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Tyler Booker commits, picks from Alabama, Ohio State, Florida

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Tyler Booker is one of the top football prospects in the 2022 recruiting class. Watch the above video to see him announce his college decision exclusively with Sports Illustrated.

The college football and recruiting world anxiously awaited the calendar’s flip from May to June. It played out like a child’s anticipation ahead of an early birthday, a combination of wonder and adventure as prospective athletes could make traditional visits to college campuses for the first time in 15 months.

Many dove right in as the pandemic-induced restrictions were lifted, meeting with coaches, participating in camps and touring facilities. Others, like Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy’s Tyler Booker, had a more focused and fulfilling approach: 12 flights in 21 days.

“I’ve never been more tired in my life,” said Booker.

The 6′ 5″, 325-pound offensive lineman, who had trimmed his list of 30 scholarship offers down to five finalists, locked in official visits with each before the NCAA’s recruiting dead period kicked back in on June 28. Booker visited Florida the weekend of June 4 before flying back to IMG for the Under Armour All-America Game Future 50 camp the following weekend.

The pace then intensified in short order.

Oregon would host him right after the camp, and less than 24 hours after his return home to New Haven, Conn., Booker would be on a flight to see Georgia. The quick turnaround was duplicated with a trip to Ohio State immediately after. An official visit to Alabama on the weekend of June 25 rounded out America’s most ambitious visit plan.

“I made it!” he said as the dead period was back online.

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The summer vision for the rising senior recruit was to make the visits, reconnect with his family and make a college commitment before relocating back down to IMG ahead of the 2021 football season and academic year.

After the Oregon trip, the SI All-American candidate considered pushing the decision into the fall in order to take in collegiate games early in the season. Ohio State and Oregon play in Week 2 and Alabama hosts Florida the following weekend.

Game day trips would have made sense, but as the family was able to convene back in New Haven, the original plan came back into play. Enough information was collected as each member of Booker’s immediate family made at least one of the visits. His parents went on each trip.

Following the seemingly unprecedented travel itinerary, it was Tashona Booker who helped her son come to the biggest decision of his young life.

“It was my mom,” Booker says. “She has a decent knowledge of college football, like she can hold a conversation … but to hear it from my mom was like, ‘Oh my gosh!’ If she sees it, it has to be.

“Hearing it from Mama feels different.”

The original plan of committing in the month of July was by design, in order for Booker to get back to IMG—where he reports on Monday—to help the Ascenders defend their high school national championship. The team finished 8–0 in 2020.

The 2021 team will feature plenty of changes, common at the nationally known boarding school, including a new head coach in former NFL great Pepper Johnson and a bevy of new players. For the team’s tone-setter and third-year leader, there will be a new position to perfect ahead of the opener on Aug. 20.

Booker will move from right tackle to left tackle this fall, replacing former SI99 prospect JC Latham, now playing college football at Alabama.

Transition is nothing new for one of America’s top offensive line prospects, who plans to enroll at his college destination in December.

Booker began his high school career commuting about 90 minutes each way from New Haven to Bergen Catholic High School in New Jersey. Always in search of competition, he wound up starting on varsity as a freshman in 2018.

“I basically grew up with my mom on FaceTime,” he says. “Every time I would come back, I would be an inch taller and 10 pounds heavier.”

Around the same time, Rutgers gave him his first scholarship offer, and his recruitment—and national profile—took off. The buzz was coming on the other side of the football, though, as Booker played on the defensive interior at tackle. He remained a “defensive guy” through the move to IMG before fully committing to the offensive line in 2020.

His recruitment intensified after the move, especially with the elevated spotlight.

“I always say I’m the best lineman in the country,” he says. “I’m the best player in the country. That’s just mental conditioning, mental training. My mental game sets me apart from everybody else.”

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NFL mock draft 2021 – Todd McShay’s predictions for all 64 picks of Rounds 1 and 2, plus where seven QBs land

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It’s finally April. The 2021 NFL draft is nearly here, with Round 1 on April 29. Free agency has cleared up team needs a little bit, and pro day workouts are giving scouts one last on-field look at this talented class of prospects.

