Six months after seeing his Michigan career come to an unceremonious end, Daryl Stonum is apparently ready to start anew in the Big 12.
In a series of tweets posted to his Twitter account Friday evening, the wide receiver “thank[ed] every1 for all the love n support throught [sic] my career” and that “I’m back... time to get back to work.” Included in that last tweet was a picture of the Baylor logo, an indication that the player is headed to the Bears.
Additionally, Stonum retweeted a story about his decision to play for Baylor as well as another tweet that welcomed him to the squad and said that “Coach [Art] Briles will put you in the right places to succeed.”
The school has yet to confirm Stonum’s decision to transfer to the Bears.
Stonum was dismissed from the Wolverines in mid-January, nearly two weeks after he was sentenced to 10 days in jail on a probation violation. Stonum’s probation stemmed from a DUI arrest back in May of last year. As part of his sentence, he was placed on two year’s probation and had his driver’s license stripped for at least a year. He was pulled over by Ann Arbor police for a traffic violation in early January, which triggered a violation of his probation and the jail sentence.
When not running into legal issues off the field, he was a force on it. Stonum, who was also linked to Eastern Michigan after his dismissal, had started 25 of the 36 games in which he played at Michigan as a member of its 2008 recruiting class. In 2010, he finished second on the Wolverines in receptions (49) and receiving yards (633), and his four receiving touchdowns were tied for second on the team as well.
He did not play at all in 2011, instead taking a redshirt for the season as he worked his way through his off-field situation.
As he has already graduated from Michigan, he will be eligible to play for the Bears immediately in 2012 as long as he enrolls in a grad program not offered at his former school.