Former Four-Star Recruit Michael Ferns, a Michigan Transfer, Leaves WVU Football to Focus on Degree
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on February 23, 2017 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
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According to MetroNews, fullback/tight end Michael Ferns III’s decision to leave the West Virginia football team was “100 percent about getting his engineering degree,” his father told MetroNews on Wednesday night.
The redshirt junior, a former four-star recruit, played 74 offensive snaps last season for Coach Dana Holgorsen's Mountaineers after transferring from Michigan. The ex-linebacker did not record a carry or a catch but appeared on 196 special-teams plays.
While Ferns figured to be the No. 2 blocking back behind Elijah Wellman next season, he’s an academic senior taking advanced classes in calculus, coding and app design, while targeting a 3.25 GPA in order to enter graduate school next spring.
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Editor's Note: Photo courtesy of WVU Sports Communications; Photo by Ken Inness.
