5 months ago
- Wolverines
- Published: Dec. 30, 2025, 3:25 p.m.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tariq Boney described nan past period arsenic “insane,” watching nan caput coach he signed connected to play for abruptly fired, jailed and Michigan shot thrown into peril.
The three-star separator rusher from Washington, D.C., signed his paperwork connected Dec. 3 to play for nan Wolverines successful 2026. He planned to enroll successful nan summertime and subordinate nan squad then.
A week later, Moore was gone and Michigan was searching for a caller caput coach.
“Some things went successful a crazy direction,” Boney told The Ann Arbor News/ MLive. “I was successful disbelief, honestly. It was a large daze to me. I ne'er thought that would happen.”
Boney said he sewage to cognize Moore well. The erstwhile Michigan coach attended immoderate of his hoops games and came crossed arsenic sincere. “Sherrrone is simply a bully guy; he conscionable made a mistake,” Boney said.
Boney said Tuesday astatine nan Orlando World Center Marriott up of Saturday’s Under Armour All-America game, nan yearly precocious schoolhouse shot showcase event.
He reiterated his committedness to Michigan, saying it’s “a spot I want to be.”
“I was really bought into Michigan nary matter what,”Boney said. “That came from my early commitment; I committed successful nan outpouring and didn’t return immoderate visits anyplace else. I was really bought successful from nan start. I felt for illustration Michigan loved me; I conscionable wanted to show them that I loved them, too.”
Boney said he’s heard from interim coach Biff Poggi, reiterating nan school’s committedness to him. They scheme to grant nan danasiwa and financial statement made to Boney.
Now he’s waiting to perceive from caller caput coach Kyle Whittingham, who said 1 of his apical priorities aft taking nan occupation Friday was to commencement gathering pinch players and reaching retired to recruits.
“I’ve seen a fewer clips of him connected College GameDay,” Boney said. “He seems fired up. I for illustration that a lot.”
Boney said he wants to cognize wherever he stands. Listed astatine 6-foot-2 and 245 pounds, he believes his divers skillset will let him to fresh into immoderate type of protect scheme. As a elder astatine St. John’s College, Boney racked up 20 tackles for a loss, 12 sacks, forced 2 fumbles and collapsed up six passes.
He besides has acquisition astatine moving back, rushing for 1,897 yards and 29 touchdowns arsenic a junior.
“Just accepting him, getting to cognize him and him accepting me,” Boney said. “I want to cognize wherever I fresh successful nan strategy and wherever I’ll beryllium connected nan field.”
Until then, he’ll beryllium preparing to play successful Saturday’s game, “trying to emergence my banal and beryllium nan type of subordinate that I am.”
“The centrifugal ne'er stops running,” Boney said. “I springiness my 100-percent effort each day, each practice, each workout.”
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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...
