Michigan Football Monday: Justin Feagin Caught In a Drug Deal

When a player is thrown off the team for "Violation of Team Rules," you know it's something more then missing a work out or being late for a meeting.

The Freep found out why:

Justin Feagin was an alleged drug dealer at the University of Michigan. He had helped a friend try to set up a cocaine deal that never happened and some people around Feagin said he was known to have been selling pot. Feagin also had somewhat of a checkered past, as he had a couple of arrests in high school.

Feagin told police that he also had been arrested for battery and trespass “on two different occasions” in Florida and that “nothing ever came of either situation.”

Basically what happened was that Feagin told a guy named TJ Burke that he had a contact in Florida that could get him some Cocaine to re-sell. Burke gave Feagin $600 and the Coke never showed up. Burke got mad and tried to make a home made bomb outside Feagin's dorm room to scare him. The police investigated and found out the information on and from Feagin and Rich Rod threw him off the team immediately.

Burke on the other hand owes the university about $15,000 in damages and most likely will spend 10 years in jail. Feagin is back in Florida and may be enrolling at Appalachian State (my guess is not now) and will get to spend time with his uncle who is also pending charges on a serious crime.

Moral of this story: RR had a very small window to recruit a dual threat quarterback. He picked off a guy in Florida who had an upside but was a very raw quarterback. Rich Rod also mentioned (I believe at Media Day) that he recruited a few guys that weren't Michigan caliber that didn't work out.

With that quote, I believe Feagin to be that example.

So things like this happened and RR moved quickly to dismiss him, which was the right decision. In hindsight, he never should have been a Wolverine. Thank goodness they took a pass on BJ Daniels (who was rumored to have asked for money).

On a side note, I remember reading an article in the USA Today after signing day that said Michigan was a "loser" on signing day because they didn't sign Daniels. My guess is they made the right decision in not signing him. In the future, I hope they take a pass on Justin Feagin's types as well.

The above example also gives some credence to Wermer's accusation that RR has recruited a different type of athlete. Let's hope this is the only example.

• Fall Camp starts today and the above BS doesn't matter anymore.

• There is some speculation that Michigan will hear about the status of Justin Turner today around 3:30 p.m. Bighouse Blog will have the information as soon as it comes available.