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Ex-Wolverine Player Updates: Spring 2026

Here’s the scoop on 77 former Michigan Wolverines players, how their 2025 went, and where they are for 2026.

FORMER PLAYERS

Raheem Anderson, C (Western Michigan): Anderson concluded his college football career by becoming an All-MAC center for the Broncos in 2025.

Andrel Anthony, WR (Duke): Anthony concluded his college football career by catching 26 passes for 246 yards and 5 touchdowns for the Blue Devils in 2025. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Falcons.

Devon Baxter, DE (Virginia): Baxter is a 6’6″, 247 lb. redshirt sophomore for his first season at Virginia.

Jeremiah Beasley, LB (Missouri): Beasley made 19 tackles and 1 forced fumble in 2025 and is penciled in as a backup linebacker for the 2026 season.

Josh Beetham, TE (Georgia Tech): Beetham started five games and played in all thirteen in 2025, making 6 catches for 134 yards and 2 touchdowns altogether.

Kechaun Bennett, DE (UCLA): Bennett transferred to UCLA for his final college season and made 25 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 quarterback hurry while playing in eleven games.

Christian Boivin, LB (Saginaw Valley State): Boivin transferred to Division II SVSU and made 105 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, and 1 forced fumble in 2025.

Tristan Bounds, OT (Arizona): Bounds started eight games for Arizona in 2025 and is expected to be the starting right tackle in 2026. He’s listed at 6’8″, 306 lbs. going into his sixth year.

Hit the jump for more.

2025 Season Countdown: #96-100

100. OL Brooks Bahr (RS So.): Bahr is now listed at a respectable 6’5″ and 319 pounds, but over two seasons at Michigan, he has yet to see the field. He came in as an oversized defensive end and switched to offensive line last year, so he’s bound to take some time to adjust to that side of the ball. With some highly touted freshmen coming in, a couple transfers, and the other returning players, it’s unlikely that Bahr will play a role in 2025 unless he’s part of the field goal protection unit. Last year’s rank: #81.

99. DT Ted Hammond (RS Fr.): Hammond, much like Bahr, came in as a jumbo defensive end who looked like a tweener on the defensive line. That’s still the case now that he’s listed at 6’5″ and 282 pounds, because he’s not athletic enough to play an edge role but he’s probably still too light to play on the interior. He probably needs another year or two of development, along with some of the older defensive tackles to depart. Last year’s rank: #106.

98. S Jordan Young (Fr.): Young (4-star, #4 ATH, #120 overall) was a late recruiting win for Michigan as the Wolverines flipped him from Clemson. He could potentially play nickel even though he was ranked as a safety, but it’s tough for a freshman defensive back to come in and play early with the complicated defense that Wink Martindale runs. He’s probably a few spots down on the depth chart going into the season.

97. LS Evan Boutorwick (RS Jr.): Boutorwick has spent three seasons in Ann Arbor and has yet to see the field. The obvious mitigating factor is that he has had William Wagner and Greg Tarr ahead of him, both of whom have been good players. Boutorwick threw his name in the transfer portal this off-season, perhaps in anticipation of potential roster limits, which did not come to pass. I have not seen news that he is actually transferring, but Michigan brought in transfer Dan Rosenberg, who has starting experience at Holy Cross, and Tarr also returns as the likely starter. Last year’s rank: #63.

96. QB Davis Warren (RS Sr.): It might be surprising to see Warren ranked all the way down here at #96, since he was the starter for most of the 2024 season. However, he tore his ACL in the bowl game against Alabama, and Michigan probably has at least two quarterbacks this season who are better than him in freshman Bryce Underwood and incoming transfer Mikey Keene. Warren’s season was underwhelming from a statistical standpoint (134/209, 64.1% completions, 1199 yards, 7 TD, 9 INT), but he did beat Michigan State, Ohio State, and Alabama as a starting quarterback. I would expect him to drop to at least #3 on the depth chart even if he returns to some semblance of playable health. Last year’s rank: #29.

