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Michigan football's next QB doesn't know when he'll start college

Michigan football opens the 2020 season Sept. 5 on the road against Washington, and finishes Nov. 28 on the road against Ohio State. Wochit

Just three months have passed since Dan Villari’s dream came true.

Michigan football tendered him a scholarship and he signed on the spot in late December, capping a whirlwind recruitment that materialized at the eleventh hour with a stroke of serendipity.

The three-star quarterback prospect from Massapequa, New York, was thrilled he would be playing for the only Power 5 program that made him an offer — relishing a stunning turn of events that sent a little-known player from Long Island to one of college football’s tradition-rich strongholds.