Both Michigan starting running back Fitzgerald Toussaint and defensive end Frank Clark will play against the Air Force Falcons on Saturday, Michigan coach Brady Hoke said Monday. Both Toussaint, who gained 1,041 yards last season, and Clark had been suspended for the No. 8 Wolverines' season-opening 41-14 loss to No. 2 Alabama.

... [Read More]

The fallout from Michigan's loss to No. 2 Alabama continued Monday, when the school announced sophomore cornerback Blake Countess would miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL.Countess, who had 44 tackles last season and was considered the top cornerback for the No. 8 Wolverines, was injured in the first quarter of the 41-14 loss on Saturday while running down the field on punt coverage.He... [Read More]

Michigan coach Brady Hoke said Friday that both starting running back Fitzgerald Toussaint and backup defensive end Frank Clark had been suspended for one game and would not make the trip to Dallas for the Wolverines' season opener against Alabama.

"The decision was not easy, but I feel it is in the best interest of this program and for these kids,... [Read More]

The 5-year-old boy who was told to turn his University of Michigan T-shirt inside out because of an Oklahoma City school district dress code has been invited to a football game by the Wolverines. A Michigan spokesman says Cooper Barton and his family have been invited to the Michigan-Massachusetts game Sept. 15 by athletic director Dave Brandon. Shannon Barton told KWTV that the Wilson... [Read More]

Suspended Michigan football players Fitz Toussaint and Frank Clark have been cleared to practice, coach Brady Hoke said Sunday at the team's media day. Both players missed the first week of workouts after run-ins with the law. Toussaint, the Wolverines' starting tailback, was arrested last month in Ann Arbor on a drunken-driving charge. Clark, a candidate to start at weak-side... [Read More]

The Michigan football team has had its first notable injury setback of the 2012 season. Although coach Brady Hoke doesn't expect it to be overly serious. Hoke announced Sunday that senior wide receiver Roy Roundtree had arthroscopic knee surgery on Friday, and is expected back in two weeks. He had a little cartilage that he needed cleaned up, we expect him back in two... [Read More]

Michigan football coach Brady Hoke announced Monday that junior running back Fitzgerald Toussaint has been suspended indefinitely, after his arrest Saturday in Ann Arbor on a charge of operating a vehicle while impaired. "There are expectations that come with being a football student-athlete at the University of Michigan and those responsibilities were not met in this instance," Hoke... [Read More]

Michigan senior defensive tackle William Campbell was arraigned Thursday on one felony and one misdemeanor charge of malicious destruction of property.The 6-foot-5, 322-pound Campbell was arrested after trying to slide across the hood of a vehicle on April 7 in Ann Arbor. On Thursday, he was charged with malicious destruction of property worth more than $1,000 but less than $20,000.

... [Read More]

Michigan safety Josh Furman, who was acquitted of three misdemeanor charges in Michigan's 15th District Court last week, has been reinstated to the football team, the school said in a release today. Furman was found not guilty of domestic violence, assault and illegal entry charges Thursday in front of judge Elizabeth Pollard Hines. "After allowing the judicial process to run its course and... [Read More]

Michigan safety Josh Furman has been suspended, a U-M official confirmed Monday afternoon, and now faces a trial later this month. No specifics were released by Michigan regarding the suspension, and there is no timetable for his return to the team. But according to 15th District Court records, Furman was arrested Feb. 11 on three counts — domestic violence, assault, and breaking and entering.... [Read More]

Wide receiver Darryl Stonum has been dismissed from the Michigan football team for a violation of team rules.The school announced the dismissal Tuesday, less than two weeks after Stonum was jailed for violating his probation. He was ticketed for driving on a revoked driver's license, which violated his probation following a May 2011 arrest for driving while visually impaired."I love Darryl... [Read More]

Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson and cornerback J.T. Floyd are returning to school for their senior seasons, the university announced Friday on its Twitter feed.Both players submitted their names to the NFL draft advisory board for evaluation but were not expected to leave school early.Robinson will return for his third season as Michigan's starting quarterback after completing 142 of 258... [Read More]

Michigan wide receiver Darryl Stonum was sentenced to 10 days in jail Friday for violation of his probation stemming from a 2011 drunken-driving arrest.Police said Stonum, 21, was stopped Thursday morning and found to be driving on a revoked license on his way to a probation meeting, and lied to his probation officer, Steve Hill, about how he arrived for the meeting.Judge Charles Pope of the 15th... [Read More]