Tyrone Wheatley Jr. has a cult following among the Michigan football fan base.
He’s the son of one of the greatest Wolverines, his father Tyrone, an elite running back in the early 1990s.
As a four-star defensive end/tight end recruit in 2015, he held his decision just long enough — until signing day — to make his arrival feel like a major recruiting win.
And he joined a position that with this coaching staff is more valuable than nearly anywhere else in America, setting him up for an All-America future.
That his father works as a U-M assistant is the icing for fans, providing that tradition thread highly valued among U-M fans.