Former Northwestern offensive guard Josh Priebe entered the transfer portal and committed to Michigan.
Priebe is listed at 6’5″ and 310 lbs. He started 28 games at Northwestern, including twelve games in 2023. He was named Third Team All-Big Ten and selected as a captain for the Wildcats, who completed a surprising 8-5 season on December 23 with a 14-7 win over Utah.
Michigan offered Priebe out of Edwardsburg (MI) Edwardsburg back in the class of 2020. Though Michigan made sense in many respects, he was crystal balled to Michigan State for a while before picking Northwestern. He played quite a bit as a true freshman in 2020, which didn’t count because of COVID. He then went on to start for the majority of 2021-2023.
I remember Priebe as a mobile offensive lineman who pulled quite a bit in high school and looked pretty good on the hoof. Michigan is losing both offensive guards – Trevor Keegan and Zak Zinter – to the NFL after this season, and Priebe started at left guard for the ‘Cats. He could possibly slide into Keegan’s spot at left guard for 2024, though there’s stiff competition from the likes of Andrew Gentry, Giovanni El-Hadi, and others. A lot can happen between now and next August, but the starting line could look like this:
- LT: Myles Hinton
- LG: Josh Priebe
- C: Drake Nugent
- RG: Giovanni El-Hadi
- RT: Trente Jones
All of those players have starting experience, and each of them would be in at least his fourth year of playing college football.
Priebe was a 3-star, the #20 offensive guard, and #435 overall in the class of 2020. He would be the first player to suite up for the Wolverines from Edwardsburg (MI) Edwardsburg, though there is a player named Frank Loomis who suited up for Michigan way back in 1891. I can’t figure out when Edwardsburg High School opened or whether Loomis was just from the town . . . or if he attended some now defunct school in the area. Regardless, it’s been a long time since anyone from Edwardsburg has worn the maize and blue winged helmet.
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