the Year: Kalel Mullings
Defensive Player of the Year: Mason Graham
Special Teams Player of the Year: Joe Taylor
Offensive Skill Player of the Year: Colston Loveland
Defensive Skill Player of the Year: Zeke Berry
Specialist of the Year: Dominic Zvada
Most Improved Player (Offense): Marlin Klein
Most Improved Player (Defense): TJ Guy
Most Improved Player (Special Teams): Jason Hewlett
Scout Team Player of the Year (Offense): Logan Forbes
Scout Team Player of the Year (Defense): Dominic Nichols
Scout Team Player of the Year (Special Teams): Nico Andrighetto
