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- Wolverines
- Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Given nan timing of Kyle Whittingham’s hiring to switch nan fired Sherrone Moore arsenic Michigan’s caput shot coach, it hasn’t been a astonishment to spot much than a twelve players participate nan NCAA transportation portal.
Some entrants person already recovered caller homes, while others, for illustration starting violative lineman Jake Guarnera, person since withdrawn their sanction from nan portal and are staying successful Ann Arbor.
On nan latest section of “Wolverine Confidential” podcast, MLive’s Ryan Zuke, Aaron McMann and Andrew Kahn talk nan latest turnover connected Michigan’s roster.
“It’s been a chaotic offseason here,” McMann said. “Obviously, nan transportation portal’s getting bigger and bigger. More and much players are going successful connected a regular basis, and it’s becoming, rather frankly, exhausting.”
Some notables who were cardinal players past play won’t beryllium back, namely standout linebacker Cole Sullivan, who has committed to Oklahoma, but nan podcast unit shared optimism complete Whittingham’s expertise to clasp important pieces from past year’s roster. Starters for illustration Bryce Underwood, Zeke Berry and Blake Frazier person announced they will beryllium backmost successful 2026.
With nary outpouring portal model this year, Michigan could beryllium successful bully style if it tin get done nan existent two-week transportation play without a wide exodus of talent.
“Kyle Whittingham really said connected this successful 1 of his interviews connected Tuesday – if location is still that outpouring portal window, a batch of these guys tin stay, get to cognize nan coaching unit a small spot better, spell done outpouring believe pinch them, and past if they decide, each right, I’m still buried connected nan extent chart, past you tin put your sanction successful nan portal and find a caller home,” Zuke said. “They don’t person that action now.”
The astir pressing request for Michigan is astatine receiver. Standout freshman Andrew Marsh is reportedly returning, but nan Wolverines request much playmakers astir Underwood. Given Underwood’s underwhelming freshman season, is location still nan aforesaid allure to play pinch nan erstwhile No. 1 wide recruit?
“You wonderment if a receiver would want to travel present fixed what we saw successful twelvemonth 1 nether Underwood,” McMann said. “Not only moving nan football, but there’s conscionable a deficiency of reliability done nan air. I deliberation nan 1 point helping Michigan astatine this constituent is nan caller staff. You’ve sewage a caller caput coach, you sewage a caller coordinator and quarterbacks coach. They’re going to do things a small spot otherwise and there’s a way grounds there.”
Nevertheless, McMann said nan Wolverines mightiness person to “overpay” to bring successful a value receiver done nan portal.
Also connected nan podcast, nan unit breaks down much caller hires connected Whittingham’s unit and discusses Michigan basketball’s adjacent telephone against Penn State connected Tuesday to stay undefeated.
Listen to nan full section via nan YouTube embed above, connected Spotify aliases anyplace you find podcasts.
- Starting Michigan violative lineman retreats from transportation portal, group for return
- Michigan basketball’s adjacent call: Knowing really to triumph aliases origin for concern?
- Michigan finalizes Kyle Whittingham’s new-look violative coaching staff
- Report: LB Cole Sullivan to time off Michigan, but group for showdown successful ‘26
- Michigan’s lucky coach relates to what Kyle Whittingham is going done correct now
Ryan Zuke is simply a sports newsman for MLive.com and covers University of Michigan athletics. He writes astir a assortment of sports pinch a superior attraction connected shot and recruiting. With nan occurrence of galore Wolverines...
