Michigan has had some memorable quarterback competitions over the decades, but not many were as peculiar as the one that transpired in 1999.
Although Tom Brady was Michigan’s starting QB in ‘98, Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr wanted to give sophomore Drew Henson a crack at the gig in 1999. “I know this: there isn’t a coach in the country who has a better situation at quarterback,” Carr said in August ‘99.
Henson was considered the best high school QB to ever come out of the state of Michigan, he was personally recruited by Bo Schembechler, Carr called him the most talented quarterback he had ever been around.