Former Michigan football defensive back Benjamin St-Juste has entered the transfer portal.

He confirmed the news via Twitter on Tuesday.

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The Quebec, Canada native was not with the team this spring. In March, a U-M spokesman said St-Juste planned to take a medical retirement from the program. St-Juste has dealt with a hamstring injury and missed the entire 2018 season after appearing in 12 games in 2017.

On Tuesday night, a Michigan spokesman told the Free Press that St-Juste was not medically cleared to compete at Michigan.

St-Juste has since contended he didn't medically retire from football and will opt to continue his career. After graduating from Michigan over the weekend, via his Instagram, St-Juste explained how it was an "honor" to play for Michigan.

St-Juste — a former early enrollee — has received his undergraduate degree in roughly 2½ years, meaning he'd be eligible to pursue a graduate transfer with three years left. As a grad transfer, he'd have immediate eligibility.

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"To clarify things on my situation, I never retired from playing football," St-Juste went on to write. "I had no power in that decision so stay tuned to my next announcement this week."

St-Juste has returned requests for comment at this time.

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