Round 1 is already getting a shake-up, with the San Francisco 49ers moving up to No. 3, the Philadelphia Eagles sliding down to No. 12 and the Miami Dolphins settling in at No. 6 after trades with both of the aforementioned teams. Whom do the Niners have their eyes on? And how might the Dolphins use their four selections over the first two rounds? There is still time for all 32 NFL teams to settle their personal draft boards and focus in on the players they might target with their selections, but the picture is certainly — albeit slowly — becoming more clear as draft day approaches.

So as we flip the calendar to draft month, it’s time for another mock draft. But this time, I’m going two rounds deep, predicting the first 64 picks of the draft. And in what is quickly becoming a norm for this year’s mocks, I have multiple projected trades atop the board, even after last week’s wild first-round swaps. Who moves up the board? Who lands one of the seven quarterbacks I have going in the first two rounds? Here’s how I’m projecting Rounds 1 and 2 of the 2021 draft, starting with the Jaguars at No. 1.

For more, check out our Mock Draft 4.0 SportsCenter Special, airing on Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Jacksonville is on the clock …

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Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson

Lawrence is the best quarterback prospect I’ve seen in nearly a decade, and the Jaguars obviously want a game-changer under center as the Urban Meyer era begins. But can they surround the Clemson QB with talent? Jacksonville signed Marvin Jones Jr. in free agency to pair with James Robinson, DJ Chark Jr. and Laviska Shenault Jr. in what should be a much-improved offense, but also remember that the Jags have 10 picks, including three more over the first two rounds. Stay tuned!

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Legendary college football coach Howard Schnellenberger dies at 87

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Howard Schnellenberger, who led Miami to its first national championship and in the process turned a once-floundering football program into a dynasty, died Saturday his family announced. He was 87.

What Schnellenberger did at Miami remains one of the greatest transformations in college football history. Before his arrival in 1979, Miami administrators considered dropping the sport as the losses mounted and morale dipped.

But after he helped deliver the 1983 national championship, Miami won three more national titles over the next six seasons. Though he was only there for the ’83 title, the speed and athleticism the Hurricanes first displayed under Schnellenberger became a blueprint for programs across the country.

His impact went beyond Miami. Schnellenberger later revitalized his hometown Louisville Cardinals and built Florida Atlantic football from scratch, leaving an indelible mark on three college football programs over three decades.

His baritone voice, bushy mustache and ever-present pipe made him look more businessman than football coach, but it became as synonymous with Schnellenberger as his penchant for embracing reclamation projects.

He did that first with Miami, a job friends urged him to avoid because it looked like a dead end. Schnellenberger saw something else, and declared Miami would win a national championship within five years. He ratcheted up the discipline inside the program, and focused his recruiting efforts primarily on the untapped potential across South Florida, declaring the area the “State of Miami.”

It did not take long for Miami to climb to national relevance, culminating in the 1984 Orange Bowl against Nebraska, a game that ranks among the sport’s greatest upsets.

Miami went in as the underdog on its home field. But when Kenny Calhoun batted down Turner Gill’s 2-point conversion pass, the Hurricanes sealed the 31-30 upset and first national championship in school history.

In a post-game interview, Schnellenberger said, “This has been a love affair that’s been developing for five years, and tonight was the fulfillment of a dream. I say fulfillment. It might just be the beginning of a dream.”

It was, but Schnellenberger was not there to see it firsthand. Schnellenberger left the Hurricanes after that championship season to take a job with a USFL team planned for Miami. At the time, he told The Miami Herald he left because he felt constrained by Miami’s athletic budget, and he couldn’t pass up the $3 million contract offer.

But the team never materialized, and Schnellenberger ended up sitting out the 1984 football season.

In 2011, Schnellenberger said of leaving Miami, “If you look at it objectively, it was the dumbest thing a human being could do.”

But sitting out one year from coaching afforded him an opportunity to go home to Louisville, where he became head coach in 1985. He promised national championships there, too, and though he didn’t win any, he revitalized a program that was in worse shape than Miami was when he took over. During his 10 years as head coach, Louisville won a Fiesta Bowl and Schnellenberger spearheaded the construction of an on-campus stadium. The current football complex bears his name.

