Michigan Wolverines Football: Dwumfour Has Procedure, Will Miss Citrus Bowl
ORLANDO, Fla. — Michigan redshirt junior defensive tackle Michael Dwumfour has not made the trip to Orlando and will miss the Citrus Bowl.
Dwumfour was not spotted at practice the last two days. Today, he appeared to post a video from the Detroit Lions versus Green Bay Packers game on his Instagram account.
"Michael has a medical procedure that prevented him from traveling and playing in the bowl game," U-M spokesman Dave Ablauf responded when asked for comment.
Dwumfour later posted on Dec. 29 to his Twitter account: "I have been playing through injury for a good portion of the season and decided to have surgery that would keep me from playing or traveling with my teammates to the Citrus Bowl. I will miss suiting up with my teammates but I will be cheering them on New Year’s Day."
The 6-2, 285-pounder struggled with a foot injury and played through it last year, and played through another injury this season to appear in 10 games after leaving the opener with Middle Tennessee State with an upper-body injury. He returned against Rutgers Sept. 28 and started the last two games of the season against Indiana and Ohio State.
Dwumfour finished the season with nine tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks and two passes broken up.
Senior and fellow tackle Carlo Kemp, meanwhile, has been working through something, head coach Jim Harbaugh announced at the Schemmy Awards in mid-December. Kemp, however, has been practicing with the team, after totaling 40 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and two sacks with a fumble recovery in the regular season.
Freshman Chris Hinton is a candidate to see more time, having earned more playing time late in the season. He saw action in 11 contests this fall and totaled nine stops with 0.5 tackles for loss.
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