Nebraska WR JD Spielman in Transfer Portal

Submitted by CincyBlue on June 8th, 2020 at 2:37 PM

Former Michigan recruit and son of the Vikings GM is now in the transfer portal.  He had left the team 3 months ago to deal with a personal matter, reports are he hasn't graduated and would need a waiver to play immediately. 

BoFlex

June 8th, 2020 at 3:21 PM ^

Is Michigan even on his radar anymore? The team hasn’t really been making a bunch of headlines in the WR department the last 6-7 years.

SBayBlue

June 8th, 2020 at 3:56 PM ^

He has had the most explosive plays of any slot receiver in the country since 2017, the third most receiving yards in school history (2,546), and has had 5 return TDs. Yeah, we don't need anyone that good. We're set.

You can never have enough good receivers. Never.

ThisGuyFawkes

June 8th, 2020 at 6:14 PM ^

That's wrong -- we signed our best recruiting class ever at WR 3 years ago. We have one of those players drafted already (DPJ) with another one highly likely to be drafted (Nico) next year.

We've also had 5 WRs drafted in the last 7 draft classes (to your specific point above) -- other than 2002 - 2008 that is the best stretch in UM history

kurpit

June 9th, 2020 at 1:16 AM ^

If the highest achievement you can say for any Michigan receiver in the last 7 years is "they got drafted" then that's pretty fucking weak. I legit wonder when people make boasts like this if they just don't know what success looks like or if they're just making excuses.

WestQuad

June 8th, 2020 at 4:40 PM ^

I've never heard of JD Spielman and did not know he was adopted.  How does an NFL GM adopt a kid that is good enough to play D1 college ball?  I mean pro athletes biological kids often don't even make it that far.  Crazy story.