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Michigan's Zavier Simpson gets another test in Purdue's Carsen Edwards

Free Press sports writers Nick Baumgardner, Orion Sang and Shawn Windsor break down Michigan basketball's win over North Carolina on Nov. 28, 2018. Nick Baumgardner and Shawn Windsor and Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press

Michigan's Zavier Simpson's football career ended when he reached high school.

The junior point guard, from Lima, Ohio, played on a pee-wee team in seventh and eighth grade.

He was a running back. And a cornerback.

It might surprise some to hear Simpson played more on offense than he did on defense.