SB Nation Detroit - Former Michigan Cornerback Justin Turner Reportedly Will Transfer To West Virginiahttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48919/detroit-fave.png2010-08-20T14:16:38-04:00http://detroit.sbnation.com/rss/stream/13820122010-08-20T14:16:38-04:002010-08-20T14:16:38-04:00Justin Turner Reportedly Will Transfer To West Virginia
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<p>Former Michigan cornerback Justin Turner, who left the team last week, is reportedly <a href="http://www.wvmetronews.com/wvu.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=38833">going to transfer to West Virginia</a>.</p>
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<p>A little over a week after he was granted his released from the University of Michigan former five-star safety Justin Turner will take is talents to Morgantown, according to Ray Jeske from ESPN 990 in Massillon, Ohio. The 6-foot-2, 186 pound safety was unhappy with the playing time he was getting with the Wolverines. He will sit out his first year at WVU and will be eligible to play for the Mountaineers next season.</p>
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<p>With Troy Woolfolk out for the season, Michigan could certainly use Turner, who would probably play quite a bit now that depth is even thinner at the position. Then again, if Turner couldn't crack the depth chart of Michigan's mediocre secondary even before the Woolfolk injury, it suggests he would have still had a ways to go before seeing the field. Either way, I'm sure Michigan wishes it still had the extra depth.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/2010/8/20/1633701/justin-turner-transfer-west-virginia-michiganSean Yuille2010-08-11T14:39:26-04:002010-08-11T14:39:26-04:00Michigan Cornerback Justin Turner Leaves Team, Will Transfer
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<p>Cornerback <span class="sbn-auto-link">Justin Turner</span>, a redshirt freshman from Massillon, Ohio, has decided to <a href="http://mgoblog.com/content/greg-robinson-presser-notes-8-11-10">leave the Michigan football team</a> and will transfer. He asked for and received his release from Michigan on Tuesday, and now he will look for a new place to play college football.</p>
<p>Turner didn't make it to camp on time last year because of NCAA Clearinghouse issues. The hope originally was for them to be worked out before camp got underway, but instead he showed up after practice had already been going on, and that set him back for the entire season. Although Michigan's secondary struggled throughout the year, Turner didn't see any game action and was redshirted.</p>
<p>This year, with the depth at cornerback already thin, it was expected that Turner would be in the mix to start. Instead, speculation suggests that he was out of shape and wasn't ready to play physically-speaking, although the lack of depth may have forced him into the lineup. Either way, <a href="http://mgoblog.com/content/justin-turner-transfer">as mgoblog points out</a>, there's no doubt that losing another cornerback hurts considering how little depth there was to begin with.</p>
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<p>Impact on the team bit: losing Turner is a terrible blow to a secondary short on everything; beyond the starters at corner Michigan has three freshmen, one of them highly touted and the other two middling three-stars, and vagabond <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/6827/James_Rogers">James Rogers</a>. Corner's the worst spot on the team to suffer attrition. Turner was a near five-star coming out of high school who killed people at the Army game; his disappearance from Michigan without so much as playing a snap ranks up there with the most disappointing recruiting flameouts ever.</p>
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<p>Cornerback was already Michigan's thinnest position, and now the depth situation is even worse. On paper, it looks like it will be bad enough just with who is at the position, but if a starter like <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/6826/Troy_Woolfolk">Troy Woolfolk</a> goes down, Michigan is really screwed. After all, the secondary was absolutely terrible last year, and that was with <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/6801/Donovan_Warren">Donovan Warren</a>, who left Michigan a year early. It hurts to even think about what it will be like this year</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/2010/8/11/2319187/michigan-cornerback-justin-turner-leaves-team-will-transferSean Yuille