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Ty Haywood – OT – Denton (TX) Ryan: Haywood is a 6’5″, 285 lb. prospect who was previously committed to Alabama. He’s a 5-star, the #4 offensive tackle, and #18 overall in the class. This is an official visit, and he has also taken official visits to Florida State, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech.
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UMass transfer portal wide receiver Anthony Simpson committed to Michigan on Sunday. He has one season of eligibility remaining.
Simpson is a 5’11”, 184-pounder. Last season he caught 3 passes for 16 yards while playing in just two games for the Minutemen before an injury ended his season. However, his career-best season was in 2023 when he caught 57 passes for 792 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Simpson was a 3-star, the #2 athlete, and the #5 overall prep school player coming out in 2021 after playing traditional high school ball at Pawling (NY) Bloomfield. He spent his first two years of college at Arizona playing for former Michigan assistant Jedd Fisch, who was the Wildcats head coach from 2021-2023. Simpson made just 8 catches for 102 yards while playing in eighteen games those first two years before transferring to UMass and playing for head coach Don Brown, who had been the defensive coordinator and Simpson’s recruiter when Brown was Arizona’s defensive coordinator.
Along with his receiving ability, Simpson has 14 carries for 108 yards and 1 touchdown throughout his career. He seems to be a bit of a screen and gadget guy, a little bit like current Michigan receiver Semaj Morgan. (I still think Morgan is capable of more based on his high school film, but Michigan has so far been unable to use him effectively as a downfield or intermediate receiver.) I think it’s good to have multiple guys on the roster who have that skill set in order to keep defenses off balance, provide competition, and account for the possibility of injury. But it will be interesting to see how they dole out opportunities.
Michigan has now added two transfer portal receivers: one a quick slot guy in Simpson and the other a 6’5″ outside guy in Indiana’s Donaven McCulley. Meanwhile, they lost Tyler Morris to Indiana.
University of Louisiana-Lafayette cornerback Caleb Anderson committed to Michigan on Sunday evening.
Anderson is a 6’3″, 200 lb. corner who started twelve total games as a Ragin’ Cajun from 2020-2024 while playing in 39 total games. He made 18 tackles and 1 quarterback hurry this past season while earning a 63.7 grade from Pro Football Focus. He has 2 career interceptions, one of which he returned for a 54-yard touchdown against Rice in 2022 (video below):
Anderson will be a sixth-year senior in 2025. Coming out of Jackson (LA) East Feliciana, he was a high school quarterback who was a 3-star, the #67 athlete, and #1103 overall in his class. He got a COVID exemption in 2020 and then redshirted in 2021. He was coached by Michigan defensive backs coach Lamar Morgan when Morgan was at Louisiana-Lafayette in 2022-2023.
Michigan has been looking for help at cornerback after losing Will Johnson to the NFL and Aamir Hall to expired eligibility. The Wolverines have also lost a couple cornerbacks in the transfer portal, like Myles Pollard and Kody Jones, both of whom committed to Memphis. They did sign Tevis Metcalf from Arkansas, but he’s very young and unproven.
Along with Morgan’s experience coaching in Louisiana, Michigan also signed two Louisiana natives in the 2025 class (WR Jacob Washington and RB Jasper Parker) and has a Louisiana product in wide receivers coach Ron Bellamy.
Marietta (GA) Kell safety Tony Forney, Jr. (247 Sports 3-star, #49 safety) was offered by Michigan. He’s a 5’11”, 175 lb. prospect with offers from Auburn, Georgia, and Pitt, among others.
Leesburg (GA) Lee County safety Lasiah “L.A.” Jackson (4-star, #18 S, #221 overall) was offered by Michigan. He’s a 6’3″, 167-pounder with offers from Auburn, Florida, Georgia, and others.
Cleveland (OH) Glenville linebacker Cincere Johnson (4-star, #8 LB, #108 overall) was offered by Michigan. He’s a 6’3″, 225 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Penn State, among others. Glenville is traditionally an Ohio State stronghold, so it will be tough to pull him away from there.
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Here’s a roundup of the former Michigan commits and how they did this past season.
FORMER COMMITS
DE Collins Acheampong (UCLA): Acheampong has yet to play any college snaps after two years, one with Miami and this past season with the Bruins.
LB Aaron Alexander (Michigan State Arkansas State): Alexander made 3 tackles this past season playing for the Spartans and has since transferred to Arkansas State.
WR Markus Allen (Eastern Michigan): The former Wisconsin Badger was EMU’s second leading receiver with 43 catches for 651 yards and 3 touchdowns. He is now in the transfer portal.
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