Michigan senior defensive lineman Ondre Pipkins has one year of eligibility left in his collegiate career. But he says new head coach Jim Harbaugh and his staff told him that he won't use it playing for the Wolverines this fall.
According to ESPN's Joe Schad, Pipkins said Harbaugh, head athletic trainer Paul Schmidt and associate athletic director Jim Minick pressured him to retire from football.
The Michigan staff reportedly asked Pipkins 10 times in two months to sign a medical scholarship form that would've ended his playing career.
Pipkins tore his ACL against Minnesota in October 2013 but was able to play for the Wolverines in the 2014 season, recording nine tackles in five games.