(Photo: Michael Allio, Associated Press)
Jim Grobe described new Michigan offensive coordinator Josh Gattis, hired last week from Alabama, as an aggressive, intuitive free safety in college at Wake Forest "who just got football."
Gattis was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference safety in 2005 and 2006 for the Demon Deacons and was a fifth-round pick by Jacksonville in the 2007 NFL Draft. As Grobe spoke about his former defensive standout, he could not have painted a better or clearer picture of the 35-year-old — his birthday is Tuesday — Jim Harbaugh has trusted to run the offense.