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FORMER PLAYERS
TE Erick All (Iowa): All caught 3 passes for 32 yards in a 20-13 win over Iowa State.
WR Andrel Anthony (Oklahoma): Anthony caught 7 passes for 76 yards and 1 touchdown in a 28-11 win over SMU. He is now OU’s leading receiver with 10 catches for 142 yards and 1 score on the year.
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QB Alan Bowman (Oklahoma State): Bowman completed 11/16 passes for 113 yards in a 27-15 win over Arizona State. He also ran 2 times for -5 yards. He’s in a real battle for the QB job as OSU played three quarterbacks in a relatively tight game.
TE Erick All (Iowa): All is now a Hawkeye and might play second fiddle at tight end to Luke Lachey, but Iowa uses multiple tight ends on a regular basis, so he should get plenty of playing time. Last year’s second tight end was Lachey, who had 28 catches for 398 yards and 4 touchdowns behind Sam LaPorta, who is now with the Detroit Lions.
WR Andrel Anthony (Oklahoma): Anthony is slotted in as a starting receiver for the Sooners this fall. He’s listed as a 6’1″, 192 lb. junior.
QB Alan Bowman (Oklahoma State): Bowman is in a battle for the starting quarterback job at one of the “other” OSU schools.
OG Zach Carpenter (Indiana): Carpenter is a redshirt senior who is expected to start at center for the Hoosiers.
S Damani Dent (Charlotte): Dent is a 5’11”, 196 lb. redshirt freshman at Charlotte.
CB Darion Green-Warren (Nevada): Green-Warren is a redshirt sophomore who is expected to be a backup for the Wolfpack in 2023.
TE Louis Hansen (UConn): Hansen is expected to start for the Huskies at tight end this fall. He’s listed at 6’4″ and 238 pounds.
Michigan tight end Erick All announced today that he was moving on from Michigan. The fourth-year player from Fairfield (OH) Fairfield had been a starter at tight end for 12 games and played in 35 overall, but he suffered a back injury earlier this season and missed most of the year while recovering.
I gave All a TTB Rating of 75 when he committed to Michigan (LINK). It’s funny that when I went back to read my scouting report on him in his commitment post, I said this:
“He seems to be at his best running crossing routes, which is great, because thatβs where Michigan will have its most success with the tight ends.”
And the one play that stands out most for him in a Michigan uniform was the game-winning crossing route against Penn State:
Erick All has entered the transfer portal. Couldnβt have done it in 2021 without him pic.twitter.com/uCGKpvxfLn
Overall, All made 54 catches for 565 yards and 2 touchdowns in his career. (For a reference point, Michigan just played Purdue, whose tight end Payne Durham has 56 catches for 560 yards and 8 touchdowns in 2022 alone.) All was Honorable Mention All-Big Ten in 2021, his best season, when he made 38 catches for 437 yards and 2 scores.
With All (and Louis Hansen) entering the transfer portal, Luke Schoonmaker making a run at the NFL, and Joel Honigford running out of eligibility, Michigan will go from a very proven tight end room in 2022 to a questionable depth chart in 2023. It’s always a strong tight end room at Michigan, but here’s the depth chart headed into next season with the player’s career reception total alongside:
Colston Loveland (So.): 12
Max Bredeson (RS Jr.): 5
Matt Hibner (RS Jr.): 2
Marlin Klein (RS Fr.): 0
Zack Marshall (Fr.): 0
Deakon Tonielli (Fr.): 0
The odds-on favorite to land All appears to be Iowa, where former Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara is headed.