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So much for the starting defensive line returning intact in 2020.
After a report surfaced on Tuesday that Michigan DT Carlo Kemp intends to return for a fifth year, it looked like all four starters would be returning for a second consecutive season. But some water got thrown on that plan.
Michigan defensive tackle Michael Dwumfour, who dealt with injury all through the season, and didn’t play in the bowl game due to having season ending surgery in December, looks to depart, as he announced on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon that he is now in the NCAA transfer portal and will finish his final year in another uniform.
— Michael DwumFour (@HON5H0) January 14, 2020
One person close to Dwumfour, as mentioned on the Locked On Wolverines Podcast, had indicated that he intended to return to Michigan for his fifth-year. Plans seem to have changed on that front.
That means the Wolverines will be counting on either Chris Hinton, Mazi Smith or Jess Speight to fill the big void left by Dwumfour’s departure.
He will be eligible immediately with one year left of eligibility at his school of choice.