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Michigan players from Florida bond in wake of Hurricane Irma

ANN ARBOR -- Football may have been the focus over the weekend, but nearly a dozen members of the Michigan football team had Hurricane Irma on their minds.

Eleven players on Michigan's 2017 roster call Florida home, the state battered by the category-3 storm that killed at least 12 people and cut power to five million people.

Josh Metellus' mom was one of them. The Michigan safety from Pembroke Pines, Florida, a town of about 150,000 between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, says he's only been able to talk to her every other day since Friday.

"She can't charge her phone," Metellus said.