Shocking Twist: Senior Bowl in Crisis as Two Michigan Stars Abruptly Withdraw – Only Six Players Remain
MOBILE, Ala. — Michigan’s large Senior Bowl contingent this year has dropped to six.
Linebacker Michael Barrett and defensive back Mike Sainristil have pulled out of this year’s post-season showcase event here in Mobile, Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy confirmed on Tuesday.
Barrett and Sainristil, who previously accepted invites, were not on rosters distributed Monday — taking the nation’s best list of Wolverines from eight to six.
Sainristil elected to pull out of this year’s game after the national championship, Nagy said, while Barrett suffered a draft-prep injury in the last week.
“He had an injury that he didn’t have all season,” Nagy said Tuesday during an introductory press conference. “That’s the other part of this — guys get done with college football and then they start training for the combine and it’s whole different set of muscles that they use; they’re susceptible to pulls and whatnot.
“That’s what happened with Michael Barrett.”