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Wilton Speight says he's leaving Michigan football, plans to transfer

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Last season's U-M starting quarterback spoke with the media on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, in Ann Arbor. Video by Jeff Seidel/DFP

Wilton Speight's football career at Michigan has ended.

A fourth-year junior quarterback from Virginia and the team's starter for parts of the last two seasons, Speight announced his plans to spend a fifth season elsewhere on Sunday via social media.

After beating out John O'Korn for the starting job during the summer of 2016, Speight started 12 games for the Wolverines last season – completing 61.