Shea Patterson has helped make Michigan a national title contender
by David Wharton, Los Angeles Times
Nov 08, 2018
4 minutes
No one would mistake the play for a spinning Barry Sanders run or a juking Michael Vick scramble. It wasn't even John Elway helicoptering through the air in the Super Bowl.
The move that Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson made a few weeks ago was more modest than that.
Twisting away from two Maryland rushers, he drifted to his left, buying another second or two, then flipped a 34-yard touchdown pass down the sideline. Still, it got coach Jim Harbaugh excited enough to give the play a nickname.
"Whirlybird," Patterson said, shaking his head. "Sounds about right."
A passer who
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