((HT: Detroit Free Press/Elrick, Rosenberg))When Michigan sophomore receiver Justin Feagin ((pictured, thanks UM photo services)) was kicked off the team in July, coach Rich Rodriguez said only it was “for a violation of team rules.”But the Free Press has learned that there is much more to the story.Feagin’s downfall started with a cocaine deal, detailed in U-M Department of Public Safety police reports. The coke deal ended with a U-M dorm room on fire, a fellow student headed for jail and Feagin back home in Florida.Feagin came to Michigan as part of Rodriguez’s first recruiting class. He has admitted to dealing drugs and being arrested twice (for battery and trespass) when he was in high school, according to police reports.Feagin arrived in Ann Arbor hoping to earn the starting quarterback job. Instead, he floundered on the field and struggled off of it.After one year on campus, Feagin ended up getting kicked off the team, apparently for his role in the cocaine deal. ESPN has repo...
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