Friday, January 3, 2025

Under Armour All-American Game Participants: Michigan



The 2026 Under Armour All-American Game will be played in January of 2026.  The following participants have committed to or signed paperwork to play for Michigan:

2025
Kaden Strayhorn, C - Bradenton, FL

2024
Jeremiah Beasley, LB - Belleville, MI

2023
Karmello English, WR - Phenix City, AL
Amir Herring, C - West Bloomfield, MI

2022
Will Johnson, CB - Grosse Pointe, MI
Derrick Moore, DE - Baltimore, MD
Keon Sabb, S - Bradenton, FL
Amorion Walker, WR - Ponchatoula, LA

2021
Giovanni El-Hadi, OT - Sterling Heights, MI
Jaydon Hood, LB - Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2020
Blake Corum, RB - Baltimore, MD
Micah Mazzccua, OT - Baltimore, MD
Braiden McGregor, DE - Port Huron, MI#
Andre Seldon, Jr., CB - Belleville, MI

2019
Zach Charbonnet, RB - Thousand Oaks, CA
Quinten Johnson, S - Washington, DC
Trente Jones, OT - Loganville, GA
Nolan Rumler, OG - Akron, OH
Mazi Smith, DT - East Kentwood, MI
Anthony Solomon, LB - Fort Lauderdale, FL

2018
Mustapha Muhammad, TE - Missouri City, TX
Myles Sims, CB - Atlanta, GA

2017
Jaylen Kelly-Powell, S - Detroit, MI
Kwity Paye, DE - Warwick, RI
Cesar Ruiz, C - Bradenton, FL
Luiji Vilain, DE - Alexandria, VA

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Thursday, January 2, 2025

Owen Wafle, Ex-Wolverine

 

DT Owen Wafle

Rising second-year player Owen Wafle has entered the transfer portal.

Wafle was listed as a 6'2", 298 lb. defensive lineman on this year's roster. He did not play in any games. He was a 4-star, the #50 defensive lineman, and #445 overall in the 247 Composite for the class of 2024. Michigan flipped him from Notre Dame.

I gave Wafle a TTB Rating of 73 when he committed (LINK) and said this:

Wafle is not as athletic as [Maurice] Hurst, more talented than [Brady] Pallante, and perhaps as versatile as [Dan] Klecko. I could see Jim Harbaugh wanting to line Wafle up in the backfield on goal line situations and letting him make a linebacker or two explode.

Linebacker Jeremiah Beasley (Missouri) was the first player to transfer out of Michigan's 2024 class, and Wafle is now the second.

Wafle's brother Luke is a 2026 prospect with a Michigan offer, so this development may hurt Michigan's chances there. The younger Wafle is a 6'5", 240-pounder and he's a 4-star, the #28 defensive lineman, and #221 overall. 

Michigan 19, Alabama 13

 

Brandyn Hillman (#6) celebrates after a sack (image via Hawaii Tribune-Herald)

Surprise, surprise, surprise! For the second game in a row, almost nobody gave Michigan a chance to win. And for the second game in a row, almost everybody was wrong. The mighty Alabama Crimson Tide, who almost made the College Football Playoff with a 9-3 record, fell to 9-4. And when all is said and done, on paper that's not far from where Michigan finished at 8-5. Alabama had lost some players to the transfer portal, but Michigan was missing ten starters (Myles Hinton, Colston Loveland, Kalel Mullings, Tyler Morris, Mason Graham, Kenneth Grant, Josaiah Stewart, Will Johnson, Makari Paige, Tommy Doman) and the guy who was on the cover of NCAA '25 (Donovan Edwards) and still won the game.

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