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His senior year, he shifted to tailback and led Michigan to a Big Ten Conference Championship title. The Wolverines finished 10–2 and ranked number three in the Associated Press Poll. He led the team in rushing with 1,469 yards on 221 carries, scored fourteen touchdowns, received a selection to the first team All-American, and placed third in the Heisman Trophy voting.

While wearing Maize and Blue, Lytle set a school record with 3,307 yards rushing, which wasn’t broken until five years later. He carried on his football career in the NFL as a Denver Bronco, receiving the forty-fifth pick overall in the 1977 draft. Over his seven-year career, he ran for 1,451 yards and scored fourteen touchdowns. He was the first player to score a touchdown in both the Rose Bowl and the Super Bowl. Lytle died in 2010 but was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.

Who is the Rob Lytle in your life—that person who stands out, pushes forward, and always gives it their all, no matter what? How did that person go above and beyond, and how did that benefit you?