Shortly after Ryan Silverfield left the Detroit Lions and took a job as offensive line coach at Memphis back in January of 2015, he set out to hit the recruiting trail. Little did he know his first stop would produce one of his all-time favorite players.
Silverfield, who is now the Tigers head coach, visited the home of Dustin Woodard out in Arizona, happy to enjoy some nice weather after enduring the start of Michigan's harsh winter. He didn't know what to expect since most of the recruiting organizations barely had the 6-2, 291-pound offensive lineman on their radar.