Darryl Stonum 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 . Early years . 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 . University of Michigan . 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 . " 2008 season . 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 . 2009 season . During the 2009 season , he broke Steve Breaston ' s single - season record with 39 kickoff returns for 1 , 001 yards . He had a 94 - yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Notre Dame — the sixth longest kickoff return in Michigan school history . He also caught 13 passes for 199 yards and one touchdown . Playing against Indiana , Stonum returned seven kicks for 218 yards , the second highest single - game total in school history and three yards short of the school record of 221 yards . He had a career high 97 receiving yards on five receptions against Michigan State , including a 60 - yard touchdown reception . 2010 season . Stonum received press attention when he served three days in Washtenaw County Jail during June 2010 for violating his probation following a September 2008 charge of operating a vehicle while visibly impaired . The probation violation resulted from a failure to submit to the required amount of random alcohol tests and leaving the state without consent . After his release , Stonum told a reporter , " It was a good learning experience . It ' s something I can look back on and learn from and obviously get better at and make sure that doesn ' t happen again . " Following an eye exam in the summer of 2010 , Stonum learned that he needed contact lenses . Interviewed by " The Detroit News " in August 2010 , Stonum noted , " The first day of camp I had my contacts in , and I could see everything like in HD . . . . My deep ball skills got a lot better because I can see the ball from when it ' s in the air until it gets in my hands . " At the end of summer practice , the " Detroit Free Press " wrote that Stonum had made " significant leaps on and off the field " and credited the contact lenses in part for his " breakthrough . " Stonum appeared in all 13 games for the 2010 team . He was the team ' s second leading receiver with 49 catches for 633 yards and four touchdowns . Through his first three seasons at Michigan , Stonum had accumulated over 2 , 500 all - purpose yards , including 1 , 538 yards on kickoff returns and 1 , 008 receiving yards . 2011 suspension . In May 2011 , Stonum was suspended from the football team indefinitely for legal issues . Head coach Brady Hoke stated to the press that before he would let Stonum back on the team , he must " fulfill all his commitments he has to the legal system and our program . " Stonum violated probation in a drunken - driving case and was scheduled for a January 6 , 2012 probation compliance hearing . At the hearing for driving on a drunken - driving arrest - related revoked driver ' s license , he was sentenced to 10 days in jail , which he began serving immediately , marking his fourth alcohol - related offense and second prison term for drunken - driving probation violation by age 21 . Stonum was determined to have not made any payment toward the $ 1950 in court fees and to have failed to attended any 12 - step meetings in the prior two weeks . He had been on a two - year probation in the courtroom and a full - season suspension from the football team . Following his jail term , he was dismissed from the football team . Baylor University . On July 22 , Texas native Stonum announced that he was a current wide receiver for the Baylor Bears , by thanking his fans and retweeting multiple stories to that effect . He was expected to be granted immediate eligibility under the graduate - school exception if he enrolled in a Baylor graduate program not offered at Michigan .