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Michigan football's Grant Newsome hopes to return 'as soon as possible'

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh discusses the disappointing 31-20 loss to Ohio State in the regular season finale Saturday, Nov. 25,2017 at Michigan Stadium. Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press

Michigan left tackle Grant Newsome still holds the goal of being medically cleared to return to football by the start of the 2018 season.

"Before then hopefully," Newsome said Sunday night. "As soon as possible."

Newsome, a 6-foot-7, 315-pounder from New Jersey, sat out the 2017 season to continue rehabbing a serious injury that nearly cost him his right leg midway through the program's 2016 campaign.