Michigan football opens the 2020 season Sept. 5 on the road against Washington, and finishes Nov. 28 on the road against Ohio State. Wochit
It wasn’t a coincidence that Junior Colson chose May 24 to announce his commitment to Michigan football.
It's the date he began a new life.
On May 24, 2012, Colson flew to America and became a permanent citizen, joining his adopted family after spending years in an orphanage.
“That day meant a lot to me,” Colson, a 17-year-old linebacker from Brentwood, Tennessee, near Nashville, told the Free Press. “Ever since I was a freshman, I wanted to commit on that day because it represented a new start, a new journey.