Michigan Player to Watch: Shea Patterson

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Shea Patterson stepped into the Big Ten fire early on at Michigan. He lived up to his high school recruiting hype.Shea Patterson left a chaotic situation at Ole Miss — which included a post-season bowl ban — in order to have a new opportunity to become a starting quarterback at a big-time football school.

He chose to attend Michigan, a team in desperate need of a steady hand at the quarterback position. Michigan needed a quarterback whose talent was matched by the maturity required to deal with the rigors of representing one the nation’s most scrutinized and nationally relevant/boisterous football programs.

As often as Michigan is in the spotlight, perhaps…