page_title: Craig Roh
section_title: Weight gain and spring practice
hierarchical_section_title: Craig Roh / University of Michigan / 2010 season / Weight gain and spring practice
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Craig Roh, University of Michigan football player, taken at the 2011 Women's Football Academy.
context_page_description: Craig Robert Roh is a Canadian football defensive end for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was the Gatorade Player of the Year in Arizona for the 2008–2009 academic year and received the 2009 Scholar-Athlete Award from the College Football Hall of Fame. He enrolled at the University of Michigan in 2009 and started all 12 games at the "hybrid linebacker" position as a true freshman. He was a 2011 All-Big Ten honorable mention and a 2012 All-Big Ten second team selection.
context_section_description: During the offseason, Roh gained 20 pounds to increase his weight to 251 pounds. In an interview with ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg, Roh described himself as "tiny" among Big Ten defensive linemen. Accordingly, he spent the offseason bulking up in the weight room and "followed a diet most people would dream about: six meals and more than 4,000 calories a day." Roh told Rittenberg, "I have crazy metabolism, and putting on weight was tough for me. It's something I've really got to concentrate on. Some meals, you're like, 'I really don't want to eat this right now,' but you have to."
  During spring practice, Roh again impressed the coaching staff. Michigan's defensive coordinator Greg Robinson mentioned Roh as one of the players who had "stepped up" in the spring camp. He was identified as one of the players who "could be counted on to at least partially fill [Brandon] Graham's role of chasing the quarterback." AnnArbor.com cited him as one of the "Top 5 revelations" from spring practice and concluded that "he appears ready to take over as Michigan's top pass rusher next year." Roh himself acknowledged, "I'm a guy that's expected to perform this year. BG [Graham] was just an amazing player, and I feel like in some sense I need to replace what he's done."
  Shortly before the 2010 season opener, The Michigan Daily and the Bleacher Report web site referred to him as Craig "Death" Roh. The Detroit News also published a profile on Roh under the headline, "Bulked-up linebacker Craig Roh to anchor young U-M defense." Defensive coordinator Greg Robinson said at the time, "Craig is just another year into it. He showed versatility last year, now he's a little bigger, a little stronger, a little smarter about everything that's going on. He's a real good football player."
caption: Roh in June 2011
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