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Shaw says goodbye to Lyons, other seniors

Do-Hyoung Park

Managing Editor of Staff Development

By: Do-Hyoung Park | Managing Editor of Staff Development

Stanford football head coach David Shaw confirmed last week in an interview with Rivals that senior cornerback Wayne Lyons, along with several other seniors, will not be returning to Stanford for the 2015-16 season.

Head Coach David Shaw (above) is losing a handful of seniors to transfers in the upcoming season. (TRI NGUYEN/The Stanford Daily)

Head Coach David Shaw (above) is losing a handful of seniors to transfers in the upcoming season. (TRI NGUYEN/The Stanford Daily)

Lyons has long been tied to rumors of a possible departure to Michigan, which came to a head when his mother was recently hired as part of the Wolverines’ football staff. Although he has not officially announced his transfer, all signs are pointing to his joining the Wolverines as a graduate transfer.

“Wayne’s getting his degree,” Shaw said to Rivals. “And by all accounts he’s moving on. And I’m happy for him. I am. He got what he came here for. He got the best degree in college football that you can get. And he has four bowl rings. He wants to go someplace to play for a fifth year, hey, pat him on the back.”

Other notable seniors that will likely not return for their fifth years are quarterback Evan Crower and running back Kelsey Young.

Crower will likely look for a school where he will be in the starting picture immediately — at Stanford, with fifth-year senior Kevin Hogan poised to return as a fourth-year starter and highly touted backups Ryan Burns and Keller Chryst chomping at the bit as well, Crower likely would not have seen much time on the field had he stayed on the Farm.

Young was supposed to play a leading role in the Cardinal’s running back system this last season, but that didn’t pan out, as the running back job was in flux for the first half of the year before Remound Wright secured himself as the starter and Christian McCaffrey emerged as Stanford’s likely running back of the future.

J.B. Salem, Lance Callihan, Anthony Hayes, Charlie Hopkins, Kevin Reihner and Torsten Rotto will also not return to the team.

Spring practices will kick off this weekend for the 2015-16 season.

Contact Do-Hyoung Park at dpark027 ‘at’ stanford.edu.

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About Do-Hyoung Park

Do-Hyoung Park '16 is a Managing Editor of Staff Development, lead football writer and copy editor at The Stanford Daily. He also writes about Stanford football for Sports Illustrated's new college football site, Campus Rush. In his three years, he has written primarily football, baseball, soccer, tennis, swimming and water polo, and has covered a Rose Bowl, a Super Regional run and three national championships. Do-Hyoung is a senior that is obnoxiously proud of being from Saint Paul, Minnesota studying chemical engineering and computer science. To contact him, please email him at dpark027 'at' stanford.edu.
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