Tom Brady's four-game NFL suspension might work out well for Michigan.
Brady as an honorary captain for the third game of the season, Sept. 17 against Colorado, U-M coach Jim Harbaugh announced on the "Rich Eisen Show" Wednesday.
Brady joins Michael Jordan, who will be the captain this weekend against Hawaii, and Eisen, an NFL Network personality, who will be the captain for the second game, against Central Florida on Sept. 10.
Brady's usual fall schedule has made it difficult for him to attend Michigan games. He has appeared in the preseason, when he was in town to play an exhibition against the Detroit Lions, but rarely, if ever, in season.
He is ineligible to play for the New England Patriots until Oct. 9 because of the Deflategate scandal.
Brady's Michigan career spanned 1995-99. His second year as a starter (1999) was the most successful, leading Michigan to an overtime win over Alabama in the Orange Bowl.
He began reconnecting with the program when Brady Hoke was hired as head coach, knowing him from Hoke's time as a U-M assistant while Brady was a player. Brady also called current coach Jim Harbaugh to lobby him to take the U-M job in December 2014.
Brady also showed his support for the program in February, attending the Signing of the Stars recruiting event and sitting on the stage with Harbaugh.
And Brady is not the only celebrity coming. Baseball legend Hank Aaron, whom Harbaugh met in Atlanta this summer and invited to a game, will be the captain for the Illinois game.
