Scholarship Summary for 2024

If my math is correct, 25+21+19+19=84; OL=17, RB=7, QB=4,WR-6/TE-6=12 for 40 on offense; DL=20, LB=10 and DB=13=43 on Defense. 40+43=83+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 and Zach Ludwig who also may earn 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 and Possible Players leaving after 2024 season with potential replacements (?+):

Offense (?+)

Donovan Edwards (Jordon Davison, Marquise Davis, Bo Jackson, Iverson Howard, etc.)

Myles Hinton (Avery Gach)

Jack Tuttle (Carter Smith)

Karmello English (Eli Owen)

Amir Herring (Andrew Babalola, Michael Carroll, Rowan Byrne, John Mills, etc.)

Cristian Dixon (Quinn Morris, Kamren Flowers, Aveion Chenault, Jamauri Brice, Taz Williams, Quincy Porter, Derek Meadows, Jacob Washington, Philip Wright, etc.)

TE (Andrew Olesh, Nick Townsend, Xavier Newsom, Kaleb Edwards, T'Andre Waverly, A.J. La, Noah Flores, Marco Jones, etc.)

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Defense (?+)

Ike Iwunna (Bobby Kanka)

Tyler McLaurin (Willie Fletcher)

Rod Moore (JaDon Blair)

Makari Paige (Jordan Young)

Josiah Stewart (Xavier Newsom, Jaylen Williams, Nasir Wyatt, Mariyon Dye, D.J. Sanders, Marco Jones, etc.)

Jeremiah Beasley (Elijah Melendez, Kamar Archie, Chase Taylor, Christian Pierce, etc.)

D.J. Waller (Dawayne Galloway, Jahmari DeLoatch, Kade Phillips, Noah Francis, Deuce Edwards, etc.)

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