Last month, a Wyoming District court judge jailed Kevin Grady, a fifth-year senior tailback, for seven days for a probation violation. Grady was serving probation due to a drunk driving conviction last July.

Grady paid his court fines but otherwise, “did none of those things,” said Chris Kittman, a court administrator for the Wyoming District.

Grady served five days last month, and his status with the team is still uncertain. But according to his father, the accusations of violating his probation are false.

"Those are not correct — those accusations are not — that he did not fulfill any of his obligations," Kevin Grady Sr. told WTKA 1050 on May 28. "He had to have it done before his probation was done in July, and Kevin did complete three-fourths of it. Those accusations are not right."

Before Kelvin decided to officially try his hand on the gridiron, the Grady family drama was epic enough. It could be a distraction too significant for multiple Gradys in the Big House.

If he wasn’t a basketball player…

Kelvin Grady would be a football player. Right?

Not exactly.

When asked on the John Beilein radio show in January what sport he would play at Michigan if not basketball, Grady swiftly answered, “Baseball.”

At the time, Grady had become a semi-consistent starter and no one suspected he would be donning anything but baggy maize shorts the following season.

Realistically, the baseball comment isn’t worth reading in to. Maybe Grady just wanted to liven up the conversation. Whatever the reason, Grady has the tools to excel in a new uniform and with a new coach, it's just a question of whether that is enough.