Fitzgerald Toussaint Fitzgerald Toussaint ( born May 4 , 1990 ) is an American football running back . He was the starting running back for the 2011 Michigan Wolverines football team and is the starting running back for the 2012 team . Toussaint received 2011 All - Big Ten honorable mention . Early years . Toussaint grew up in Youngstown , Ohio , where he graduated from Liberty High School . As a senior in 2008 , he rushed for 2 , 229 yards ( 10 . 4 per carry ) and 28 touchdowns and was named Ohio ' s co - offensive player of the year in Division III . In 2008 , his father was arrested for stabbing an Akron man at Toussaint ' s Liberty football scrimmage . Toussaint committed to the University of Michigan after his senior year and was considered one of the five impact players in Michigan ' s recruiting class for 2009 . After committing to Michigan , Toussaint donned the scarlet uniform of the Ohio high school all - star team for the annual Big 33 Football Classic against the Pennsylvania high school all - star team . University of Michigan . Toussaint enrolled at the University of Michigan on a football scholarship in 2009 . He was redshirted during the 2009 season . Toussaint missed the first three games of the 2010 season with a knee injury . In his first appearance for the Wolverines , Toussaint rushed for 129 yards on six carries , including 61 - yard gain in the fourth quarter , against Bowling Green . He suffered a shoulder injury in October 2010 . After spending the 2010 season as a back - up to Michael Shaw , Toussaint challenged Shaw for the No . 1 running back position during 2011 summer practice . In the end , head coach Brady Hoke named Toussaint as the Wolverines ' No . 1 running back at the start of the 2011 season . After gaining 80 yards on 11 carries ( 7 . 3 yards per carry ) and scoring two touchdowns in Michigan ' s 2011 season opener against Western Michigan , Hoke confirmed that Toussaint remained the team ' s No . 1 running back . After suffering a shoulder injury , he did not play against Notre Dame in the second week of the season . He returned to the lineup the following week and went on to record his second 100 - yard rushing game in the Battle for the Little Brown Jug against Minnesota in the fifth game of the season , totaling 108 yards on 11 carries for an average of 9 . 8 yards per carry . On October 29 , Toussaint ran for 170 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries in a 36 - 14 victory over Purdue . He had career highs in both yards gained and carries . On November 12 , Toussaint set new career highs with 27 carries , a 65 - yard run , and 192 rushing yards against Illinois . In the subsequent two weeks , he followed up with 138 rushing yards against Nebraska on November 19 , 2011 , and 120 yards rushing against Ohio State on November 26 , in " the Game " . During the 2011 season , Toussaint rushed for 1 , 041 yards . With quarterback Denard Robinson also rushing for over 1 , 000 yards , the Wolverines had a tandem of 1 , 000 - yard rushers for the first time since 1975 . Toussaint averaged 5 . 6 yards per carry during the season . He ranked second in the Big Ten Conference in yards per carry behind Wisconsin running back Montee Ball . He earned All - Big Ten Conference honorable mention recognition from both the coaches and the media . At the end of the regular season , Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges praised Toussaint ' s late season performance ( 100 - plus rushing yards in four of the last five games ) and compared him to USC Heisman Trophy winner Charles White : " You put the ( USC ) jersey on him , you would hardly be able to tell the difference . That ' s who he reminds me of . " 2012 season . At the time of Michigan ' s spring practice in April 2012 , Borges said there was no running back controversy for the 2012 team : " Fitz is our tailback . If he isn ' t , I ' m not very smart . " On July 21 , 2012 , Toussaint was arrested in Ann Arbor after running a red light and charged with driving under the influence . On July 23 , he was suspended from the team . In late August , Toussaint pled guilty to operating a vehicle while visibly impaired , after telling the court that he had been drinking brandy before driving . On October 23 , he was sentenced to 10 months probation and ordered by the Court to attend 10 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings , pay $ 1 , 500 in fees and fines , and undergo random drug and alcohol tests . Toussaint remained suspended from the team for the opening game of the 2012 season , but returned to the lineup as Michigan ' s lead running back in the second week of the season . Through the tenth game of the 2012 season , Toussaint had gained 483 yards and scored five touchdown on 127carries , an average of 3 . 8 yards per carry . On Nov . 17 , 2012 , during a first quarter run in the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes , Toussaint sustained a broken leg , ending his season .