2024 Season Countdown: #63 Evan Boutorwick

Name: Evan Boutorwick
Height: 6’3″
Weight: 230 lbs.
High school: Sterling Heights (MI) Henry Ford II
Position: Long snapper
Class: Redshirt sophomore
Jersey number: #46
Last year: I ranked Boutorwick #64 and said he would be a backup long snapper (LINK). He did not play.
TTB Rating: N/A

It’s always interesting to me when I put together the countdown and then, when I’m writing the individual posts, discover that I put a player in the exact same spot – or close to it – for consecutive years. That’s the case with Boutorwick, who was #64 last year and now comes in at #63.

Boutorwick did not play any snaps – pun intended! – in 2023 because of the presence of William Wagner and Greg Tarr. Wagner started all fifteen games last season, but he was injured in 2022 and replaced by a very capable Tarr. So Michigan already has two solid long snappers.

The third one appears to be Boutorwick. While the third-string long snapper does not appear to be very important on paper, Michigan has had injuries at the long snapper position in recent years to guys like Wagner and Scott Sypniewski. And long snapper can be one of those spots that can swing a team’s fortunes wildly. So here sits Boutorwick, who in the best case scenario for Michigan . . . won’t step on the field at all in 2024.

Unless maybe Michigan is beating MSU 48-0 again and needs an extra point.

P.S. Speaking of an extra point, both Wagner and Tarr will have exhausted their eligibility after 2024, so Boutorwick could possibly go from #3 on the depth chart to #1 by 2025.

Prediction: Backup long snapper

2023 Season Countdown: #64 Evan Boutorwick

Name: Evan Boutorwick
Height: 6’3″
Weight: 231 lbs.
High school: Sterling Heights (MI) Henry Ford II
Position: Long snapper
Class: Redshirt freshman
Jersey number: #46
Last year: I ranked Boutorwick #111 and said he would redshirt (LINK). He redshirted.
TTB Rating: N/A

What do you do when you’re doing a countdown and you recognize too late that you missed a person?

Well, in this case you put them at #64 in the countdown.

This is not a slight against Boutorwick, who is surely a fine young man and an excellent long snapper, but he’s the third-string snapper behind Greg Tarr and Will Wagner. Wagner has been the team’s starter for the past two seasons but was lost to injury, so Tarr stepped in for the final two-thirds of the 2022 season. I assume Wagner will be back to full strength after a torn ACL suffered on October 1, but you never know with ACLs.

Boutorwick was going to be in the 80s as the backup to the backup long snapper, but considering Wagner’s pre-existing injury, maybe #64 isn’t altogether too high, after all. Regardless, Michigan is unlikely to rely on its third-best long snapper too much in 2023.

Prediction: Backup long snapper

2022 Season Countdown: #111 Evan Boutorwick

Name: Evan Boutorwick
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 225 lbs.
High school: Sterling Heights (MI) Henry Ford II
Position: Long snapper
Class: Freshman
Jersey number: N/A
Last year: Boutorwick was a senior in high school.
TTB Rating: N/A

Boutorwick is a preferred walk-on long snapper who was chosen for the Under Armour All-American Game, which I imagine is a pretty big deal. I mean, it’s certainly a big deal for him to be a UA All-American, but Boutorwick is a long snapper and I have no ability to judge long snappers. Kornblue Kicking has him as the #11 long snapper in the class of 2022, which is a 4-star to them . . . and sounds good . . . except a 4-star to Kornblue means they peg him as an FCS or Division II player. But Under Armour chose him as one of its two long snappers.

So I have no clue, but I hope he’s good. Regardless, William Wagner returns as Michigan’s starting long snapper, and he’s backed up by Greg Tarr, who might be good but who knows because he was a 5-star but hasn’t played in two seasons on the roster. My totally unfounded and pointless hope is that Michigan does not need its third-string long snapper at any point in 2022.

Insert a shrug gif here.

Prediction: Redshirt