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Whether or not the Big Ten is able to pull off a winter season, Michigan football will be without another one of its star players.
Just days after starting right tackle Jalen Mayfield announced that he wouldn’t be returning to school in order to focus on preparing for the NFL draft, this time a player on defense decided to join him. Though the conference is reportedly picking up steam with the idea of starting the season in early January as opposed to spring proper, Wolverines cornerback Ambry Thomas — a player who very well could have entered the 2020 NFL Draft — has made the choice to move on with his career and look ahead to joining the professional ranks in 2021.
He made the announcement that his Michigan career is over via Twitter.
Go blue! pic.twitter.com/5XENnqJ8Hu
— Ambry Thomas (@Tavonn_) August 20, 2020
Despite a debilitating bout with colitis over the offseason in 2019, Thomas had his best season yet last year, his first as a starter. PFF gave him an 80.8 grade in 2019, a year he started with a bang, with season-best coverage and defensive ratings in the season opener.
Without Thomas, Michigan is without both of its starting cornerbacks from the past season.