He left in 1995 to become head coach at Oklahoma, another decision he came to regret. After one miserable season going 5-5-1, Schnellenberger resigned under pressure.

Schnellenberger would get one more opportunity to coach, in the state where he made his name. In 1998, a commuter school in Boca Raton, Florida, wanted to start a football program. Schnellenberger was chosen as Florida Atlantic director of football operations, and later decided to coach the team. He had a fast-track vision for the Owls: after three years spent on the FCS level, they would become an FBS program.

By now, he had ditched the pipe for health reasons, but still wore his trademark sports coat, suspenders and tie on the sideline. During his time as head coach, FAU went to two bowl games, and he got an on-campus stadium built there, too. When he retired in 2011, Schnellenberger had compiled a 158-151-3 record. The field at the stadium bears his name as well.

His resume includes not only championship rings (three won as an assistant at Alabama, one with the 1972 undefeated Miami Dolphins, and one with 1983 Miami) but the quarterbacks he coached or recruited. As an Alabama assistant in 1962, Schnellenberger convinced top recruit Joe Namath to sign with the Tide out of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.

With the Hurricanes, he coached Jim Kelly, Bernie Kosar and Vinny Testaverde, the foundation for the “Quarterback U” moniker Miami once owned.

Then there are the coaches he learned from. Schnellenberger played for Paul “Bear” Bryant at Kentucky and later coached with him at Alabama; he also coached under NFL Hall of Famers George Allen and Don Shula. Schnellenberger did have his shot as an NFL head coach, leaving the Dolphins after the 1972 season to take over the Baltimore Colts. But his tenure lasted 17 games — he was fired after a dispute with the owner following an 0-3 start in 1974.

Schnellenberger was born March 16, 1934, in Louisville, and played tight end at Kentucky from 1952-55, earning All-America honors his senior year. After a short stint in the CFL, he began his coaching career at his alma mater before joining Bryant at Alabama.

After he retired from FAU, he served as an ambassador for the school and stayed in the South Florida area. When Miami and FAU played against each other for the first time in 2013, Schnellenberger was made the honorary co-captain.

Survivors include his wife Beverlee, sons Stuart and Tim and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, Stephen.

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Three Tennessee football players arrested on drug charges after on-campus incident

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Three Tennessee football players have been arrested on drug charges in connection with an incident Tuesday night at a campus residence hall.

Second-year linebacker Martavius French and incoming recruits Aaron Willis and Isaac Washington are among the five people arrested on charges of simple possession and unlawful drug paraphernalia, according to the University of Tennessee police log posted Friday. University police sent out a safety notice following the incident at Stokely Hall, described as an assault and burglary by a group of four or five males.

According to the notice, a Stokely Hall resident was assaulted by one man, while “three to four other males entered the residence and went to another room in the apartment where it was believed they took items belonging to the victim.” The victim and a roommate could not identify the group that entered the room.

French, a native of Memphis, did not play for Tennessee last season. Willis, a linebacker from Baltimore, is an ESPN 300 recruit in the 2021 class. Washington is a defensive lineman from North Carolina. Another Tennessee student, who is not an athlete, was arrested along with an unnamed juvenile.

ESPN has reached out to Tennessee football for comment on the arrests.

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Football star says he was threatened by alumni over Texas song controversy

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As the controversy over the University of Texas’ school song rages, one player said he was threatened by university alumni over his refusal to participate.

“The Eyes of Texas,” which is traditionally sung after home games, has been under fire in recent months over concerns that the song and tradition behind it are steeped in racism. Over the past several days, the controversy was reignited after a report in the Texas Tribune revealed that alumni threatened to withhold donations from the university if students didn’t participate, calling them “snowflakes,” among other things.

Caden Sterns, who started for three years at safety for the Longhorns, added on to the controversy by revealing on Twitter that he too was threatened by alumni over the song.

“My teammates and I got threatened by some alumni that we would have to find jobs outside of Texas if we didn’t participate,” Sterns wrote.

The song has ties to Confederate general Robert E. Lee and minstrel shows, which are the comic reenactment of racial stereotypes. The University of Texas band didn’t play the song for the football team’s final two home games.

