Michigan a place 'to start over' for football recruit Demar Dorsey

Football recruit Demar Dorsey says playing at Michigan offers him a chance to get away from his past, which includes three arrests for burglaries, The Detroit Free Press reports.

“My goal right now is to show everybody I’m not that person who I was a couple years back then, hanging with the wrong crowd and stuff like that, showing that I’m more focused,” Dorsey told the Free Press. “I’m focused. I’m ready to move on with my life to bigger and better things. I feel like (Michigan is a great place for me, where I can start all over and make something out of nothing, make nothing into something.

Dorsey twice was sent to alternative programs for juveniles and Florida assistant state attorney Maria Schneider said Dorsey twice was given breaks in his juvenile cases, the Free Press reported.

“All cases are individuals. We are dealing with kids,” she said. “The vast majority of kids stop offending. I hope this is one of them. But if he’s not, we’ll find out soon enough.”

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