Over the years, he went from a 6-foot-1 running back frame to a defensive tackle's body and reached 371 pounds, his heaviest weight. He is now 355 pounds with a goal to lose 25 pounds. More importantly, after undergoing multiple tests, including stress t ests and an EKG, Whittley said he was medically cleared to play football. He said he had passed out once at Oregon State, and then another time while working out at home, which is when he wound up in the hospital. "Everything is good now," he said. Whitt ley chose Michigan in part, he said, because the Wolverines were the first to contact him after his name appeared in the portal. Michigan needs bulk in the interior of the defensive line and quickly identified Whittley. He shared that first offer, as wel l as one from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in social media posts."Michigan kept in touch and they were consistent," Whittley said. "After I posted my Michigan offer, I got probably 25 more offers, I just didn't post them. I feel like it was piggyback offers, like, 'Oh, we're gonna offer him because they offered him.' Ohio State called me when I committed, like 'You sure you're going to Michigan?' Like, yeah. That was mind-blowing, like dang, you're really only trying to get me because they want me? "Michigan did the background research, they did all the stuff to triple-check, double-check, check my heart stuff situation. They cared about what was going on with me as far as why I wanted to leave, and making sure the place I went was a place I wanted to go." - Detroit News
rSr/2022  DT Jordan Whittley, Michigan
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