Name: Davis Warren
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 195 lbs.
High school: Suffield (CT) Suffield Academy
Position: Quarterback
Class: Redshirt junior
Jersey number: #16
Last year: I ranked Warren #70 and said he would be a backup quarterback (LINK). He completed 0/5 passes for 1 interception.
TTB Rating: N/A
Warren was a walk-on quarterback in the 2021 class – the same class as J.J. McCarthy – and he might be closer to the starting quarterback position than any other walk-on since Nick Sheridan in 2008. After overcoming a serious illness in high school, he was probably written off by many people. But his talent has always been there, and he looked decent in 2022. Unfortunately, an undisclosed injury seemed to sap him a little bit in 2023, and he did not perform well. Going 0-for-5 with 1 interception for the season is . . . well . . . there’s really no way to gloss over it: it’s about as bad as it gets.
But that 2023 performance was probably the pendulum swinging a little too far in the negative direction. Warren was back to looking pretty good in the 2024 spring game, throwing two touchdown passes – one a deep ball to Kendrick Bell and one a scrambling dart to Frederick Moore that Moore turned into a touchdown. Spring games aren’t the same as fall Saturdays in the Big House – or the Horseshoe – but there’s no getting past the fact that Warren has the physical talent to perform.
Word coming out of practices is that Warren is the best passer on the team. What he lacks is experience and playmaking ability with his feet. He’s a decent athlete and more mobile than Cade McNamara, but he’s not a runner. Michigan’s offense will look much different with Warren behind center rather than Orji. All signs seem to be pointing toward Orji to be the starter in 2024, but if he falters or gets injured, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Warren getting a shot. Seventh year senior Jack Tuttle is also in the mix, but Tuttle has supposedly been dealing with an injury during camp – and he’s often been injured in his career – so it seems like Warren has taken control of the #2 spot.
Prediction: Backup quarterback
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