This was the first issue.
His past troubles were an open book for everybody except those that trash him on here.
He got caught, unlike many that party and never get caught. He left with troubles hanging over his head and ended up at stAte because of Gus. He had the off season speeding incident, with false allegations about mary jane in the car when stopped. When the legal system got through the state patrol officer lost his job. IIRC a police officer uncle in Little Rock took him on. Michael started totally over doing exactly what his uncle and authority figures said to do. He pushed away from all of his past bad influence buds and started over at Arkansas Baptist and has been in counseling for some time now. he finished this semester and has two seasons left.
Sign if at all possible. He will fit like a glove in this system.