Jeremy Clark Not Granted Sixth Year
[Eric Upchurch]
According to Inside The Huddle's Michael Spath, the NCAA has denied Jeremy Clark's petition for a sixth year of eligibility:
According to a source, Jeremy Clark has been denied a sixth year of eligibility. Has signed an agent and will pursue his NFL options.
— Michael Spath (@MichaelSpathITH) January 23, 2017
Clark started seven games at cornerback in 2015 and three in 2016 before tearing his ACL against Penn State. The former three-star safety recruit was a critical component to the last couple secondaries, battling Channing Stribling to a relatively even draw for playing time until the injury.
Without Clark, Michigan will be very inexperienced at cornerback in 2017. Redshirt junior Brandon Watson, who's seen scattered snaps at nickel, is the only upperclassman at the position. Sophomore Lavert Hill and David Long are the favorites to earn starting spots; they'll compete with redshirt sophomore Keith Washington and freshmen Ambry Thomas and Benjamin St-Juste. Unless Michigan picks up another corner in the 2017 class—it looks like they'll get one more—that is the entire group of scholarship corners for next season.
January 24th, 2017 at 6:43 AM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
The NCAA is good at one thing: polarizing an otherwise like-minded group of individuals against themselves.
January 23rd, 2017 at 12:11 PM ^
Rules, when not enforced fairly from incident to incident, cease holding any value whatsoever.
That is the NCAA doctrine.
January 23rd, 2017 at 12:11 PM ^
Dumb. The NCAA doesn't know what it is doing.
January 23rd, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
Come on now, you're being too harsh. They just banned those outrageous spring break trips, let's give them some credit.
January 23rd, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
I am looking forward to a year from when NFL experts are talking about how smart some team (probably NE) was for picking him up.
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January 23rd, 2017 at 12:26 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
Just 9 seniors on Team 138, a major shift after this year's loaded group. And that number may drop lower still with Drake Johnson's 6th year up in the air and no public statements about the status of a couple more fifth year guys. Will need a ton of leadership from Hill, Cole, Hurst, and McCray as well as a similarly thin junior class.
It's not unlikely that Michigan has fewer than 10 returning seniors again in 2018 with just 15 players left on the roster. There are a few candidates for firm handshakes after next year if they don't make an impact and Perry/Newsome both remain wildcards for very different reasons. The 2016 kids are going to have to grow up fast.
January 23rd, 2017 at 12:39 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 1:39 PM ^
Fair, but those teams are loaded with NFL early-entry candidates. Name a strong candidate of the redshirt sophs, "true" juniors, and redshirt juniors to bolt for a high draft selection and NFL riches a year from now. I'll wait.
It's not crazy to expect one or two players to break out, but of the premier players in that group (thinking say Mone/Winovich/Kinnel), it would be a surprise for any to become even a consensus All-B1G first team type player by next year.
January 23rd, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
1) Confirmation from an official source as to the actual decision. We have tweet from an individual with usually reliable sources. That's fine, but not the final word.
2) When we have (1), some explanation of the basis for the decision. We can critique the actual decision when we have it. Until then, all the rest is just freaking out.
January 23rd, 2017 at 1:13 PM ^
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:21 PM ^
They do have that, it just comes down the actual application of those rules where it gets hazy.
For some players you're talking about 3-4 years ago when the player redshirted and whether or not that person had a qualifying condition that exempted them from the 5 year rule. And that is where they are wildly inconsistent.
January 23rd, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
Has Michigan football ever had a 6th year granted? And if so, was that player actually a contributor?
I'll note that not one, but two of the Illinois starting five on Saturday were 6th year guys. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to these decisions, unless you resort to saying that the NCAA is out to screw Michigan. Unreal.
January 24th, 2017 at 6:28 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 1:20 PM ^
You probably hated writing this as much as I hated reading it.
Good luck, Jeremy.
January 23rd, 2017 at 1:27 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 1:39 PM ^
WIN THE WHOLE DAMN THING
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:03 PM ^
No Competence At All
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:19 PM ^
No Consistency At All
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:35 PM ^
I'd say they are pretty consistently inconsistent.
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:39 PM ^
insert KeyandPeelesubstituteteacher.avi here.
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:40 PM ^
Sam Webb reporting that Greg Frey, Indiana OL coach, is in town to interview. Quick look at Indiana OL commits we could steal...
Caleb Jones, 6'9" 380 lbs...
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:41 PM ^
The NCAA are a bunch of Blue-haters. They've changed 4 rules since Harbaugh (Spring break, hiring staffers assoc with high schoolers, talking to people at satellite camps and restricting satellite camps). No surprise that Clark wouldn't get a 5th year, because I believe politics rule their decisions...not to benefit the student-athletes, but to benefit their biases. Good luck to Jeremy. From gray-shirt to the NFL. Get paid son
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:08 PM ^
The NCAA has it in for Jim Harbaugh.
They do not like him and will do whatever they can to block his efforts to win going forward.
January 23rd, 2017 at 7:00 PM ^
The NCAA doesn't like Jim and the way he pushes the envelope with the Spring Break trips, etc. The NCAA looks to screw Jim over every chance they get. They should be happy that he's brought so much attention from the NFL to the college game.
January 23rd, 2017 at 10:17 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 7:38 PM ^
Who is the NCAA? We always refer to "they" and "them" but who really are they and how many of them are there? Who specifically makes these decisions? Does anyone know how the NCAA is structured?
January 24th, 2017 at 12:18 AM ^
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January 24th, 2017 at 6:51 AM ^
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