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A new Michigan football season is on the horizon and with it comes the same No. 1 question as every offseason.
Who is going to play quarterback?
After a year of turmoil at the position in Ann Arbor that saw the Wolverines go from former walk-on Davis Warren, to an unproven-passer in Alex Orji, to the oft-injured Jack Tuttle (he medically retired just days after his final career start at Illinois) and back to Warren.
This time around, there are again three primary options at play heading into 2025. However, all three of them are either more naturally gifted than the QBs last year, more proven, or some combination of both.
Former Fresno State QB Mikey Keene
The options at the disposal of new offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey (who came from North Carolina) are Fresno State transfer Mikey Keene, early-enrollee freshman Bryce Underwood − the nation’s No. 1 overall recruit from 20 minutes east in Belleville − or sophomore Jadyn Davis.
The fourth quarterback in the room is Warren, but he will not figure into the spring portion of the competition as he recovers from a torn ACL suffered in U-M’s 19-13 ReliaQuest bowl victory over Alabama.
“For us this spring, it’s how do we put these three quarterbacks in position,” Lindsey told team color commentator Jon Jansen earlier this week on Michigan’s in-house podcast, “In the Trenches.”
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“We’ll just rotate them through. I want them all to get equal reps with the older receivers or the next group down and put them in (certain game) situations. It’s pretty simple then. It’s a production business.
“Whatever you produce, that’s who you are. Whatever you put on film is who you are.”
There’s little doubt the passing game needed a revamp. The Wolverines’ passing game…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2025-02-20 18:06:00
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