The whole year of backing up Nolan Smith at point guard in his senior year at Duke must have been the lowest of the low points for Greg Paulus. Paulus came into Duke with super-high expectations — the guy was the Gatorade National Player of the Year in football coming out of high school in Syracuse. But when Coach K comes calling, sometimes you have to go try and live that dream. Things however ended more as a nightmare as Paulus got demoted from his starting gig in his senior year. Once Duke made its swift exit from the tournament, the Green Bay Packers apparently came calling for a workout. As if that wasn’t enough, Michigan football apparently is hot on the trail for Paulus’ services:

According to sources close to the situation, the former Duke point guard was in Ann Arbor on Tuesday meeting with Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez about the possibility of playing this season for the Wolverines.
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He watched Michigan practice Tuesday afternoon and could fit in with Rodriguez’s spread offense. The Wolverines don’t have a clear-cut starting quarterback, and Paulus could come in and play immediately.

I understand that Paulus was all-everything come out of New York, but it’s been four years since the guy played competitively. They really think he’s going to be worth much? I sure don’t think so. Who was the last transition guy to make it, Chris Weinke? I guess if you’re Michigan and you were 3-9 and facing somber days hitting the Makers Mark bottle, you’re open to anything. I can’t imagine a transition would work well but I could be wrong. Also, can someone please explain to me how he has the eligibility to play football after burning four years at Duke??

(via Ballhype)

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