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Position | Wide receiver |
Class | Redshirt Senior |
Career history | |
Bowl games | 2011 Gator Bowl |
High school | Dulles High School, Sugar Land, Texas |
Personal information | |
Date of birth | February 14, 1990 |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Darryl Stonum (born February 14, 1990) is an American football return specialist and wide receiver playing his final year of collegiate athletic eligibility for the 2012 Baylor Bears football team. He played at the University of Michigan from 2008 to 2010 and set the Michigan Wolverines football record for most kickoff return yards in a single season with 1,001 yards as a member of the 2009 team. He was the second leading receiver on the 2010 team. He was suspended for the full season from the 2011 team for alcohol-related offenses for which he was placed on probation. He violated this probation and was sentenced to jail on January 6, 2012. He was dismissed from the Michigan football team Jan. 17, 2012, after serving a short jail term.
A native of Stafford, Texas, Stonum attended Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas. He was rated as a four-star recruit by rivals.com.
He enrolled early at the University of Michigan in January 2008. He played as a wide receiver and kick return specialist for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 2008 to 2010. Stonum is 6 feet, 2 inches and weighs 195 pounds. He has been described as having "a prototypical outside receiver's body and uncommon speed for his size."
As a freshman in 2008, Stonum started 10 games at wide receiver for the Wolverines, catching 14 passes for 176 yards. He caught a 30-yard pass against Notre Dame and had a 51-yard touchdown on a catch-and-run play against Purdue.