Articles tagged:J.T. Floyd

Posted: Fri Jan 13 7:57 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Denard Robinson, J.T. Floyd 'have unfinished business' to address at Michigan

Mike Martin is glad quarterback Denard Robinson and cornerback J.T. Floyd elected to return to the Michigan football team because they can take care of what he never could. Beat Michigan State and win a Big Ten championship. "Those guys, they have unfinished business," Martin said in an interview Friday. ...

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Posted: Fri Jan 13 2:47 p.m. by Jim Knight AnnArbor.com Sports Director
Denard Robinson, J.T. Floyd will return for 2012 Michigan football season

J.T. Floyd Record-setting quarterback Denard Robinson and cornerback J.T. Floyd will return to the Michigan football team for their senior seasons, the university announced today on Twitter. Both players took stock of their standing in the eyes of NFL scouts by filing paperwork to the NFL Draft advisory board. College ...

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Posted: Sun Jan 1 7:50 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Michigan cornerback J.T. Floyd joins Denard Robinson in gauging NFL draft stock

NEW ORLEANS — J.T. Floyd's development this year has been somewhat overshadowed by the leaps made by the defense as a whole. But perhaps no one made a bigger jump on defense this year than the Michigan football team's junior corner. So, it seems only natural he would gauge his ...

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Posted: Fri Nov 4 10:30 a.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Amid fluidity in secondary, Michigan needs J.T. Floyd to continue his rise

Twelve months ago this week, Michigan cornerback J.T. Floyd suffered an ankle injury that ended his season four games early. He had played well, especially considering he was playing without injured starting cornerback Troy Woolfolk opposite him. Now, Floyd again is playing without Woolfolk, but for an entirely different reason. ...

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Posted: Mon Aug 15 2:05 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Michigan football player J.T. Floyd fighting to reclaim starting cornerback job after ankle injury

J.T. Floyd is battling younger players for the second starter's spot at cornerback. Will he prevail?

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Posted: Wed Nov 3 12:36 p.m. by Pete Bigelow AnnArbor.com
Michigan cornerback J.T. Floyd lost for season with ankle injury

J.T. Floyd In the latest blow to an already-decimated secondary, Michigan cornerback J.T. Floyd will miss the remainder of the football season after injuring an ankle during Tuesday’s practice. X-rays taken Wednesday morning revealed no broken bones, but the junior sustained ligament damage that will be surgically repaired. Michigan coach ...

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Posted: Mon Sep 27 3:49 p.m. by Kaleb Roedel

Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez, wide receiver Darryl Stonum, left tackle Taylor Lewan and cornerback J.T. Floyd talk about the team's focus heading into Big Ten Conference play, starting with Indiana at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Posted: Wed Sep 15 10:55 a.m. by Pete Bigelow AnnArbor.com
Top 5 Michigan football players through 2 games, besides Denard Robinson

Denard Robinson is a one-man show, accounting for 94 percent of Michigan’s offense against Notre Dame, Rich Rodriguez is OK with that fact and Big Ten Network executives are about to spin-off "The Shoelace Show" for a sure-fire ratings bonanza. Whew. As much as Robinson dominated the talk, there are ...

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Posted: Wed Aug 25 2:58 p.m. by Jeff Arnold
Ready or not, J.T. Floyd steps into role as Michigan football team's top cornerback

Sophomore cornerback J.T. Floyd became Michigan's most experienced defensive back when senior Troy Woolfolk was injured last week. (AnnArbor.com file photo) J.T. Floyd's football resume' doesn't scream ready-for-prime-time performer. But the Michigan sophomore cornerback, who boasts two career starts and who wasn't exactly steady in a position he must now ...

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Posted: Mon May 3 4:27 p.m. by Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com
J.T. Floyd wants to 'make plays' in secondary for Michigan football team

J.T. Floyd’s motto as cornerback is simple. “Make plays,” Floyd said last month after the Michigan football team's spring game. “That’s all you got to do to be successful out here.”

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Posted: Mon Apr 5 1:22 p.m. by Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com
Defensive coordinator Greg Robinson talks Michigan's cornerbacks

Michigan could have several true freshmen in the playing group at cornerback this fall, but Troy Woolfolk and J.T. Floyd are manning the first team for now, with James Rogers and Justin Turner as their backups.

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Posted: Thu Mar 25 8:12 a.m. by Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com
Michigan's Troy Woolfolk settling in at cornerback

Troy Woolfolk finally has a home. After bouncing between cornerback and safety most of his Michigan career - a backup cornerback as a sophomore, Woolfolk started the first five games at safety last year, the next six at corner, then returned to safety for the season finale against Ohio State ...

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Posted: Sat Oct 3 7:02 p.m. by Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com

On Thursday, Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez announced that freshman cornerback J.T. Floyd would make the first start of his career at Michigan State. He replaced cornerback Boubacar Cissoko in the first quarter against Indiana, held his own and did the same a week later.

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Posted: Fri Oct 2 9:51 a.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter

And this will surely incite some Michigan State fans. But Sherm Lewis, the former Spartans tailback, told the Detroit News that Michigan-Michigan State is "not much of a rivalry anymore." As you debate that in your head, check out these other links:

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Posted: Thu Oct 1 7:20 p.m. by Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com

Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez said on his radio show Thursday night that redshirt freshman J.T. Floyd will start at right cornerback Saturday against Michigan State in place of Boubacar Cissoko.

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