Greg Paulus... the Michigan QB?

[Sportsbuck]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4067162

Later on Tuesday, a University of Michigan official confirmed to ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel that Paulus visited the Ann Arbor campus on Tuesday.

Sources told ESPN.com's Christopher Lawlor that Paulus was there to speak to football coach Rich Rodriguez about the possibility of playing this season for the Wolverines. Paulus, who watched Michigan practice Tuesday afternoon, could fit in with Rodriguez's spread offense, the sources said.

Though Paulus, from Syracuse, N.Y., opted for the Blue Devils as a basketball player, he is not without some serious football credentials. He was offered a football scholarship by Notre Dame as well as the University of Miami, and was a former Gatorade football player of the year at Christian Brothers Academy.

"To play at the NFL level he might have to add 30 pounds," Christian Brothers football coach Joe Casamento told ESPN's Joe Schad. "He could always throw it accurately and he's a smart winner and a leader, but where now is the arm strength?"

As for a year of college football? "Im not sure the Michigan offense suits him," Casamento said. "We ran a spread, but a spread to pass. He might take some pounding in that offense. I understand Greg is keeping his options open, but I still believe basketball is his passion. When he chose basketball, he told me that one day he'd like to be a basketball coach."


Paulus, 6-foot-1, 180 pounds, was a four-time all-state player at Christian Brothers and a starter in the U.S. Army All-American game, and set six state passing records. Christian Brothers was 42-3 during his time there, and he had 11,763 career passing yards and 152 touchdown passes in 45 games.

Please let this happen.

 

[bucky]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4067162



Please let this happen.

Why, you would get the guy for only one year. He has only one year of football eligibility.

 

[Vinsane]

Why, you would get the guy for only one year. He has only one year of football eligibility.

One year to get the shit kicked out of him. I'm down for it, go ahead Rich Rod.

 

[Sportsbuck]

Can't get teabagged through a facemask.

 

[OKCL]

So much news around this kid.

 

[Herm]

If NFL teams are having him work out, the only reason to go to Michigan is to get that free year of grad school?

 

[Woy]

I'm calling it now, Detroit's going to say fuck Matt Stafford and take Greg Paulus number one overall.
He's got so much more potential than Stafford and Marc Sanchez combined.

 

[Sportsbuck]

If NFL teams are having him work out, the only reason to go to Michigan is to get that free year of grad school?

Packers reportedly told him he needed work, he could get instruction for a year (Which also begs the question as to why you would go to RR for help when he hasn't developed a single QB, and David Cutcliffe is down the street).

 

[Woy]

Packers reportedly told him he needed work, he could get instruction for a year (Which also begs the question as to why you would go to RR for help when he hasn't developed a single QB, and David Cutcliffe is down the street).

Cutcliffe offered him to come to spring drills but to play WR, not QB.
I read that on ESPN earlier today.

 

[krulmichael]

Yea...if this kid was smart he wouldn't take this offer...take it from a Wolverines fan.

 

[Sportsbuck]

No way Paulus could go in now and beat Forcier after the spring he had. Not saying Paulus is going, just that Michigan has found their guy.

For now they have... Denard Robinson will have tp step up sometime in the fall because there is no way Forcier lasts the entire year without missing games.

 

[Youk]

If he goes to Michigan, can he be redshirted for this season and still play the season after that? Not a typical case, so I'm not sure.

 

[mgoblue2290]

I think he'd go to Michigan just to get some practice in as QB. He probably wouldn't play but he would get time on the scout team for sure.

 

[Sportsbuck]

I think we'll see more passing at Michigan than the offense we saw at West Virginia. Forcier is great on the run and is a better passer than Robinson. Plus, he already has a much better grasp of the offense.

I honestly don't know what to expect, I mean I certainly didn't expect to see him running the read option with Threet.

 

[ralaw]

Can someone explain to me how he has 1 year of football eligibilty, because I'm not understanding. Do college athletes have 5 years of athletic eligibility if they haven't graduated or something?

 

[FirstTimer]

Can someone explain to me how he has 1 year of football eligibilty, because I'm not understanding. Do college athletes have 5 years of athletic eligibility if they haven't graduated or something?

The way I think it goes is you have 5 years of athletic elegibility in general, but can only use 4, maximum, in one sport. So he used 4 of his 5 years in basketball, but he used ALL of his basketball up. That means he hs one year left to use in a sport of his choosing. I'm pretty sure he could use it in Lacrosse or anything if he wanted to but he obviously would want to use it in football.

I could be WAY off.......... but this is just my guess.

 

[ralaw]

The way I think it goes is you have 5 years of athletic elegibility in general, but can only use 4, maximum, in one sport. So he used 4 of his 5 years in basketball, but he used ALL of his basketball up. That means he hs one year left to use in a sport of his choosing. I'm pretty sure he could use it in Lacrosse or anything if he wanted to but he obviously would want to use it in football.

I could be WAY off.......... but this is just my guess.

I don't understand how Paulus can transfer to Michigan without getting around the usual penalty of having to sit out one year, which would wipe out his only remaining year to play.

 

[FirstTimer]

I don't understand how Paulus can transfer to Michigan without getting around the usual penalty of having to sit out one year, which would wipe out his only remaining year to play.

Maybe because he never played football at Duke. The transfer rule about sitting out a year may only apply if you are transferring from one school to another to play the same sport.

 

[Senser81]

I don't understand how Paulus can transfer to Michigan without getting around the usual penalty of having to sit out one year, which would wipe out his only remaining year to play.

They only make you sit out a year if you don't suck at sports.

 

[NAHSTE]

Can someone explain to me how he has 1 year of football eligibilty, because I'm not understanding. Do college athletes have 5 years of athletic eligibility if they haven't graduated or something?

Because he didn't redshirt and he graduated on time, I believe he has one year of eligibility in a different sport. This is similar to the rule that allowed the Utah player to transfer to Florida for his 5th year and play immediately after he had graduated.

I don't think that rule is still in effect but I do believe it still applies if you are choosing to play a different sport. He has 1 year of football eligibility left by virtue of not redshirting, and since he is going to graduate from Duke in June and will attend Michigan grad school, he does not have to sit out.

NCAA put the rule in place to incentivize graduation rates I believe.