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Michigan football QB Shea Patterson is returning for senior year

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh speaks at the National Football Foundation’s Dream Team banquet in Dearborn on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.

Michigan football will have quarterback Shea Patterson for one more season.

The junior quarterback announced his decision to return to school for his senior season in 2019 rather than pursue a possible spot in the upcoming NFL draft.

Patterson will play for Michigan in the Peach Bowl vs. Florida on Dec. 29 in Atlanta.

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“There is absolutely nothing like playing in the Big House in front of the greatest fans in the country,” Patterson wrote via his Twitter account Friday.