ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- There's nothing conventional about University of Michigan defensive end Chase Winovich, who, according to his father, "beats to his own drum."
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He's a defensive lineman wearing No. 15, a quarterback's number, and one he wore while playing that position at Thomas Jefferson High in Clairton, Pennsylvania.
He's a free spirit who feels his "soul" has lived near the ocean and loves to roll in the sand, and yet his work ethic is second to none, sometimes lifting weights from 10 p.