Keith Washington to Copiah-Lincoln CC
According to Steve Lorenz, recent transfer Keith Washington has landed at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Mississippi. Hopefully he can play well there and work his way to another D-1 program.
http://michigan.247sports.com/Bolt/Former-Wolverine-Washington-finds-ne…
For those of you who have watched Last Chance U, Co-Lin is EMCC's main rival.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^
Wish him luck. I would have stayed for the education at least.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:46 PM ^
Sounds like you don't need it though, smarty pants.
September 12th, 2017 at 5:37 PM ^
It's all about the book-learnin'
September 12th, 2017 at 4:36 PM ^
they care more about PT and having the opportunity to have a starting spot especially if they have NFL aspiration.
September 12th, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 3:00 PM ^
It's those damn Copiah-Lincoln bag men!
September 12th, 2017 at 3:57 PM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 2:56 PM ^
He has two full years at Michigan and then goes to a two year school? He should be taking upper level classes to be making progess towards his degree. Maybe he just stays for one semester, otherwise he may have trouble staying eligible.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:24 PM ^
Something about this whole situation doesn't feel right, but at the end of the day the why's aren't important. It's too bad he is going to play out his education and playing career elsewhere and I wish him well with both.
September 12th, 2017 at 2:06 PM ^
think of a couple of reason where the "whys" would be important. I also hope (and trust) that this isn't one of them.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:24 PM ^
Given the secondary depth (as in lack thereof) and that quality education, this one was weird. I would guess there is something to this that we just don't know.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:36 PM ^
Or everyone overreacted to a small selection of snaps in the Spring Game and believed that a a HS QB was suddenly a promising DB prospect when in reality he was one of the weakest corners on the team who was then asked to move to safety where at best he would emerge as a depth guy years down the road.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:47 PM ^
going to make it to the NFL. So why not at least get that Michigan degree?
Something is off here.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:51 PM ^
Has "probably not going to make it to the NFL" stopped a majority of football players from transferring (especially as young as Washington is) for playing time?
September 12th, 2017 at 1:59 PM ^
But that's a big fucking step down. Another D1 school I could understand. But a CC?
Seems odd.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:47 PM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 2:03 PM ^
He played decently closing out the 2016 season, and had a boatload of talk in the spring. And backed up the talk with a good spring game. I don't think the problem was that he couldn't compete. Something seems off.
In any case, I wish the kid well.
September 12th, 2017 at 2:28 PM ^
I agree, and if I remember correctly, he was a guy who cared a lot about academics. Didn't we turn him from Cal? And I think Duke and UNC were high on his list at various times. He seemed like the kind of kid who would have graduated in three years and then could have grad transferred for his last two years if he was still unhappy with his playing time.
Either way, I hope it works out for him and he doesn't have any regrets.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:41 PM ^
Please leave your baseless speculation at home.
Good luck Keith, wish you would have worked out here!
September 12th, 2017 at 1:46 PM ^
Message boards are actually the exact place where baseless speculation is not only allowed, its more or less encouraged.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:58 PM ^
Okay, well maybe don't encourage it in this case. Remember this is a 19 year old kid who ran a 40 in his street for Harbaugh, and represented this fine university on and off the field to the best of his ability.
September 12th, 2017 at 5:32 PM ^
You're not replying to anyone so this must be directed at the OP. What baseless speculation did he present?
September 13th, 2017 at 8:42 AM ^
Just getting out in front of it. Too many times threads like these get into speculation, rumors or lies to just get upvotes. If the University, Head Coach, or player wanted to release information on WHY they transfered, they would do so. The reasons don't need to be fleshed out on MGoBlog.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:46 PM ^
Maybe the academics were too hard for him and CC is the route for him to take in life.
September 12th, 2017 at 2:04 PM ^
He made it two years here, so that seems pretty unlikely. The Community College thing is likely because they could take him this late in the cycle without him losing a year of playing time. Just the timing of the transfer and the secondary depth seem unusual.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:52 PM ^
the community college route is likely temporary. Don't be surprised to see Washington end up somewhere like Miss St (as Brian Cole intended to do).
September 12th, 2017 at 2:20 PM ^
You don't think he is going to get his associates degree and enter the workforce as an aircraft mechanic?
September 12th, 2017 at 3:00 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 5:34 PM ^
Aircraft mechanics who are employed make decent money.
September 12th, 2017 at 3:07 PM ^
or at least it was in the late 90's. A friend of a friend was making around 120k (probably with OT) at Northwest Airlines back then as a mechanic.
I'd totally do that job if I was 20 years younger. And if fucking up didn't mean 300 people were going to die.
September 12th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
Steady employment, intellectual challenge from tracking down aircraft issues, learning a concrete and transferrable skill? Yeah, sounds awful...
September 12th, 2017 at 2:02 PM ^
Well, that doesn't sound to me like an...
September 12th, 2017 at 2:06 PM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 2:21 PM ^
Looks like he has 9 tackles and 2 INTs through 2 games, so it appears as though he is at least getting substantial playing time.
September 12th, 2017 at 2:13 PM ^
FYI: In case any of you missed this bit of news, the next season of Last Chance U will take place at Independence Community College. The Michigan link? It's the new home of Kingston Davis. I thought Washington might end up there, too, since they're both from Prattville, but it didn't happen.
September 12th, 2017 at 2:31 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 4:34 PM ^
I don't blame them...but I definitely don't blame him at all either.
They pieced together the storyline to make him a villain in a special kind of way. He provided plenty of content, but sometimes it wouldn't even be the same day and they would put clips together to feed the story they were trying to tell.
I felt like Season 1 was a documentary...I loved Season 2 as well, but it felt more like a movie. The plotlines were so clear. I think they showed Isaiah Wright and his girlfriend sitting on their beds in every episode and used the coversation to feed at least 5 different storylines in 5 different episodes.
Same with Ms. Brittany.
That said, I'm looking forward to a new school, they should change it up every 2 years anyway.
September 12th, 2017 at 2:31 PM ^
Look at us with our binoculars.
September 12th, 2017 at 2:40 PM ^
Keith Washington, good man.
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