NOTE: Transfer punter Luke Bauer was ranked #31 but is not on the fall roster, so I skipped that spot. It looks like Hudson Hollenbeck will be the most likely answer at punter.
Name: Lawrence Hattar
Height: 6’5”
Weight: 335 lbs.
High school: Livonia (MI) Churchill
Position: Offensive guard
Class: Fifth year senior
Jersey number: #78
Last year: Hattar played at Ferris State. He started eleven games and was a Division II All-American.
TTB Rating: N/A
Hattar came out of an in-state high school in 2021 and has spent the past four seasons playing at Ferris State. He started twenty games in that time and was part of a national championship team . . . three times. In fact, the only year he didn't win one was when Michigan won theirs in 2023, so technically Hattar will have played for a program that has won a national title the past four years. Is that a modern-day football record?
Michigan recruited Hattar to potentially step in at offensive guard and help solidify an offensive line that wasn't very good last year. Hattar was a Division II All-American, but playing at the FBS level is two steps up from there. Will he be able to immediately upgrade the offensive line? Will he be able to start in year one at a place like Michigan? The size is a good thing (6'5", 335 lbs.), but the game in the Big Ten moves much faster and the defensive tackles are stronger and more athletic. Even Myles Hinton struggled some when he first came from Stanford and he was a 5-star recruit with excellent size, so there are bound to be some growing pains. I think Hattar will be a backup guard to start the season but could potentially challenge to start halfway through the year.
Prediction: Backup offensive guard
a welcomed contributor of competition & depth
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