Michigan Wolverines Punter Will Hagerup Reinstated to Team, Will Sit Out 2013 Season


Will Hagerup

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Michigan Wolverines‘ senior punter Will Hagerup has been reinstated as an active member of the team. Head coach Brady Hoke announced today that Hagerup will sit out the 2013 season as punishment for a violation of team rules. On December 16, 2012, Hagerup was suspended from the team following the violation. If he avoids any further trouble over the course of the year he will be fully reinstated for the 2014 season and have one year of eligibility left.

Hagerup had this to say regarding his reinstatement via USA Today:  ”I want to thank coach Hoke, Dave Brandon, Greg Harden and all of my teammates who have supported me and always made time for me in their busy schedules, even when it looked like I may not ever play here again. They have given me a new opportunity to become the Michigan Man I always wanted to be and I plan on taking advantage of that second chance. That said — I realize everyone needs to see my actions, not simply hear about them.”

This situation is similar to that of former Michigan wide receiver, Darryl Stonum, who was arrested on a second drunken driving offense in May 2011. Like Hagerup, Stonum was given an opportunity to be reinstated after sitting out a year, but he violated his probation in January and was dismissed from the team days after Michigan defeated Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl. Given what happened to Stonum, nothing is certain for Hagerup and he should learn from his own mistakes, as well as Stonum’s, if he wants to remain a Wolverine.

Mitchell Weiss is a Big Ten Football writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him/her on Twitter @Mitchell_JWeiss, “Like” him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.

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