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2024 Ex-Wolverine Commit Updates: Post-season

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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Lawrence Hattar, Wolverine

Ferris State transfer offensive lineman Lawrence Hattar committed to Michigan.

Hattar was listed at 6’5″ and 335 pounds for Ferris State this past season, his redshirt junior year. He redshirted in 2021, played two games in 2022, then became a starter in 2023 and 2024. He played in all fifteen games this past season as the Bulldogs won a Division II national championship, and he was named a Division II All-American.

Coming out of Livonia (MI) Churchill in 2021, Hattar was a 6’4″, 280-pounder who wasn’t athletic enough for the FBS level. His feet were pretty slow and he tended to lean on people as more of a waist-bender. There’s been significant improvement since then, and Michigan will be getting a fifth-year senior with 27 games of experience, as well as the growth and development that comes along with playing for a multiple-national championship-winning program.

I think Hattar is a good depth piece for the program, but after watching some Ferris State highlights of him starting at left guard this past season, I’m not sure he will rise to the level of a starter. He will be limited to playing on the interior of the offensive line, likely competing for time at left guard, a position Josh Priebe is vacating. At his significant size, he may be able to help out on the extra point/field goal protection units. He does not change direction particularly well to find work on the second level, but his heft and strength could be effective on down blocks and at the point of attack.

Hattar is the second lower-level offensive lineman to pick Michigan, following FCS Cal Poly offensive lineman Brady Norton. While they need to replace left guard Priebe and left tackle Myles Hinton, the coaching staff seems to like rising redshirt sophomore Evan Link and rising redshirt freshman Andrew Sprague; Link was a full-year starter, mostly at right tackle, and Sprague started the bowl game against Alabama at right tackle. The program also signed 5-star offensive tackle Andrew Babalola and is trying to land blue-chip tackle Ty Haywood in February. The biggest question mark is that left guard spot, because Michigan’s next best internal options (Dominick Giudice, Raheem Anderson) transferred, leaving a bunch of totally unproven players.

Michigan has now landed ten transfer commitments for 2025. This is Michigan’s first Division II transfer in my memory. Hattar would be the first player from Churchill to play for Michigan since middle guard Rod Vaughn back in 1978.

Tre Williams, Wolverine

Clemson transfer defensive tackle Tre Williams has committed to Michigan.

Williams is a 6’2″, 315 lb. defensive lineman who had an overall grade of 66.3 from Pro Football Focus this season. He ended the year on a low note, notching grades of 46.1 and 43.1 against Texas and SMU, respectively. Overall, he played in 44 games over the past five seasons, making four starts, 44 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, 3 fumble recoveries, and 2 pass breakups.

Michigan recruited Williams when he was coming out of Washington (DC) St. John’s back in 2020, but Williams understandably picked Clemson, which had won national championships in 2016 and 2018. The Wolverines had landed safety Quinten Johnson from St. John’s in the 2019 class, and that was reportedly an important connection in this second attempt to recruit Williams.

The Michigan program is losing Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant to the NFL this off-season, as well as true freshman Owen Wafle, who entered the transfer portal. Alabama’s Damon Payne has already signed with Michigan this off-season and might be one of the starters on the interior. Number three defensive tackle Rayshaun Benny is likely to return but has not made an announcement yet, and others in the mix to play a lot include Trey Pierce, Ike Iwunnah, and Enow Etta.

Visitors: January 3-5, 2025

TRANSFER PORTAL

Ryland Gandy – CB – Pitt: Gandy is a 6’0″, 172 lb. corner who made 40 tackles and 2 pass breakups this past season as a first-year starter. He notched a grade of 60.6 from PFF. He was a 3-star, the #59 cornerback, and #650 overall in the class of 2022 and attended Buford (GA) Buford, the same high school as running back transfer Justice Haynes.

David Pantelis – WR – Yale: Pantelis is a 5’11”, 200 lb. wideout who spent the past four years at Yale after attending high school at Pittsburgh (PA) Upper St. Clair. This past season he caught 69 passes for 1,018 yards and 11 touchdowns. Altogether, he has caught 119 passes for 1,661 yards (14.0 yards/catch) and 14 touchdowns. He also has averaged 26.5 yards/return on 9 kickoff returns and 6.7 yards/return on 7 punts return attempts.

Tre Williams – DT – Clemson: Williams is a 6’2″, 315-pounder who was a 4-star, the #11 defensive tackle, and #94 overall in the class of 2020. He got a COVID exemption for 2020 and only played in four games (plus the bowl game) in 2023, so he still has one year of eligibility remaining. He played 303 snaps this past season and started two games, earning a 66.3 grade from PFF. He made 14 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 pass breakups in 2024. He was a high school teammate of graduating Michigan safety Quinten Johnson.

Under Armour All-American Game Participants: Michigan

Karmello English

The 2026 Under Armour All-American Game will be played in January of 2026.  The following participants have committed to or signed paperwork to play for Michigan:

2025
Kaden Strayhorn, C – Bradenton, FL

2024
Jeremiah Beasley, LB – Belleville, MI

2023
Karmello English, WR – Phenix City, AL
Amir Herring, C – West Bloomfield, MI

2022
Will Johnson, CB – Grosse Pointe, MI
Derrick Moore, DE – Baltimore, MD
Keon Sabb, S – Bradenton, FL
Amorion Walker, WR – Ponchatoula, LA

2021
Giovanni El-Hadi, OT – Sterling Heights, MI
Jaydon Hood, LB – Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2020
Blake Corum, RB – Baltimore, MD
Micah Mazzccua, OT – Baltimore, MD
Braiden McGregor, DE – Port Huron, MI#
Andre Seldon, Jr., CB – Belleville, MI

2019
Zach Charbonnet, RB – Thousand Oaks, CA
Quinten Johnson, S – Washington, DC
Trente Jones, OT – Loganville, GA
Nolan Rumler, OG – Akron, OH
Mazi Smith, DT – East Kentwood, MI
Anthony Solomon, LB – Fort Lauderdale, FL

2018
Mustapha Muhammad, TE – Missouri City, TX
Myles Sims, CB – Atlanta, GA

2017
Jaylen Kelly-Powell, S – Detroit, MI
Kwity Paye, DE – Warwick, RI
Cesar Ruiz, C – Bradenton, FL
Luiji Vilain, DE – Alexandria, VA

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