Michigan football lands Australian punter from transfer portal

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  • Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 9:04 p.m.

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Michigan recovered its agelong snapper, and now a punter.

An Aussie punter.

Cameron Brown, a freshman from Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia, has signed connected to play for nan Wolverines successful 2026, nan schoolhouse announced Wednesday.

Brown played arsenic a existent freshman for nan University of Nevada, Las Vegas, wherever he appeared successful 7 games and punted 22 times for 943 yards, for an mean magnitude of 42.9 yards.

His play agelong went for 54 yards, 1 of 4 punts to spell 50-plus yards, while Brown had 8 kicks pin nan force wrong their ain 20-yard line.

Brown grew up successful nan Gold Coast of Australia, wherever he graduated precocious schoolhouse and later played Australian rules shot for nan Queensland authorities team. He has 3 years of assemblage eligibility left.

Michigan struggled punting nan shot successful 2025, pinch Hudson Hollenbeck averaging conscionable 42.9 yards per footwear arsenic nan team’s superior punter. His position for 2026 is unclear pinch a caller caput coach (Kyle Whittingham) and typical teams coordinator (Kerry Coombs).

The Wolverines besides added Pitt agelong snapper Nico Crawford, a move that The Ann Arbor News/ MLive antecedently reported was successful nan works.

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Aaron McMann is nan main hit writer covering nan University of Michigan shot programme for MLive Media Group, wherever he's worked since 2014. He went from covering precocious schoolhouse sports successful nan Flint area to a...

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