Finch takes off his pads one last time, quits team.
5 star recruit Jerimy Finch has decided to leave another D-1 program. The heralded recruit from Indiana first headed to Florida, after decommitting from Michigan and Indiana. As a Gator, Finch played outside linebacker but suffered a terrible knee injury after an interception in the Tennessee game. The injury sidelined Finch for the rest of the 2007 season.
The injury certainly had a lasting effect as his grades declined and his morale with it. After playing one season with the Gators, he decided to move back home to Indiana, transferring to the Hoosiers to improve his grades and be closer to his two kids.
Per NCAA rules, Finch was required to sit out the 2008 year, but after he was eligible to return to the field in 2009, he never quite lived up to his or Bill Lynch’s expectations. Finch only found the field on special teams in a limited capacity.
The reports out of this year’s spring practice was that Finch was showing definite signs of improvement and showed why he was a 5 star recruit, but still something was missing. Finch asked to be released from the program.
There is no word on where Finch will finish out his collegiate career, but it is more than likely going to be at a D-2 school to avoid missing another season.
