Troy Woolfolk Injured: Michigan's Time to Panic

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

As we know, Michigan's depth at cornerback is very thin with players that have experience.  As Michigan fans, we felt ok losing Warren to the NFL with senior Troy Woolfolk at one corner and JT Floyd or JT Turner at the other.

Flash forward to August 17.  JT Turner left the team after the first day of practice and now-senior cornerback (son of Michigan legend Butch)Troy Woolfolk has injured himself during practice today.  He is currently at the hospital and from the initial reports it seems to be a dislocated ankle, which would put him out for the year.

I'm not sure what the universe has against Michigan defensive backs but we get it, you win.  Universe you are the champ, now please move on to another team.

Here is the list I put together after Turner left:

Michigan defensive backs lost in the last year:

Demar Dorsey = Never enrolled admission issues
Adrian Witty = Never enrolled admission issues now at Cincinnati 
Justin Turner = Transfer due to inability to break into the starting lineup
Boubacar Cissoko = Transferred to a different type of Big House
Donovan Warren = NFL

This was the one player Michigan couldn't lose on defense, and now it looks like they have.  For sure we will see freshman playing.  Hello, Cullen Christian.  Hello, Courtney Avery. Welcome to September 4.

Troy can redshirt if he is for sure lost for the year.

Update from Butch (Troy's dad):  freep link

“I’m only listening to what the coaches told me, but they said it happened during a tackle. His foot got stuck in the turf and his ankle just turned,” Butch Woolfolk said from Sugar Land, Texas, where he lives and where Troy grew up. “It was dislocated and when they put it back in the socket, they did an X-ray and found out about the ligament (damage) and the bone broke.”

As for surgery, that’s a decision that may be days away.

“They don’t know yet, they’ll wait until the swelling goes down,” said Butch, a former U-M tailback, who plans to come to Michigan as soon as he can.

“I’ve spoken to him,” Butch said, adding that Troy is on medicine to mask the leg pain but is emotionally devastated. “Yeah, he’s pretty crushed. The strange thing is he decided not to work (at a job) in the off-season so he could just workout, and he said he’s in the best shape of his life. He called me everyday after practice and said he was at the top of his game. And I heard the same thing from the coaches. He was ready.”