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2025 Recruiting Update: January 18, 2023

ADDED TO THE BOARD: 2025

Demetrius Brisbon – QB – Tyler (TX) Chapel Hill: Brisbon is a 6’1″, 175 lb. prospect with offers from Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas Tech, among others. As a sophomore in 2022, he completed 134/225 passes for 2,209 yards, 32 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions; he also ran 140 times for 1,403 yards and 15 touchdowns. He’s a teammate of Kamran Williams (see below).

Noah Flores – TE – Graham (WA) Graham-Kapowsin: Flores is a 6’4″, 230-pounder with one other offer from Louisville.

Tucker Kattus – OT – Cincinnati (OH) Saint Xavier: Kattus is a 6’5″, 260 lb. Michigan legacy as the son of former Wolverine and NFL tight end Eric Kattus. He has offers from Boston College, Kentucky, and Miami-OH. His older brother Josh is a tight end signee for Kentucky.

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2024 Recruiting Update: January 17, 2023

ADDED TO THE BOARD: 2024

Tayshawn Banks – CB – Cincinnati (OH) Taft: Banks is a 6’0″, 170 lb. prospect with offers from Kentucky, Penn State, Pitt, and Purdue, among others.

Jay’Quan Bostic – WR – Cincinnati (OH) Taft: Bostic is a 6’3″, 180-pounder with offers from Kentucky, Pitt, West Virginia, and more.

Darrion Dupree – RB – Chicago (IL) Mount Carmel: Dupree is a 5’10”, 190 lb. back with offers from Iowa, Notre Dame, and Wisconsin, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #32 running back, and #405 overall. He has so-so speed and explosiveness, but his contact balance is outstanding.

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All-Time Season Passing Yardage Leaders

Previously I posted all the single-game passing yardage leaders (LINK). Today we look at the season passing yardage leaders.

Hit the jump for the list.

Visitors: January 13-15, 2023

2024

Jordan Marshall – RB – Cincinnati (OH) Archbishop Moeller: Marshall is a 5’11”, 195 lb. prospect with offers from Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #12 running back, and #168 overall. Marshall was Gatorade’s Ohio Football Player of the Year after rushing for 1,961 yards and scoring 30 touchdowns on the ground, plus adding 19 catches for 364 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns. Marshall has visited Michigan several times.

Jacob Oden – S – Harper Woods (MI) Harper Woods: Oden is a 6’1″, 188-pounder with offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, and Penn State, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #23 athlete, and #191 overall. He’s the son of Harper Woods head coach Rod Oden, who was a walk-on fullback at Michigan in the 1990s.

Bryce West – S – Cleveland (OH) Glenville: West is a 5’11”, 177 lb. prospect with offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Penn State, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #6 cornerback, and #61 overall. He made 4 interceptions as a junior.

Eyabi Okie, Ex-Wolverine

Michigan outside linebacker Eyabi Okie is entering the transfer portal. He has one more year of eligibility remaining and has also spent time at Alabama, Houston, and UT-Martin.

Okie was a 5-star recruit to Alabama in the class of 2018. But off-the-field issues led to him transferring multiple times. He seemed to sort things out at UT-Martin in 2021, and he was a late addition to Michigan’s program in August, even after camp began.

Early in the 2022 season, Okie was a situational pass rusher, but he earned more playing time as the season went along, especially once Mike Morris got hurt a couple weeks before the end of the season. Okie made 18 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, 2 pass breakups, and 4 quarterback hurries during his one year in Ann Arbor.

I would not be surprised to see Okie follow his high school coach, former Michigan staffer Biff Poggi, to Charlotte, where Poggi is now the head coach.

Here’s a look at what’s remaining at the EDGE positions for 2023:

EDGE: Braiden McGregor (RS Jr.), Derrick Moore (So.), Kechaun Bennett (RS So.), Enow Etta (Fr.)
Rush LB: Jaylen Harrell (RS Jr.), Josaiah Stewart (Jr.), Tyler McLaurin (RS So.), Aymeric Koumba (Fr.)

You can also view the 2023 scholarship count (LINK).