Sterns was a member of the All-Big 12 First Team in 2018 and will enter the 2021 NFL Draft. He is projected to be a late-round pick.



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Andy Hoffman, father of Nebraska football fan Jack Hoffman, dies of brain cancer at 42

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Andy Hoffman, the father of Nebraska Cornhuskers fan and brain cancer patient Jack Hoffman, died Monday at his home in Atkinson, Nebraska. He was 42.

The Team Jack Foundation announced his death.

Andy Hoffman, an attorney, spent the last decade of his life raising more than $8 million for Team Jack, a fundraising juggernaut to end pediatric brain cancer, only to succumb to brain cancer himself. His diagnosis in July 2020 seemed unfathomable, that two people from the same family could have brain cancer; that Andy, who ran marathons and worked nonstop, had Glioblastoma multiforme, a rare and very aggressive cancer, with a survival rate of roughly one year.

“This is such a horrible disease,” his wife, Bri, wrote in a Facebook post last week. “Even though Andy’s diagnosis was 7 months ago, we are still in denial that this is happening.”

Hoffman sought second and third opinions and rallied from two strokes to make it home from the Mayo Clinic early last fall. He had two missions: to raise as much money as he could for Team Jack, and to spend every second he had with Bri, Jack and his daughters, Ava and Reese.

They went to cross-country meets and basketball games and on a hunting trip. Andy, an avid Nebraska football fan who put Jack in a Cornhuskers onesie when he was baby, was able to watch his son play his freshman football season at Atkinson West Holt High. Jack is 15 now and is part of a clinical trial that has kept his tumor from growing. He is a lineman, just like his dad was in high school.

When Andy Hoffman’s condition worsened, Jack would come home from school and help take care of his father. In early February 2021, Andy contracted COVID-19 and, according to Bri’s Facebook post, “quickly got a monoclonal antibody fusion and did great. He recovered and had no symptoms after about day 5.” But an MRI taken shortly after he recovered from COVID-19 revealed that his cancer had spread, and Andy’s health rapidly declined.

The family’s cancer battle began in 2011, when Jack was diagnosed with a cancerous glioma at age 5. The Hoffmans were initially told that most of Jack’s golf ball-size tumor could not be removed, but Andy, after exhaustive research, found a doctor in Boston who was able to extract more than 90% of the tumor.

Before Jack’s surgery, Andy reached out to Nebraska in the hopes that Jack could meet his favorite player, running back Rex Burkhead. Andy wasn’t expecting to hear back, but Burkhead, now with the New England Patriots, happily obliged to meet them for lunch. He took them on a tour of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln and called them on the Friday before Jack’s surgery to offer support.

When the Huskers were trailing Ohio State that weekend, Burkhead decided to try to fire up a few of his teammates by mentioning the boy he’d just met.

“Hey, Jack wouldn’t give up,” he told them, “so why should we?”

Burkhead rallied Nebraska to victory, scoring the winning touchdown. He developed a friendship with the Hoffman family, and a year and a half later, Nebraska’s coaching staff came up with the idea to put Jack in the April 2013 spring game.

The nervous little boy with the wobbly helmet ran for a 69-yard touchdown in front of 60,000 fans while Andy cheered him on from the sideline. Nobody knew that the moment would catch fire, that the YouTube video of the run would generate nearly 9 million views, and that Jack would win an ESPY award and visit President Barack Obama.

Andy Hoffman seized the opportunity to bring Team Jack into the spotlight. He desperately wanted a cure for pediatric brain cancer so that other parents wouldn’t have to go through what he and Bri did. He wanted to tell their story. One of his 2020 New Year’s resolutions was to finally write a book; he toiled away at night while his family slept and hit send on the manuscript midsummer.

A few weeks later, he suffered a seizure during a Sunday jog, which led to the trip to the hospital and the discovery of the white mass on his brain.

But he always tried to stay upbeat. He was signing copies of his book, “Yards After Contact,” throughout the fall and winter. He wanted it to be a best-seller.

At the end of an interview with ESPN late last year, while he was at the Mayo Clinic, Hoffman was asked if he had anything to add. When his son was sick, he could research doctors and raise money for cancer research. He could comfort his son and his young daughters.

