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Friday, June 26, 2015

Ondre Pipkins, Ex-Wolverine

Ondre Pipkins
Rising senior defensive tackle Ondre Pipkins is going to attempt to transfer. A couple times I have hinted that this was going to happen, and unfortunately, it's not happening in a positive light for Jim Harbaugh and the program. Pipkins feels he was forced out because the staff needed a scholarship, even though that doesn't make sense because Pipkins would have been a senior and vacating his scholarship for a class of 2016 player, anyway.

Regardless, Pipkins is now out of the picture. I had recently placed him at #66 on the 2015 Season Countdown (LINK), and I did not expect him to make a big impact this season even if he had stayed. He tore his ACL in the middle of his sophomore year, but in 24 career games, he made just 23 tackles and 1 tackle for loss. He was a promising high school prospect who did not seem destined to match his recruiting profile once he saw the field in college.

Pipkins has received permission to talk to Florida State, Georgia State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Tennessee, and Washington State. Former Wolverine Josh Furman was drafted out of Oklahoma State this spring after playing the 2014 season there as a graduate transfer. Former Michigan linebackers/cornerbacks coach Roy Manning is now coaching at Washington State.
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10 comments:

  1. LanknowsJune 26, 2015 at 3:20 PM

    It makes sense if they want to take a transfer. They just had a potential candidate visit last week.

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  2. LanknowsJune 26, 2015 at 3:22 PM

    Unfortunately for Ondre, I think it's very unlikely he finds a big time program to take on 2 years worth of scholarships to get one season of play from him. He'll likely end up in a lower division of football or maybe a mid major type program where he might be able to make an impact.

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    1. ThunderJune 27, 2015 at 4:41 AM

      I think he would be best off transferring to an FCS program and trying to make a name for himself there if he wants to play in the pros. Transferring somewhere to play on the scout team for a year only increases the likelihood of another injury before he has a chance at the NFL.

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  3. AnonymousJune 26, 2015 at 4:09 PM

    Mind boggling...

    He's going to be a senior. Haven't heard any rumblings of any grad transfers coming in. There is no reason to "cut" him, to make space.

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    1. ThunderJune 27, 2015 at 4:41 AM

      There have been rumblings about grad transfers.

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  4. georgiablueJune 26, 2015 at 5:05 PM

    One of those things is not like the other. Georgia State?? Not Georgia, or Georgia Tech, perhaps?

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  5. doctor_kazJune 26, 2015 at 6:02 PM

    The career of yet another 5* stud recruit leads to crushing disappointment. It sure would be nice to have one of those live up to his billing for a change.

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  6. suduri xusaiJune 27, 2015 at 12:49 AM

    Ondre should've just shut up and not make this into a drama. He wasn't going to get playtime, why not just get your degree and eye for a grad transfer? Div. 1 teams won't take him and he can't play in 2015 anyway. Now he burned the bridges with Michigan's staff -- can he now come back for football alumni meetings? of course not. Kids don't understand the consequences of their actions.

    Ondre complaining about this to the media and burning bridges with Harbaugh and co. just hurted him even more.

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    1. LanknowsJune 27, 2015 at 6:35 PM

      You can't grad transfer if you don't red-shirt. Pipkins didn't.

      The choice he was given was Michigan or football.

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    2. AnonymousJune 29, 2015 at 9:11 AM

      Except this could've been his "redshirt" year.

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