During Christmas break, freshman Joey Files was at his Lake Orion home with his little brothers wondering aloud about things they miss.
Danny and Ben made their revelations, and then it was Joey’s turn.
“I miss football,” his mother, Christine Stephens, heard her oldest say.
Files was a standout football player at Cranbrook-Kingswood High, where he also played basketball and lacrosse, and was an excellent student. He arrived at Michigan last fall eager to pursue medicine, taking 17 credit hours. He also participated on the crew team, a sport he never had tried.
But football for the 6-foot-5, 240-pound Files, who played offensive and defensive line in high school, is a passion.