Tyrone Wheatley is back in the NFL.
The former Michigan football star has reportedly accepted a job with the Denver Broncos. Wheatley had most recently been head coach at Morgan State.
He played 10 seasons in the NFL, rushing for 4,962 yards and seven touchdowns for the New York Giants and Oakland Raiders. Wheatley, 50, previously served as running backs coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills and worked at several colleges, too, including Michigan, where he was running backs coach for two seasons.
As a Wolverine, he ran for 4,187 yards and 47 touchdowns before being drafted by the Giants in 1995.