Scholarship Summary for 2018

If my math is correct, 27+21+7+26=81; OL=14, RB=9, QB=4,WR/TE=11 for 38 on offense; DL=15, LB=8 and DB=18=41 on Defense. 38+41=79+4 PK/P/Snapper (Nordin/Moody/Cheeseman) for 85 which leaves 3 additional scholarships for walk-ons like Camaron Cheeseman, Jordan Glasgow and Joe Hewlett Fall Semester, 2018 with Louis Grodman, Hunter Reynolds, and Brendan White added for Winter Semester, 2019. Coaches plan to offer a Running Back Grad Transfer, and two Defensive Linemen Grad Transfers.

Class of 2021 Eligibility	Class of 2020 Eligibility	Class of 2019 Eligibility	Class of 2018 Eligibility
Anthony, Jordan	Black, Tarik	Bredeson, Ben	Bushell-Beatty, Juwann Furbush, Noah Hughes, Casey
Barrett, Michael Bell, Ronnie	Collins, Nico	Bush, Devin (NFL in 2019)	Kinnel, Tyree Mone, Bryan
	Dwumfour, Michael
Faustin, Sammy	Eubanks, Nick		Perry, Grant
Gray, Vincent	Filiaga, Chuck	Gary, Rashan (NFL in 2019)	Wangler, Jared Watson, Brandon Winovich, Chase
Green, Gemon	Gil, Devin	Gentry, Zach (NFL in 2019)
Green, German	Hawkins, Brad	Hill, LaVert
Haskins, Hassan	Johnson, Ron (?)	Hudson, Khaleke	9+13+28+28=78
Hayes, Ryan	Kelly-Powell, Jaylen	Jones, Reuben (To Transfer)	Moody, Jake
Honigford, Joel	Kemp, Carlo		Edwards, Berkley
	Long, David (To NFL)	Metellus, Josh	Hewlett, Joe
Hutchinson, Aidan	McKeon, Sean	Onwenu, Michael	Glasgow, Jordan
	Mason, Ben	Patterson, Shea	Cheeseman, Camaron
Jeter, Donovan	Nordin, Quinn	Runyan, Jon Jr.
McCaffrey, Dylan	Paye, Kwity	Ulizio, Nolan (Transfer to Pittsburgh)
McGrone, Cameron	Peoples-Jones, Donovan
Martin, Oliver	Peters, Brandon	7
Mayfield, Jaylen	Ross, Joshua
Milton, Joe	Ruiz, Cesar
Muhammad, Mustafa	St. Juste, Benjamin
Paea, Phillip

Schoonmaker, Luke	Spanellis, Stephen
Sims, Myles	Thomas, Ambry
	Uche, Joshua
Stueber, Andrew	Woods, J'Marick
	21
Turner, Christian	Cheeseman, Cameron
Upshaw, Taylor	Hart, Will/Robbins, Brad
VanSumeren, Ben
Vilain, Luiji
Welschof, Julius
27

There is a chance that some players won't return based on discussions between the players and coaches because eligibility for a redshirt year is a negotiation. Kickers, snappers and others may have other scholarship funding based on their preferred walk-on status when they came in. This may mean that snappers and others who began their Michigan Football careers as walk-ons may have other scholarship funding. Some players may go on medical due to injury issues that may prevent their playing time. Next, some players may be on scholarship funding in another sport (i.e. baseball). Finally, some players may not have much of a chance for playing time. (i.e. Reuben Jones, Ron Johnson, etc.) It is also possible that a graduate student or a 6th year player may not count against the 85 total allowed. Teams may oversign by 3 because some players may leave, quit, transfer or become academically ineligible from February to September; if they aren't able to enroll in September, then they may enroll the following January. Remember, the roster is a "meritocracy."

Observations on Michigan Football Recruiting in 2018

Observations on Michigan Football Recruiting in 2017

Scholarship Seniors and Possible Players leaving after 2018 season and replacements (28-30):

Offense (14-15)

Karan Higdon (Zach Charbonnet)-January, 2019 enrollee

Aubrey Solomon (Giles Jackson)

Juwann Bushell-Beatty (Trente Jones)

Grant Newsome (Jack Stewart)-January, 2019 enrollee

Nolan Ulizio (Nolan Rumler)

Jon Runyan Jr. (Karsen Barnhart)

Kekoa Crawford (Zach Carpenter)

James Hudson (Trevor Keegan)

Kareem Walker (Cade McNamara)-January, 2019 enrollee

Tyrone Wheatley Jr. (Erick All)-January, 2019 enrollee

Grant Perry (George Johnson III)

Eddie McDoom (Quintel Kent)

O'Maury Samuels (Running Back-Grad Transfer: Brandon Stephens, Deshawn McClease, Tyler Bell, Taj Griffin, Markel Smith, Emmanuel Esukpa, Derrick Clark, Sihiem King, Josh Crawford, Riley Burt, etc.)

Chris Evans (Running Back?)

Zach Gentry (Cornelius Johnson)

Offensive/Special Teams Preferred Walk-On Commitments: Andy Maddox (QB), Ren Hefley (QB), Tommy Friberg (QB), Matt Bills (QB), Jordan Castleberry (RB), Leon Franklin (RB), Ricardo Macon (RB), Abraham Jaafar (RB), Jack Billo (WR), Evan Brunning (OL), Zack Conti (OL), Mahdi Hamide (OL), Mica Gelb (OL), Hunter McDaniel (OL), Blake Fisher (OL), Will Sessa (TE), Karl Kerska (PK), James Turner (PK), William Wagner (Snapper), Trey Harper (Snapper), etc.