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TAMPA, Fla. — Even with the nation’s No. 1 high school recruit heading to Ann Arbor for the 2025 season (and already in maize and blue), Michigan football wanted an experienced quarterback on the roster.
The Wolverines got exactly that on Sunday when the program announced the signing of transfer QB Mikey Keene. Keene, who started four seasons at UCF (2021-22) and Fresno State (2023-24), has played in 39 games and completed 67.8% of his passes (793-for-1170) for 65 touchdowns and 28 interceptions.
“Excited to get to work!,” Keene posted on social media. “Go Blue.”
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Keene’s time with UCF overlapped in 2022 with another new face for the Wolverines: incoming offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey (who was hired earlier this month from North Carolina). That season, Keene completed 72.3% (60-for-83) of his passes for 647 yards, six touchdowns and one interception in four games before missing the bulk of the season with injury.
Not only did U-M’s new offensive mind have familiarity with the 5-foot-11, 200-pound signal caller, but all of Michigan’s staff did after facing him in U-M’s Week 1 30-10 win over Fresno State.
The game wasn’t as lopsided as the score suggests; it was 16-10 in the fourth quarter before a Will Johnson 86-yard pick-six helped seal the victory. Prior to that mistake, Keene kept the Bulldogs in the game in Ann Arbor, completing 22 of 36 (61.1%) of his passes for 235 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.
ON THE OTHER SIDE Michigan football’s demolition of OSU was Wink Martindale’s Year 1 crowning achievement
“I think he’s a very talented kid that’s accurate on the run,” defensive coordinator Wink Martindale said Saturday. “We know he’s tough … because we hit him. I’m excited that he’s part of…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-12-29 23:24:00
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