Jeremy Gallon Jeremy Jermaine Gallon ( born February 9 , 1990 ) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist , who is currently playing his redshirt junior season for the 2012 Michigan Wolverines football team . He was a 2012 All - Big Ten honorable mention selection . Early years . Gallon played high school football as a quarterback , running back and safety for Apopka High School in Apopka , Florida . In three years of varsity football , he gained 5 , 905 yards of total offense ( 4 , 281 rushing yards and 1 , 624 passing yards ) , scored 53 rushing touchdowns and threw for 15 touchdowns . Gallon had been a running back as a sophomore , but he was moved to quarterback in his junior year . Although he had never played at the position previously , Gallon became the 2007 All - Central Florida quarterback . He totaled 1 , 613 rushing yards ( and 23 rushing touchdowns ) and 1 , 071 passing yards ( and eight passing touchdowns ) in his first season at the position . He also completed 63 . 6 % of his passes and threw zero interceptions during the 2007 season . His high school coach Rick Darlington said , " He ' s the next Pat White . Jeremy never throws a pick , he completes passes , he makes big plays , and he may be the smartest player we have . He ' s kind of freaky . " During his senior year , Gallon totaled 2 , 383 yards of total offense ( 1 , 830 rushing yards and 553 passing yards ) . He rushed for 304 yards on 21 carries and scored three touchdowns in Florida ' s high school Kickoff Classic in 2008 . Gallon was rated by Rivals . com as a four - star prospect and the No . 11 wide receiver in the country . He was also selected to play in the U . S . Army All - American Bowl and was named the " Orlando Sentinel " ' s Offensive Player of the Year as a junior . University of Michigan . Commitment and 2010 season . In June 2008 , Gallon announced his commitment to the University of Michigan . He enrolled at Michigan in the fall of 2009 , but he did not see action as a redshirt during the 2009 football season . In 2010 , Gallon made his debut for the Wolverines as a redshirt freshman . He led the 2010 Michigan Wolverines with 27 kickoff returns for 589 yards , an average of 21 . 8 yards per return . He also led the team with 10 punt returns for 43 yards , an average of 4 . 3 yards per return . He also caught two passes for 25 yards and a touchdown against Bowling Green in September 2010 . 2011 season . As a redshirt sophomore in 2011 , Gallon was the Wolverines ' leading receiver with eight receptions through the first four games of the season . Playing against Notre Dame on September 10 , 2011 , he caught two passes for 78 yards , including a 64 - yard catch late in the fourth quarter to set up Michigan ' s game winning touchdown . After the Notre Dame game , Ned Hayes of the " Chicago Sun - Times " wrote , " What I ' m still trying to figure out is how Jeremy Gallon got so wide open on the 64 - yard catch and run that set up the game - winning touchdown . " Describing Gallon ' s last - minute catch against Notre Dame , Tim Rohan wrote in " The Michigan Daily " : " One - hundred fourteen thousand , eight hundred and four pairs of eyes slowly turned toward Jeremy Gallon . They widened when they realized no Notre Dame jerseys were in the picture they ' ll remember forever . ' Oh my god . Where did he come from ? ' said one man standing in the South endzone . . . . Gallon blended in with his teammates on the sideline , until a blue blur came streaking out of nowhere . " The following week , Gallon had three receptions for 43 yards and an 80 - yard punt return that was negated by a penalty . Gallon was awarded a game ball by Jim Knight of AnnArbor . com for his performance against Eastern Michigan . In a victory over Northwestern on October 8 , 2011 , Gallon had five receptions for 73 yards , including at touchdown on a 25 - yard screen pass . On October 29 , 2011 , he caught three passes for 79 yards against Purdue . During the 2011 regular season , Gallon was Michigan ' s second leading receiver with 30 catches for 450 yards and three touchdowns . He was the team ' s leading punt returner with 19 returns for 192 yards ( an average of 10 . 1 yards per return ) . 2012 season . Through the first 11 games of the 2012 season , Gallon was the team ' s leading receiver with 34 catches for 617 yards and an average of 18 . 1 yards per reception . In the season opener against Alabama , Gallon had four receptions for 107 yards , including a career - long 71 - yard reception in the first half . He added a 71 - yard touchdown reception against Illinois in October 2012 . In the final home game of the season , a 42 - 17 victory over Iowa , Gallon caught five passes for 133 yards . Gallon has also handled punt returns for the 2012 Michigan team . He was a 2012 All - Big Ten honorable mention selection by both the coaches and the media for the 2012 Wolverines .