Michigan nabs Jake Garcia out of transfer portal to bolster QB room

So Michigan football added two quarterbacks this off-season, third time may just be the charm.

Of course, the big fish in the quarterback room is former five-star Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 overall recruit in 2025, but with Alex Orji transferring to UNLV, Jayden Denegal also transferring out, and Davis Warren still recovering from the injury he sustained in the ReliaQuest Bowl, the Wolverines felt like it was imperative to add another arm to the room, just in case.

Enter Jake Garcia, the former Miami Hurricanes, Missouri Tigers, and East Carolina Pirates quarterback. The Wolverines announced on Monday that the former four-star signal collar has signed with the team.

Part of the 2021 class, Garcia has never quite lived up to his recruiting ranking. A 6-foot-3, 195-pound quarterback as a recruit from Whittier (Calif.) Grayson, Garcia was a high-end QB in the class, ranked No. 48 overall according to the 247Sports Composite (he was No. 23 player according to ESPN) and the eighth-best quarterback in the cycle (by comparison, in the same class, J.J. McCarthy was No. 25 overall and the fifth-best quarterback).

Here are his stats per year:

2021: 1 game, 11-for-14 (78.6%), 147 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT (Miami Hurricanes)2022: 8 games, 68-for-115 (59.1%), 803 yards, 5 TD, 4 INT (Miami Hurricanes)2024: 6 games, 109-for-181 (60.2%), 1,426 yards, 8 TD, 12 INT (East Carolina Pirates)


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Publish date : 2025-06-16 22:16:00

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