Tag: Ex-Wolverines

2024 Ex-Wolverines Update: Week 3

Here’s a roundup of the former Michigan player, former commits, and former coaches (or players-turned-coaches). NOTE: I will not regularly post updates about offensive linemen since stats are minimal and just posting PFF grades is kind of boring, but I did this week just to show who’s playing where and what their opening day role was.

FORMER PLAYERS

WR Andrel Anthony (Oklahoma): Anthony did not play in a 34-19 win over Tulane.

LB Jeremiah Beasley (Missouri): Beasley did not play in a 27-21 win over Boston College.

QB Alan Bowman (Oklahoma State): Bowman completed 24/31 throws for 396 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 1 interception in a 45-10 win over Tulsa.

Alan Bowman went OFF for Oklahoma State 🔥

5 TDs and 396 passing yards on the road! pic.twitter.com/RQw9F1ihjX

— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) September 14, 2024

LB Semaj Bridgeman (Michigan State): Bridgeman did not record any stats in a 40-0 win over Prairie View.

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2024 Ex-Wolverine Updates: Week 2

Here’s a roundup of the former Michigan player, former commits, and former coaches (or players-turned-coaches). NOTE: I will not regularly post updates about offensive linemen since stats are minimal and just posting PFF grades is kind of boring, but I did this week just to show who’s playing where and what their opening day role was.

FORMER PLAYERS

WR Andrel Anthony (Oklahoma): Anthony did not play in a 16-12 win over Houston.

LB Jeremiah Beasley (Missouri): Beasley made 1 tackle in a 38-0 win over Buffalo.

QB Alan Bowman (Oklahoma State): Bowman completed 27/48 passes for 326 yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 interception. He also ran 5 times for 7 yards.

LB Semaj Bridgeman (Michigan State): Bridgeman did not record any stats in a 27-24 win over Maryland.

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2024 Ex-Wolverine Updates: Week 1

Here’s a roundup of the former Michigan player, former commits, and former coaches (or players-turned-coaches). NOTE: I will not regularly post updates about offensive linemen since stats are minimal and just posting PFF grades is kind of boring, but I did this week just to show who’s playing where and what their opening day role was.

FORMER PLAYERS

WR Andrel Anthony (Oklahoma): Anthony caught 1 pass for 4 yards in a 51-3 win over Temple. This was Anthony’s first game back after tearing his ACL last season.

LB Jeremiah Beasley (Missouri): Beasley made 1 tackle in a 51-0 win over Murray State.

QB Alan Bowman (Oklahoma State): Bowman completed 25/34 passes for 267 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 44-20 win over South Dakota State.

LB Semaj Bridgeman (Michigan State): Bridgeman did not record any stats in a 16-10 win over FAU.

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2024 Ex-Wolverine Updates: Week 0

For week zero, I’m only going to list the tight ends, because Matt Hibner was the only ex-Wolverine player in action. Next week I will expand this post to include other positions.

FORMER PLAYERS

• Louis Hansen (UConn): Hansen is expected to be the Huskies’ starting tight end this fall. He’s a 6’5″, 240 lb. redshirt junior.
• Matt Hibner (SMU): Hibner, listed as the Mustangs’ #2 tight end, caught 1 pass for 19 yards in a 29-24 win over Nevada. Hibner is a fifth-year senior listed at 6’5″ and 251 pounds after spending his first four years of college in Ann Arbor.

FORMER COMMITS

• Andrew Rappleyea (Penn State): Rappleyea is listed as a 6’4″, 250 lb. redshirt freshman and he’s expected to be the Nittany Lions’ third tight end.

Hayden Moore, Ex-Wolverine

As has become the trend in recent weeks, another linebacker has entered the transfer portal. This time it’s rising second-year player Hayden Moore.

Moore was a 247 Composite 3-star, the #94 linebacker, and #1166 overall in the class of 2023. He was originally committed to Nebraska, but the Wolverines swooped in late and notched a commitment from him in mid-December of 2022, just before National Signing Day. He did not play in any games, but he was named Defensive Scout Team Player of the Week four times during his freshman year.

The depth chart at linebacker has been problematic for young players who don’t see a clear path to playing time. Two juniors are slated to start this fall in Ernest Hausmann and Jaishawn Barham, and there’s a new linebackers coach in town. At one point Michigan had ten (10!!!) scholarship inside linebackers on the roster when the team only plays two at any given time, which is kind of the equivalent of having 25 scholarship offensive linemen or 15 scholarship wide receivers for an 11-personnel team.

Moore is the third linebacker to enter the portal in the last week, joining classmate Semaj Bridgeman and 2024 signee Jeremiah Beasley. From the 2023 class, Moore joins Bridgeman, CB Cam Calhoun (Utah), WR Karmello English, OG Amir Herring, and CB D.J. Waller, Jr. (Kentucky) as transfers one year after hitting campus.