Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson is 'excited' about the new offense Angelique S. Chengelis, The Detroit News
Shea Patterson just wanted to play football. He wanted to lead Michigan at quarterback — he hoped right away — after transferring from Ole Miss, where he said he was “lied to” and experienced a “catastrophic” situation.
But the journey wasn’t that easy. There was the NCAA’s entrenched “year-in-residence” rule that requires transfers to sit a year, and that blocked his path.
It recently passed without fanfare, the one-year anniversary that Patterson — teamed with a tenacious, leave-no-stone-unturned attorney and backed by a father who passionately supports his son and wanted to see an injustice reversed — was granted immediate eligibility after a grueling process challenging the NCAA.