ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Shea Patterson gets to put his phone away for a few hours Friday afternoon.
The SEC import has spent his first few months in a Michigan winter waiting on an important call from the NCAA. A good chunk of the quarterback's new neighbors in Ann Arbor have been waiting, too. Patterson announced his plans to play for the Wolverines in early December; the school formally asked the NCAA to clear him for immediate competition in February. They had not yet received a response as Patterson suited up with his new teammates for the first time Friday the Wolverines open spring practice.