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Karsen Barnhart loved dirt bikes. Now he's signing with Michigan football

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh and athletic director Warde Manuel shoot down NFL rumors on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, at Crisler Center. Nick Baumgardner, Freep

PAW PAW — With all of the concussion talk these days, parents are concerned about safety when their kids decide to play high school football.

Not Jenny Barnhart. Not by a longshot.

In fact, she was relieved when her son, Karsen, decided to play football for Paw Paw, a quiet rural community some 20 miles west of Kalamazoo.

That may not make sense, but you have to know Barnhart and how he grew up.