Tag: Devin Gil

Michigan LB chooses transfer destination

For the second time in a few years, the Wolverines lose a player to the American Conference program.

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College football has been on hold due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, and that includes hosting recruits in person on campus.

But one outgoing Michigan player has chosen his school of choice in the middle of all of this.

On March 10, former Wolverines linebacker Devin Gil announced that he would not be returning to Ann Arbor and just over a month later, we now know his destination. The South Florida native has made the decision to return to the namesake, announcing on Twitter on Tuesday that he’s committing to the University of South Florida in Tampa.

He will be immediately eligible and have one season left at the NCAA level.

Gil spent most of his time in Ann Arbor on special teams or in a reserve role at weak-side linebacker, but split the starting WILL job with Josh Ross in 2018. However, he was supplanted in 2019 by former walk-on Jordan Glasgow, who came on strong during the offseason. Gil’s reserve role was also decimated in the process, as he saw little time on the defensive side of the ball, but remained on special teams.

He isn’t the only former Michigan player to end up with the Bulls. Wide receiver Eddie McDoom left the program after the 2017 season and transferred to USF — near his hometown. Conversely, Michigan hired linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary, who was South Florida’s defensive coordinator under Charlie Strong the past few seasons.

Michigan LB enters NCAA transfer portal

The last of the Flanagan High School trio left in Ann Arbor, the linebacker opts to seek his fifth-year elsewhere.

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And just like that, the Flanagan trio in Ann Arbor are no more.

With Devin Bush Jr. departing from Michigan a year early, and Josh Metellus graduating, there was but one player left from the 2016 class of Charles Flanagan High School outside of Miami, the program formerly coached by Devin Bush Sr. — who also departed Ann Arbor this offseason for Ole Miss.

Devin Gil was the second of the trio of players to commit to the Wolverines, and got some serious playing time in his junior year. However, he was relegated to mostly special teams in 2019 after spending most of 2018 at the WILL linebacker position.

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He took to Twitter to announce that he will be spending his fifth-year elsewhere, as he’s entering his name into the NCAA transfer portal.

As a graduate, Gil will be eligible immediately at his school of choice. He redshirted in his first season with the maize and blue.

In his three years of play, Gil accumulated 45 tackles (28 solo), with 3.5 for a loss and one sack.