U-M star’s custom-designed cleats raising big bucks for children’s hospital

Blake Corum is pictured with University of Michigan super fan Nathan Miller during a pre-season meeting.
This fall, 7-Eleven and Speedway launched the inaugural year of Cleat Crew™ in which nine college football stars from across the country designed custom cleats with bespoke luxury designer The Shoe Surgeon to benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
For the final auction of the season, University of Michigan’s star running back Blake Corum presented his custom cleats to benefit Beaumont Children’s Hospital in Detroit.
Inspired by a video game console, the cleats feature details like a painted “INSERT DISC” and memory card slot along with a leather power button patch, a painted “BC” port as a play on the AC port with Blake’s initials, and soles featuring Blake’s name in big bold lettering with his Deuce logo at the bottom.
Big bids for custom cleats
The auction for the one and only pair of Blake’s custom cleats has currently reached over $2,000. The online auction is available at CleatCrew.7Collection.com (Note the website is Cleat Crew DOT 7 Collection.com)
All funds raised by the auction of Corum’s cleats will provide critical treatments and health care services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care to children in Southeast Michigan.
Part of Corewell Health, Beaumont Children’s team of more than 80 pediatric sub-specialists and more than 400 board-certified pediatricians provide comprehensive health care.
Specialty pediatric services including emergency care, hematology-oncology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, cardiology, newborn and pediatric intensive care, pediatric surgery and craniofacial surgery are available at outpatient locations throughout metro Detroit.
All about Beaumont Children’s
Beaumont Children’s is the only Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals affiliate in Southeast Michigan. Find out more at beaumont.org/childrens or call 855-480-KIDS (5437). Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay within the community where the funds were raised. CMNHospitals.org

Corum was a 2022 unanimous 1st Team All American and Doak Walker Award Finalist.
While leading Michigan to back-to-back conference Championships and College Football playoff appearances, he has racked up numerous other honors including Running Back of the Year and All-Conference First Team.
Star on and off field
Off the field, Corum is passionate about giving back to the community and has hosted multiple free football camps, turkey drives, and other charitable initiatives.
He enjoys spending time with his girlfriend, his dog, and visiting his family farm back home in Virginia.