Here's a transfer story that you don't hear every day.
Benjamin St. Juste, CB, from Montreal signed with Michigan and enrolled early in January 2017. By the spring of 2019, he had earned his degree at Michigan and became a graduate transfer to Minnesota - with three years of eligibility left. He's getting his (first) Masters in Sports Management.
Being from Montreal (Attended Cegep du Vieux Montréal HS), where high school ends in the 11th grade, most students go on to a junior college-like system called CEGEP.
St Juste played twelve games on special teams for Michigan in 2017. But he redshirted in 2018 due to a hamstring injury.
He wasn't on Michigan's spring roster and, per their spokesman, he had medically retired because he was not medically cleared to play at Michigan. The NCAA granted him another year of eligibility if he chose to play football again. Michigan offered him a scholarship for a year as he was accepted into their graduate program in Kinesiology. He finished with a 3.5 GPA and majored in sociology.
St Juste disputed that he had ever medically retired - “To clarify things on my situation, I NEVER RETIRED FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL. I had no power in that decision so stay stuned to my next announcement this week.”
He entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer. Minnesota was the first to call. He loved his visit there. The 6'3" 200 lb Cornerback became a starter halfway through Minnesota's 11-2 season this season. He's now twenty-two with two more years of eligibility left. He is projected as one of their starting CBs in 2020.
Minnesota's projected defensive starters in 2020 include seven players who are Seniors or Graduate Transfers, including Micah Dew-Treadway.
Benjamin St. Juste, CB, from Montreal signed with Michigan and enrolled early in January 2017. By the spring of 2019, he had earned his degree at Michigan and became a graduate transfer to Minnesota - with three years of eligibility left. He's getting his (first) Masters in Sports Management.
Being from Montreal (Attended Cegep du Vieux Montréal HS), where high school ends in the 11th grade, most students go on to a junior college-like system called CEGEP.
St Juste played twelve games on special teams for Michigan in 2017. But he redshirted in 2018 due to a hamstring injury.
He wasn't on Michigan's spring roster and, per their spokesman, he had medically retired because he was not medically cleared to play at Michigan. The NCAA granted him another year of eligibility if he chose to play football again. Michigan offered him a scholarship for a year as he was accepted into their graduate program in Kinesiology. He finished with a 3.5 GPA and majored in sociology.
St Juste disputed that he had ever medically retired - “To clarify things on my situation, I NEVER RETIRED FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL. I had no power in that decision so stay stuned to my next announcement this week.”
He entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer. Minnesota was the first to call. He loved his visit there. The 6'3" 200 lb Cornerback became a starter halfway through Minnesota's 11-2 season this season. He's now twenty-two with two more years of eligibility left. He is projected as one of their starting CBs in 2020.
Minnesota's projected defensive starters in 2020 include seven players who are Seniors or Graduate Transfers, including Micah Dew-Treadway.
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