 In 1904 , Schulz enrolled at the University of Michigan at age 21 , standing 6 ft 2 in ( 1 @.@ 88 m ) and weighing 215 pounds ( 98 kg ; 15 st 5 lb ) . In the early 1900s , many decried the increasing recruitment of ringers — older , experienced players whose qualifications as " student athletes " were suspect . Michigan 's coach , Fielding H. Yost , whose teams outscored their opponents 2 @,@ 821 to 42 between 1901 and 1905 , had been accused of using ringers before . When Yost accepted the head coaching job at Michigan , he had recruited his star player , 23 @-@ year @-@ old Willie Heston , to transfer to Michigan from the California State Normal School . When the 21 @-@ year @-@ old Schulz joined the team , there were suggestions that he was Yost 's newest ringer . The suspicions were exacerbated by reports that Schulz was a factory worker in an Indiana steel mill who had played for a half @-@ dozen professional teams before enrolling at Michigan . 