He paused for a second, unsure of a future he had no control over.

“This is going to sound a little silly,” he said as he started to cry, “but I love my wife and kids more than anything in the world.”

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Man who struck Oklahoma’s Spencer Jones in bar fight speaks

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The Oklahoma football player who nearly lost an eye in a bar fight this month had it coming, according to the other side.

Walker Brown said he was “defending myself” when he charged at Sooners wide receiver and place-kick holder Spencer Jones in the bathroom of Logies on the Corner bar in Norman, Okla.

A 58-second video that went viral last week captured the moment Brown, a junior at the school and trained wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter, landed multiple punches and put Jones in a chokehold.

Jones, a redshirt senior, underwent a four-hour procedure to rebuild his left orbital socket following the fracas, according to The Athletic.

Police are investigating the incident, which reportedly took place in the early hours of Feb. 14.

No arrests have been made.

The video begins with Jones telling Brown to “get the f–k out of here.”

Brown was then shoved by someone standing next to Jones. Seconds later, Brown wiped blood from his face and struck Jones.

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“There was something that occurred prior to the start of the video as my nose doesn’t bleed for no reason,” Brown wrote on a GoFundMe page aimed at helping pay his medical expenses.

Brown tore his bicep, according to the page, which has raised $35,745.

Woodrow Glass, an attorney representing Jones, said his client was “trying to de-escalate the situation,” and that the blood on Brown’s face wasn’t caused by Jones.

Glass said Jones went to the bathroom to check on his friend, when he ended up in the middle of an argument.

The video also showed Brown’s brother, Braden, fighting another man in the bathroom.

Braden Brown, who is also a student at Oklahoma, tweeted Saturday that he and his brother have “been wrestling since we were in diapers and MMA/Cage Fighting since we were 12. They gave us no options unfortunately. We showed restraint.”

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Oregon Ducks QB Tyler Shough, who started all seven games in 2020, moving on as grad transfer

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Oregon Ducks quarterback Tyler Shough announced on Friday that he has entered the transfer portal.

In a social media post, Shough said he’ll have three remaining years of eligibility and will move on from Oregon as a graduate transfer.

Shough won the starting job in fall camp in 2020 and started all seven games for the Ducks, but he was replaced in the team’s bowl game for long stretches by backup Anthony Brown. Oregon lost 34-17 to Iowa State in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, with Shough completing 7 of 9 passes for 79 yards and an interception.

“There was enough clarity to start Tyler, which is what we did,” head coach Mario Cristobal said after the game, “but there was enough good play by Anthony to where we felt it merited him playing, and that’s what we did.”

Oregon’s season was delayed until November because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but when Shough finally took the field, he performed well, throwing for eight touchdowns and just two interceptions in his first three games, all Oregon wins. But the Ducks faltered down the stretch, dropping three of four to end the season, and Shough saw his role diminish behind Brown, a graduate transfer from Boston College with extensive playing experience.

For the year, Shough completed 63.5% of his throws with 13 passing TDs and six interceptions.

“I would like to thank my coaches at Oregon for the opportunity and many lessons learned these past three years,” Shough said in a statement posted to his Twitter feed. “Huge thank you to the fans and Eugene community for welcoming me here and making this place special.”

Brown announced last month that he would return to Oregon for the 2021 season. The Ducks also signed four-star recruit Ty Thompson in the 2021 class. Thompson was rated No. 67 in this year’s ESPN 300.



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Former Clemson Tigers QB Trevor Lawrence shows adaptability in early pro day workout

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Former Clemson Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence had good reason to hold his pro day on Friday, a month early. Lawrence wanted to prove to NFL teams that he’s able to handle himself well when things don’t go according to plan.

“The original plan was to have two months training out in California, then come back March 11th and put on a show and do all that, but life happens sometimes,” Lawrence said on the ACC Network/ESPN2 following his 45-minute workout at Clemson on Friday. “Just having to adjust and showing I’m able to adjust and adapt and still willing to come out here and throw and give teams a chance to see me, that was important to me and important to my team to make sure we made that happen.

