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Wayne Lyons transferring to Michigan

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Former Stanford cornerback Wayne Lyons will be finishing his career with his old head coach, Jim Harbaugh, at Michigan, Wolverines assistant Mike Zordich said.

Lyons, a Florida native who was recruited to Stanford by Harbaugh when he was in Palo Alto, has been an expected arrival in Ann Arbor since February. He is the first, and likely only, former Harbaugh player who is reuniting with his old coach now that he has returned to the college ranks.

Zordich said the fifth-year transfer was on campus this past weekend and would be joining the team this summer.

"There are three guys coming in in the secondary," Zordich said. "One coming from Stanford and two freshmen."

Zordich said he spent time with Lyons over the weekend and watched his film.

"I think he's the right kind of body, a bigger body ... a lot of length. He's a pretty good corner," Zordich said.

Lyons (6-foot-1, 193 pounds) played in the past 41 games for the Cardinal secondary. He had 30 tackles and forced one fumble in 2014. He is expected to compete with Blake Countess and Jourdan Lewis for playing time at cornerback in the fall.

Harbaugh hired Lyons' mother, Gwendolyn Bush, as Michigan's director of player development in February. Harbaugh and Bush met when he was recruiting Lyons five years ago.

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