Josh Gattis and Shea Patterson answer questions before Michigan's game against Alabama in Citrus Bowl, Dec. 29, 2019. Detroit Free Press
INDIANAPOLIS — As a pack of media swarmed Tua Tagovailoa on Tuesday, a small crowd of reporters gathered around Shea Patterson.
The former quarterback of Michigan football and Ole Miss, and IMG Academy, Calvary Baptist Academy and Hidalgo High, understood he was no longer the man of the hour — having come to that realization long before he was pushed off to a side podium inside the Indiana Convention Center during the NFL scouting combine.
“It’s not weird,” he said.