After starting five of six games for Michigan in 2020, senior quarterback Joe Milton is transferring.
“I want to thank Coach (Jim) Harbaugh for giving me that opportunity to come play for a program with lots of tradition,” Milton tweeted Thursday. “I have bonds with my brothers that will last forever, I have decided to enter the transfer portal as a grad transfer with three years of eligibility.”
The basketball team showed glimpses on Sunday of how far it might go this season.
It seems that the state cares more about looking like it's fighting the COVID variant than actually fighting it. Michigan Athletics is paying that price.
In the wake of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ directive to shut down all Michigan athletic department activities late Saturday night due to detection of the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 strain, Christian Hubaker began reaching out to fellow student-athletes.
Earlier this week, Michigan seemed to have rounded out its coaching staff with a slew of defensive hires. Then, on Saturday, Brett McMurphy of Stadium Network reported that former Wolverines receiver Ron Bellamy will be replacing offensive line coach Ed Warinner on Michigan’s offensive coaching staff.
Earlier this week, Michigan seemed to have rounded out its coaching staff with a slew of defensive hires. Then, on Saturday, Brett McMurphy of Stadium Network reported that former Wolverines receiver Ron Bellamy will be replacing offensive line coach Ed Warinner on Michigan’s offensive coaching staff.
It is unclear which position group Bellamy will coach, though 247Sports’ Sam Webb reported that tight ends coach Sherrone Moore will switch to being co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Former Wolverines’ running back Mike Hart, meanwhile, will coach running backs.
For Holman, the race itself wasn’t as stunning as the social media attention it garnered. For 47 months, every four years, track is a sport that often blends into the background. She was a three-time Gatorade Player of the Year in high school, but that doesn’t bring the same fame as it does in football and basketball. So when Saturday’s video went viral, it brought Holman a level of attention she’s never experienced before.
On Monday evening, Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson announced he will return for his senior season in 2021 after missing most of the 2020 season with a right leg fracture.
“Not quite done yet — I’ve decided to forego the NFL and return for my senior year,” Hutchinson wrote in a post on his Twitter account.
Standing beneath the floodlights at Oak Park High School, Donovan Edwards’s smile turned stoic. The topic of conversation had shifted from West Bloomfield’s season-opening 39-0 win to his recruiting process. Edwards knew it was coming. Recruiting questions are part of the territory when you’re a consensus top-five running back in the country, playing 30 miles from the school that’s made you its top remaining prospect in the class.
Michigan’s game against Iowa has been canceled due to its ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, according to reports. Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel was the first to report the news.