Michigans McGuffie to transfer..

[Deep2Evans]

Looks like it. Doesn't sound like hes the only one either.

Living here, I've heard alot about this, and how he didn't want to play last week even though he practiced the entire week fine, but insisted to the coaches he couldn't play.

This week hes not playing because of a death in the family, which is totally legit, if hes not making it up. You could just tell, once he wasn't starting anymore he was unhappy here. Oh well, I had a feeling a bunch of players would jump ship after this season.


http://mgoblog.com/content/unverifie...c-oh-god-panic

[arsenal]

why is he not starting anymore?

[ChambersWI]

Originally Posted by arsenal

why is he not starting anymore?

he got banged up, but when Brandon Minor got healthy he was just the better back. Shaw and Brown also have been more effective runners that McGuffie this season when they play.

If he does leave, sad to see him go.

[Deep2Evans]

It's now official. Hes done at Michigan as of today.

University of Michigan true freshman tailback Sam McGuffie will no longer be wearing the maize and blue. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound Houston, Tex. native confirmed to Rivals.com that he received his official release from the university on Friday morning.

"I just got out of the compliance office and picked up my release," said McGuffie. "They gave me a full release – no restrictions. I will be somewhere else in January."

McGuffie says the decision to transfer was not an easy one and he did not take it lightly.

"It's just been weighing on me for a while," he said. "There are a number of factors that went into [the decision]. It's nothing against the Michigan football team or the university. I felt that I had to what is best for myself and my family."

McGuffie does not have a future destination set, but did mention that he would prefer to be closer to his hometown.

"I'm looking to stay in or around Texas," he said. "There are a couple of schools that I'm interested in such as Texas A&M, Texas Tech, TCU, Oklahoma State and a couple of others."

He did say that Texas A&M would likely be considered the frontrunner as of right now.

"They were one of my top teams last year," McGuffie said of the Aggies. "I have a former teammate, Chris Lathrop, that signed with them last year and he loves it. I've talked to him a bunch about it. I know a lot of guys on the team there and I have a bunch of friends from home that go there, too."

McGuffie, a four-star prospect coming out of Cy-Fair High School a year ago, made a significant contribution as a freshman with the Wolverines this year. He started the first six games of the season and finished as the team's second-leading rusher and third-leading receiver, despite missing two games with injuries.

His best performance of the year came against Notre Dame, where he rushed for 138 yards and had four receptions for 47 yards and a touchdown. He ended the season with 486 yards and three touchdowns rushing as well as 19 receptions for 175 yards and one touchdown. In addition, he averaged 21.1 yards on seven kickoff returns.

McGuffie will have to sit out a year if he transfers to another Football Bowl Subdivision school. He will then have three years of eligibility remaining.

http://michigan.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=888262

[ChambersWI]

he's worried about his little brother. I wish him the best. In all honesty though, when all the backs were healthy, he was the 4th best back behind Minor,Brown, and Shaw. With all 3 coming back (as well as some highly touted freshmen in Fitzgerald Touissant, Teric Jones, and Vincent Smith) who are all better fits than McGuffie for the system, it was best for him to leave.

I really thought he would be something special, and while he has a lot of athleticism, he's not as explosive as you'd think. Again I wish him the best and hope he succeeds as he is going back to a Texas school to be closer to his family.