The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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a Detroit native who played college football at Mississippi State and spent five seasons in the NFL, most recently with the Detroit Lions in 2012. "Lance has a facility near my school, and a couple of my team- mates and I go there and do speed training, weight lifting and get a full workout there. "It is really great. At the end of the workouts, we always do one-on-ones, and I go against him. He was a re- ceiver in the NFL, so that is definitely good competition. I am learning a lot from him. It gives me a chance to compete with some great athletes, which gives me an advantage." And he is excited to be a part of an incoming linebacker corps that includes four-star prospects Michael Ferns and Chase Winovich, and three-star recruit Noah Furbush. "It will be really competitive, which I like, because competition brings out the best in everyone," Wangler said. "We will all make each other better. Coach Mattison, the type of defense he has, there is a lot of rotation, so there will be com- petition for playing time, and it will make everyone better. "The four of us have all gotten to know each other pretty well. We took our official together. I have probably been around Mike Ferns the most, because we were roommates at the Under Armour game together. We already have a pretty good mesh, as a position group." — Andy Reid PERSONAL Jared Joel Wangler was born Dec. 20, 1995 … Sports a max bench press of 345 pounds and a max squat of 435 pounds … Has run a personal-best 4.56 40-yard dash … Father, John Wangler, played quarterback for the Wolverines (1976-80) … Brother, Jack, is a walk-on sophomore wide receiver for Michigan … Sister, Halle, is a redshirt sophomore on the Michigan women's basketball team, after transferring from Oakland … Played high school football with Michigan fresh- man quarterback Shane Morris. STATISTICS Career Totals: Started a total of 18 games at safety and linebacker in his junior and senior seasons for the Pilots and spent time as a wide receiver … Recorded 115 career tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, one sack, three interceptions, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble … Had 25 receptions for 279 yards and one JARED WANGLER OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 6-2 • 215 DE LA SALLE COLLEGIATE WARREN, MICH. RANKINGS STARS NAT. POS. STATE ✪ ✪ ✪ — — 17 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 71 13 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 63 14 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 53 15