Mailbag question: Feagin released from the team

I just read that Justin Feagin was released from the team. Do you know why? And now that he is gone did you truly believe he would have seen playing time?

Evan V.

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Thanks for the question.

At this point, all we are hearing is that J. Feagin was dismissed for violations of team rules. That is the generic party line response whenever a player is dismissed, at most universities, when the coaches or school does not want to release the specific cause. Really, we do not want to get into what might have happened (speculation), as many will, or use code to tell people without actually saying.

J. Feagin was a valuable member to the team because of his versatility. He could play slot receiver, quarterback, and help on special teams.

Without numerous injuries, we do not believe J. Feagin would have been a starter, this year or in the future. Largely, this is due to the players that are at Michigan now or will be next year.

T. Forcier had early admission to Michigan and J. Feagin, if we remember correctly, reportedly had mono. So, Justin lost a great chance to show what ability he had early on this spring. Because of the spring qb depth situation, Justin would have taken snaps, along with playing the slot receiver position.

When T. Forcier played well this spring that hastened a likely decision by the coaches to permanently move J. Feagin to slot receiver. Include within this scenario that Michigan now has D. Robinson on campus and also has a commitment from D. Gardner. Therefore, depth at quarterback is not a current primary program issue in our opinion. Yes, coaches would like at least four quarterbacks who can run your system and be prepared if needed. Next year might be the year for this wish to become a reality.

At slot receiver, Michigan has M. Odoms, R. Roundtree, and T. Robinson, who all have more experience than J. Feagin. Then, you have talented players coming in like J. Gallon and J. Stokes, who we believe will see playing time at slot receiver this year. The coaches, we have heard, in an effort to get J. Stokes on the field, will try him at both slot receiver and split end. So, Justin was behind others at two positions.

We wish Justin well. Remember, we have been saying for quite awhile this might happen, and recently stated that we believed this could / would happen.

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