Jabrill Peppers to turn pro [EDIT: Report Is Incorrect, Per Peppers]

But we sure as shit need sure tackling up the middle, our safety play is an abomination.  I'm not sure if I could handle the scrutiny he would receive from the fan base though, it would be both annoying and unfair.

As much as I'd like to see him more often, I hope he doesn't go to the Lions, Browns or 49ers.

For Jabrill's sake I really hope you're wrong

I'd prefer... "with the 32nd pick in the 2017 NFL draft, the Detroit Lions select Jabrill Peppers, University of Michigan." But I know he won't last that long. :)

FFS, it's not that he wasn't ALLOWED, he was so beyond upset that he couldn't play that Harbaugh suggested he sit in the box so as not to be a distraction.

He could have. He's had three days.

It is almost as if he never lived up to the high expectations this blog put on him.

"... never beat OSU ..." WTF? It's a team game.

Really?   He's a stud and gave it all in every game he played.

This hast to be one of the dumbest takes ever.  Dude was a Heisman finalist and the best player on our best defense in a decade, but I guess the fact that he got injured the day before the Orange bowl somehow negates that. 

Unfortunately, you're right. Except legacy means he did something worth remembering. Which in Michigan terms is beating OSU, winning the division, winning the Big Ten and winning the National Title. Great player but there's literally 3 plays i'll remember and 1 didnt even count after penalty

I see with the downvotes you have a controversial opinion there but I can get behind it to a degree.  In a Mitch McGary way (but for very different reasons) I felt wanting more - both guys missed a portion of their careers here.  With Peppers it was much of first year and both bowls.  While it is not all about stats, someone posted Hooker's stats in 1 year as a safety and they were pretty jaw dropping in terms of game changing plays.  And obviously he did it in the biggest game of all (at least in the conference).  We didn't see those game changing plays like a Woodson or Howard.

I also believe was under utilized on offense.  Watching Adoree Jackson do cool things for USC the past 2 years on offense (more in 2015 than 2016) I can only think unless Jabrill has bad hands why he wasn't a slot WR here or there, why he didn't get more play as a pure RB rather than a Pepcat. Etc.  That said, I put that more on coaches.

Jabrill probably had an impact we don't see on the stat sheet and I give him major credit for playing out of position this year.  I also think his punt returning prowess is something that will be missed - very obvious in the bowl game when a lot of those low driven balls were not fielded like he would. 

A very good player at UM and one of the most diverse players ever in modern game but perhaps not as dominant in 1 thing like maybe we expected when he came in.

I wish him luck in the NFL and hope he goes to the right system - he strikes me as a high ceiling low floor guy in the NFL - and most of that will be based on his DC and utilization.

Without Jabrill and his versatility, I highly doubt that we have two 10 win seasons immediately after the Hoke dumpster fire. Jabrill covered up many weaknesses on defense with his all everything presence. And field position - without his excellent return ability, the offense would have struggled to get in the endzone more than they already did the past two years. Just imagine how things would've been the past two years without him. Harbaugh played the biggest role in our success by changing the culture, but the rate of change is not as great without Jabrill. He was a program changer for UM and will go down as a legend even without a win over OSU or a championship under his belt. He is simply one of the best.

The Lions? You sadist!