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Owen Wafle, Ex-Wolverine

Rising second-year player Owen Wafle has entered the transfer portal.

Wafle was listed as a 6’2″, 298 lb. defensive lineman on this year’s roster. He did not play in any games. He was a 4-star, the #50 defensive lineman, and #445 overall in the 247 Composite for the class of 2024. Michigan flipped him from Notre Dame.

I gave Wafle a TTB Rating of 73 when he committed (LINK) and said this:

Wafle is not as athletic as [Maurice] Hurst, more talented than [Brady] Pallante, and perhaps as versatile as [Dan] Klecko. I could see Jim Harbaugh wanting to line Wafle up in the backfield on goal line situations and letting him make a linebacker or two explode.

Linebacker Jeremiah Beasley (Missouri) was the first player to transfer out of Michigan’s 2024 class, and Wafle is now the second.

Wafle’s brother Luke is a 2026 prospect with a Michigan offer, so this development may hurt Michigan’s chances there. The younger Wafle is a 6’5″, 240-pounder and he’s a 4-star, the #28 defensive lineman, and #221 overall.

Michigan 19, Alabama 13

Surprise, surprise, surprise! For the second game in a row, almost nobody gave Michigan a chance to win. And for the second game in a row, almost everybody was wrong. The mighty Alabama Crimson Tide, who almost made the College Football Playoff with a 9-3 record, fell to 9-4. And when all is said and done, on paper that’s not far from where Michigan finished at 8-5. Alabama had lost some players to the transfer portal, but Michigan was missing ten starters (Myles Hinton, Colston Loveland, Kalel Mullings, Tyler Morris, Mason Graham, Kenneth Grant, Josaiah Stewart, Will Johnson, Makari Paige, Tommy Doman) and the guy who was on the cover of NCAA ’25 (Donovan Edwards) and still won the game.

Hit the jump for more.

Michigan’s 10 Longest Plays vs. Alabama

Michigan is 2-3 against the Alabama Crimson Tide. They first met in the Hall of Fame Bowl following the 1987 season, followed by the Outback Bowl in 1996, the Orange Bowl following the 1999 season, a regular season meeting in 2012, and then the Outback Bowl again following the 2019 season.

1. Jamie Morris 77-yard TD run (1987)
2. Denard Robinson 71-yard pass to Jeremy Gallon (2012)
3. Tom Brady 57-yard TD pass to David Terrell (1999)
4. Giles Jackson 50-yard kickoff return (2019)
5. Denard Robinson 44-yard TD pass to Devin Gardner (2012)
6. Shea Patterson 40-yard pass to Giles Jackson (2019)
7. J.J. McCarthy 38-yard TD pass to Tyler Morris (2024)
8. Shea Patterson 34-yard pass to Donovan Peoples-Jones (2019)
9. Dennis Norfleet 33-yard kickoff return (2012)
10. Jamie Morris 31-yard run (1987)

Hit the jump for a video of Jamie Morris going 77 yards for the TD in the Hall of Fame Bowl and for the long TD pass from Brady to Terrell.

Way Too Early 2025 Depth Chart: Late December 2024

The following depth chart has removed these listed players from the roster:

• QB Jayden Denegal (transfer portal)
• QB Alex Orji (transfer portal)
• QB Jack Tuttle (retirement/graduation)
• RB Cole Cabana (transfer portal)
• RB Tavierre Dunlap (transfer portal)
• RB Donovan Edwards (graduation)
• RB Kalel Mullings (graduation)
• WR C.J. Charleston (graduation)
• WR Tyler Morris (transfer portal)
• TE Colston Loveland (NFL draft)
• OT Tristan Bounds (transfer portal)
• OT Andrew Gentry (transfer portal)
• OT Myles Hinton (graduation)
• OT Jeffrey Persi (graduation)
• OG Dominick Giudice (transfer portal)
• OG Josh Priebe (graduation)
• C Raheem Anderson II (transfer portal)
• DE Breeon Ishmail (transfer portal)
• DE Josaiah Stewart (graduation)
• DT Mason Graham (NFL draft)
• DT Kenneth Grant (NFL draft)
• LB Micah Pollard (transfer portal)
• CB Aamir Hall (graduation)
• CB Will Johnson (NFL draft)
• CB Myles Pollard (transfer portal)
• S Quinten Johnson (graduation)
• S Rod Moore (graduation)
• S Makari Paige (graduation)
• S Wesley Walker (graduation)
• K Adam Samaha (transfer portal)
• P Tommy Doman (transfer portal)

It assumes that every currently rostered player and every currently committed prospect will be here in the fall of 2025, which is obviously not true.

Hit the jump for the depth chart.

2024 Ex-Wolverine Player Updates: Post-season

Andrel Anthony, WR (Oklahoma Duke): Anthony had injury issues over his time in Norman and made just 1 catch for 4 yards this past season. He transferred to Duke after the season.

Jeremiah Beasley, LB (Missouri): Beasley made 7 tackles while playing in eleven games as a freshman.

Tristan Bounds, OT (Arizona): Bounds played just one offensive snap for Michigan this year and transferred to Arizona after the season.

Hit the jump for more.