“Obviously it wasn’t necessarily the ideal situation and circumstances, but I think we did a great job of just kind of maneuvering and navigating through all that.”

Lawrence moved up his pro day because he is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair damage to the labrum in his left (non-throwing) shoulder and wanted to be completely cleared before training camps open in July. He threw approximately 40 passes — mostly from under center — to receivers Cornell Powell, Charone Peake, Caleb Scott and Chris Finke at Clemson’s indoor practice facility.

Lawrence said he’s expecting to start throwing six to eight weeks after the surgery and be fully cleared after four to five months.

On Friday, Lawrence threw a variety of passes, which included some rollouts, and ended with a 65-yard throw on a broken play in which he scrambled before launching the ball. That throw drew praise from the ESPN on-air crew as well as on social media. But ESPN NFL draft analyst Todd McShay, who was at the workout, was more impressed with Lawrence’s work in the red zone.

“Quickly getting the ball out and throwing the ball high where the defender can’t go get it,” McShay said on the broadcast. “I saw that consistently inside the red zone today, just the ability to throw the ball high in that specific spot, the ball placement.

“Yes, the deep throws were great and the vertical throws is what everyone loves … But inside the red zone you can learn a little bit about a quarterback in terms of how quick he gets it out and where he places that ball.”

Thirty-one people from 17 NFL teams were scheduled to attend the workout, including three from the Jacksonville Jaguars: head coach Urban Meyer, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and passing game coordinator Brian Schottenheimer. The Jaguars own the top pick in the April 29 draft and Meyer spent almost the entire workout standing alongside Clemson coach Dabo Swinney several yards from Lawrence.

“Yeah, yeah. I saw him,” Lawrence said with a smile. “I saw a lot of the guys coming through, but yeah, I saw him. Just waved at him real quick. Can’t really communicate out there. But yeah, it’s been cool to see all the teams come out. It’s definitely a cool thing to experience. I’m glad I got to still do it.”

Lawrence — who measured in at 6-foot-5 5/8 and 213 pounds with 10-inch hands, 34½-inch arms, and a 78¼-inch wingspan — said he’s most looking forward to learning a new offensive system as well as adjusting to life in the NFL. He said he enjoys the mental challenge of football, which is something every coach wants to hear.

“I think, mentally, obviously, the game’s a little bit different at the NFL level and what’s on your plate,” Lawrence said. “So just taking this time, especially after surgery, to really prepare mentally while I can’t physically and then once I can physically really I’m going to just be grinding and getting ready. Just really excited for that challenge.

“I love learning. That’s one of my favorite parts about the game. It’s such a fun thing to learn a new system and kind of piece everything together. It’s a lot of fun so I’m excited to do that, but I think that’s the biggest thing is just mentally, defensive recognition, playbook, all that stuff.”

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Ex-Michigan Wolverines QB Dylan McCaffrey transferring to Northern Colorado

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Former Michigan quarterback Dylan McCaffrey is transferring to Northern Colorado, where he will have the chance to play for his father, Ed McCaffrey.

Dylan had been an ESPN 300 recruit in the 2017 class but was never able to win the starting job at Michigan. He only attempted 15 passes in 2018 and suffered a broken collarbone that shortened his season. He was a backup to Shea Patterson in 2019.

McCaffrey couldn’t get his career started at Michigan and opted out of the 2020 season before it commenced.

The elder McCaffrey became the head coach for the Bears in December 2019, but he has yet to coach a game for Northern Colorado because the Big Sky moved its season to the spring due to COVID-19.

Northern Colorado recently announced it will not participate in the Big Sky’s spring season and championship season but will instead pursue a modified nonconference schedule in late spring.

Ed will add his son to the roster with two years of eligibility remaining; and because Dylan is a graduate transfer, he is eligible to play immediately.

McCaffrey is brothers with former Nebraska quarterback Luke McCaffrey and Carolina Panthers star Christian McCaffrey.

Michigan still has quarterbacks Cade McNamara and Joe Milton on the roster, and the staff also added ESPN 300 quarterback J.J. McCarthy in this 2021 class. McCarthy enrolled early at Michigan and was the No. 25-ranked recruit overall, as well as the No. 2 dual-threat quarterback in the class.

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