Michigan Wolverine Football: Devin Funchess Declares For NFL Draft

Posted at 4:00pm — 12/9/2014

Michigan Wolverine Football: Devin Funchess Declares For NFL Draft

Devin Funchess announced on Tuesday that he will forgo his final year of eligibility at Michigan and declare for the NFL Draft.

Our personal opinion at GBMWolverine is we saw this coming last spring and was telling anybody that would listen that we believed no matter what happened he was likely gone. Sometimes you can just tell when a player doesn’t want to be in college anymore and try their hand at the next level.

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Quotes from Devin: “I would like to thank my family, coaches and teammates for their support,” and “It’s always been a dream of mine to play in the NFL, and I am prepared to take the next step in my journey.

“I want to personally thank Coach Hoke and his staff,” Funchess added. “I’ve learned life and character lessons from them, and they have helped me become a better person and man. I love Michigan. From the former players to the fans, it’s a special place. The opportunity to play in the Big House in front of 100,000 strong each week, those are memories that will last with me forever. It’s been an honor to strap on the winged helmet for three years with my teammates, and I will always bleed Maize and Blue.”

Devin Funchess came to Michigan as a skinny tight end and immediately got playing time and bulked up while becoming a second-team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches.

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In 37 career games, Funchess hauled in 126 receptions for 1,715 yards and 15 touchdowns. A native of Farmington Hills, Michigan, Funchess finished his collegiate career by catching at least one pass in 25 straight games, tied for the eighth-longest streak in school history. His five career 100-yard receiving games, which included two this season, are tied for 12th on Michigan’s all-time list.

Do we believe that he is ready for the NFL? Who knows at this stage, BUT this is now a business decision for himself and he better start acting like it. Also you only get so many chances at the NFL and when you have the opportunity you better put everything into it along with trying to get the most out of it.

Things he better work on:

1) Catching the ball is the most important thing he better learn right away. Sounds easy enough, but over his career he has made way to many easy drops to the point where we nicknamed him “Little Braylon” and that isn’t a good comparison. Both players at Michigan had some tremendous catches over their time at Michigan, but also had a lot of drop balls where they didn’t concentrate on every thrown ball their way.