Goodbye: Wilton Speight (Will Grad Transfer)
Speight announced on Instagram tonight that he plans to transfer elsewhere for his 5th year
Speight went from afterthought to quarterbacking the best Michigan team in a decade, toughing out a shoulder injury that couldn’t have been healed in time for Ohio State last year. His 2016 performance against Maryland stands as the best half by a quarterback in program history. Since Michigan fans live all over the country, once his eligibility expires I imagine Wilton will have a hard time ever buying a beer for himself again. We’ll be rooting for him wherever he goes.
Michigan also graduates John O’Korn but returns Brandon Peters and will have redshirt freshman Dylan McCaffrey plus two freshmen, and may look to add one more in the transfer market.
November 26th, 2017 at 8:04 PM ^
This is not good, IMO. This means a full season with a QB with what - 3 games experience? Backed up by RS Fr with zero game experience.
Hope Speight does well in the future and everything, but this isn't good for UM.
November 26th, 2017 at 8:07 PM ^
November 26th, 2017 at 8:10 PM ^
You're a credit to the University. Hope everything works out for you, you deserve it.
November 26th, 2017 at 8:14 PM ^
I wonder if his brother will follow him to a different school.
November 26th, 2017 at 8:17 PM ^
Class act!
I honestly think the move is best for Wilton Speight and the program.
Good luck, young man! I will be following.
November 26th, 2017 at 8:19 PM ^
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November 26th, 2017 at 10:55 PM ^
He struggled to move the ball against some seriously bad teams earlier this year...I'm not sure you can say he had MSU and OSU barring injury. It's good to have experience but it's also good to hve clarity at the position and now we know who's going to start next year.
November 26th, 2017 at 8:23 PM ^
Best of luck to you, WS... and take care of that back!
November 26th, 2017 at 8:27 PM ^
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November 27th, 2017 at 1:56 AM ^
can't upvote this enough.
November 27th, 2017 at 2:39 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 3:28 AM ^
this thread, true
in general, no, IMO, things have gotten much worse.
November 27th, 2017 at 8:59 AM ^
November 26th, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^
Fare thee well, Wilt GO BLUE
November 26th, 2017 at 9:03 PM ^
A wonderful career. Thanks for your contributions to Michigan.
November 26th, 2017 at 9:06 PM ^
November 26th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
What a class guy and despite the criticisms, he stepped up each and every play. I applaud his fortitude, hope he is recovering, and wish him the best of luck.
November 26th, 2017 at 9:22 PM ^
November 26th, 2017 at 9:33 PM ^
Good luck to you and all the best. I'll always wonder what might have been for you and this team. I will now hate Purdue forever.
November 26th, 2017 at 9:55 PM ^
still happy for you, that you are able to decide what's best for your future, together with the people that care for you - your family, friends and coaches. I have never stopped feeling sick about the injury you had, and wish for you a happy and healthy future.
Thanks for all you did - as others have said here, True Warrior!
You're going to do great things in life.
November 26th, 2017 at 10:22 PM ^
November 26th, 2017 at 10:48 PM ^
November 26th, 2017 at 11:03 PM ^
This just makes me sad.
November 26th, 2017 at 11:05 PM ^
Everyone presumes that WS would not beat out BP for the starting job in 2018. It's moot now of course, but that wouldn't necessarily have been a foregone conclusion. Nonetheless, it's understandable from Will's perspective that if the starting position doesn't return to him once he's healthy again, then the path of least resistance to a starting position is probably elsewhere. That said, whatever program lands WS is getting a real steal. A competent, experienced and savvy QB with 3 solid years of Harbaugh tutelage, including 2 cycles as a starter. As such he will be ready to go immediately and won't require any coaching up. Even Rudock needed time to work himself into the Harbaughffense.
Wherever he goes, I just hope it's not to a team M will be playing!
Godspeed, Wilton Speight.
November 27th, 2017 at 8:25 AM ^
Yes, WS may have won the job, but it I am guessing that he would be looking over his shoulder the entire time he had the job - essentially the same thing he was dealing with the entire time he was our starter.
He can start over a la Shane Morris and take his Michigan degree with him to the next phase of his life, whatever that may be.
Godspeed, Wilton Speight - Forever a Michigan Man.
November 26th, 2017 at 11:33 PM ^
November 26th, 2017 at 11:48 PM ^
Good luck WIlt, and thanks for all your hard work and dedication. You'll always be a Michigan Man!
No need to worry about this, it's going to be the best thing for the long term healthy of the QB depth chart. Yeah, it would have been nice to have a 5th year guy coming back to help groom the younger guys, etc. But, as much as I respect WS and defended him against those that wanted him replaced, let's not pretend that he was a world-beater QB. He was good at a few things that are important for being a good QB, but his arm and timing had seemingly regressed and he seemed to have the yips. Would he have worked it out? We'll never know.
Michigan needs to get into a good developmental rhythm with super talented guys coming in, redshirting, and then moving into a starting position. I'm not saying Wilt isn't talented, but I think he is very clear about his ceiling (which many in here claim he'd reached) and wasn't wanting to go through another fall camp against an experienced BP, a surging DM, and potentially another talented transfer. I don't really blame him for not wanting to (potentially) play the old back-up role with his last year of eligibility.
Frankly, I don't want the clutter on the depth chart. I don't mean that as a slight against WS -- I've been a big fan of his. But, as coach said, it's time. It's time to let Harbaugh's QB recruits take over the ship and see where they can take it with no muddy waters to deal with.
This is a good thing.
November 27th, 2017 at 1:45 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 7:34 AM ^
He literally had 0 offers and was our best option at QB for 2 seasons. Crazy
November 27th, 2017 at 4:59 PM ^
Well ranted.
You could not possibly be more correct.
November 27th, 2017 at 6:51 PM ^
Good luck to Wilton Speight, I hope he does well wherever he goes like Shane has done. Now the crass part. I'm glad he's leaving. I was dismayed when he was the starter this year and my greatest football dread for next year is him being named the starter again. He wasn't very good last season and he was worse this season.
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