Wayne Lyons

Former Stanford corner Wayne Lyons will play his final year of football at Michigan.

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ANN ARBOR -- One of the worst-kept secrets around Michigan's football program for months now has been the eventual addition of Stanford graduate transfer corner Wayne Lyons.

On Thursday, new Michigan defensive backs/cornerbacks coach Mike Zordich basically confirmed the move, explaining that Lyons was on campus over the weekend, and the team's excited to bring him in during fall camp.

"Wayne was here over the weekend, we spent some time with him and I've watched a lot of film on him," Zordich said. "I think he's the right kind of body, a bigger body, he's a lot like Channing (Stribling). A lot of length.

"From what I saw with him at Stanford, he did pretty well."

The 6-foot-1, 193-pound Lyons posted 30 tackles and a forced fumble as a fourth-year senior at Stanford last season. As a junior in 2013, Lyons made 69 tackles (4 1/2 for loss) and two interceptions.

Lyons' mother, Gwendolyn Bush, was hired by Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh over the winter as the program's director of player development.

"Our (cornerbacks room) has been told that there is going to be three (new) guys coming into the secondary," Zordich says. "We've got a transfer from Stanford coming in, a true freshman (in Keith Washington) and a (freshman) safety who likes to play corner in Tyree Kinnel.

"They know their backs are against the wall (and they have to compete)."

Earlier Thursday, Zordich singled out junior Jourdan Lewis, senior Blake Countess and Stribling as the top three corners so far in practice.

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