Four months after Shea Patterson transferred to Michigan, he will be granted a transfer waiver by the NCAA and will be immediately eligible to play this fall, a source with knowledge of the situation told The Detroit News on Thursday night.
This decision concludes a twisting, often uncertain and lengthy process since Patterson, the No. 1 quarterback in the 2016 recruiting class, decided to transfer from Ole Miss, which is now on NCAA probation for three years and has one year left of a two-year bowl ban.
Patterson, who had been starter at Ole Miss, filed the waiver appeal through Michigan’s compliance department contending he was lied to by former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze, members of the football staff and athletic department personnel.