Scholarship Summary for 2024

If my math is correct, 25+19+19+19=82; OL=18, RB=7, QB=4,WR-8/TE-6=14 for 43 on offense; DL=22, LB=8 and DB=18=48 on Defense. 43+48=91+3 PK/P/Snapper (Samaha/Doman/Wagner/Tarr/Zvada/etc.). Some of the 5th and 6th Year Players may not need to be counted towards the 85 since they may be in Grad School, and eligible for other academic funding; many of the kickers/punters/snappers have alternative scholarship funding like most schools due to donor monies available. This is also true with walk-ons who have earned scholarships. Another tidbit on scholarships, Zach Ludwig may not count as a football scholarship as his funding may also be done with baseball scholarship monies since he will be a varsity baseball player as well. Ditto with Brandon Mann who also earned a baseball scholarship.

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. 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." Who will enter the transfer portal in 2024? There are several possibilities of players who didn't receive much playing time in the past few seasons with little chance to play in 2023.

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Scholarship Seniors/Transfers leaving after 2024 season with potential replacements (38+):

Offense (19+)

Donovan Edwards (Jasper Parker)

Myles Hinton (Avery Gach)

Jack Tuttle (Bryce Underwood)

Karmello English (Eli Owen)

Amir Herring (Andrew Babalola)

Josh Priebe (Kaden Strayhorn)

Cristian Dixon (Jacob Washington)

C.J. Charleston (Andrew Marsh)

Colston Loveland (?)

Tavierre Dunlap (Donovan Robinson)

Tyler Morris (Jamar Browder)

Tristan Bounds (Ty Haywood)

Raheem Anderson (?)

Andrew Gentry (Brady Norton)

Jeff Persi (Lawrence Hattar)

Alex Orji (Chase Herbstreit)

QB (Mikey Keene)

RB (Justice Hayes)

WR (Anthony Simpson)

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Defense (19+)

Ike Iwunnah (Bobby Kanka)

Tyler McLaurin (Nathaniel Marshall)

Aamir Hall (Shamari Earls)

Makari Paige (Kainoa Winston)

Josiah Stewart (Benny Patterson)

Micah Pollard (Justin Holly)

Jeremiah Beasley (Chase Taylor)

Semaj Bridgeman (Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng)

Hayden Moore (Kainoa Winston)

D.J. Waller (Jayden Sanders)

Quinten Johnson (Elijah Dotson)

Cristian Dixon (Jordan Young)

Mason Graham (Travis Moten)

Will Johnson (T.J. and Tevis Metcalf)

Kody Jones (Caleb Anderson)

Breeon Ishmail (Damon Payne)

Owen Wafle (Troy Bowles)

Kenneth Grant (Tre Williams)

Defensive Preferred Walk-On Commitments:

Special Teams (P-Ryan Leavy, Steven Earnest, Guy Russo, Brenden Segovia, Ryan Marks, Bobby Engstler, etc.) (LS-Trent Middleton, Coby Tripp, Gray Evans, Hunter Solwold, etc.) (PK-)

Possible Transfers in 2024: Offense-Jayden Denegal, Connor Jones, Deakon Tonielli, Cole Cabana, Brooks Bahr, etc.; Defense-Alessandro Lorenzetti, Kody Jones, Micah Pollard, Myles Pollard, etc. Players leaving for NFL: Mason Graham, Josaiah Stewart, Will Johnson, Colston Loveland, Myles Hinton, Kenneth Grant, Makari Paige, William Wagner, and Kalel Mullings. Transfer Portal-December, 2024: Tyler Morris, Tavierre Dunlap, Tristan Bounds, Raheem Anderson, Tommy Doman, Andrew Gentry, Jayden Denegal, Dominic Giudice, Christian Boivin, Tomas O'Meara, Logan Forbes, Micah Pollard, Myles Pollard, Dan Rosenberg, Alex Orji, Adam Samaha, Drew Hickmott, Stone Anderson, Micah Davis, Peter Simmons, Breeon Ishmael, Jack Mackinnon, Owen Wafle, Jeff Persi, etc.

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