Benjamin St-Juste may have left Ann Arbor, but he hasn’t left the Big Ten.
Taking to Twitter Tuesday night, St-Juste announced that he will be continuing his collegiate playing career at Minnesota. As a graduate transfer, the cornerback is eligible to play immediately for the Golden Gophers in 2019.
Not only that, but St-Juste will have two more years of eligibility after this season as he graduated from his previous school in less than two-and-a-half years.
Told my family be patient watch me go get it #RowtheBoat #Committed pic.twitter.com/o22RE3NgDG
— Benjamin St-Juste (@Benj_Juice) May 22, 2019
In late March, Michigan confirmed that St-Juste, who dealt with hamstring issues last year, had decided to medically retire from the sport. A little over a month later, the cornerback took to social media to announce that, instead, he would be entering his name into the NCAA transfer database while also disputing that he had retired from playing football as U-M had originally claimed.
A four-star 2017 signee, St-Juste was the No. 39 cornerback in the country coming out of high school in Canada. After playing in 12 games as a true freshman, the 6-3, 196-pound corner didn’t see the field at all due to the hamstring issue.