The Michigan Wolverines are still hard at work trying to add critical pieces to their roster via the recruiting trail and the transfer portal ahead of the 2025

Michigan State, which posted a 5-7 record in Smith’s first season and lost 13 players to the portal, officially added 27 newcomers to the roster this week at the start of the spring semester. There are 11 early enrollees from the 2025 high school signing class and 16 transfers. “There was some positions of need. … We got that done,” Smith said.

Jeff Persi started a handful of games — in 2022, he started against Rutgers, and in 2024, he started when Evan Link was dealing with injury, before Gentry took over. According to On3’s Pete Nakos, Persi has entered the transfer portal and will be a grad transfer.

Roster turnover continues in Ann Arbor, as Michigan football suffered another loss via the transfer portal on Wednesday. According to various reports, fifth-yea

Though the departure of Jeff Persi with 38 games played isn't ideal, it could signal Michigan Wolverines feel solid about reinforcements coming in.

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Zach Vaughan is the latest to transfer to WMU, as the Broncos announced the addition of the former Wake Forest offensive lineman through the NCAA transfer portal –– the fourth offensive lineman to land with WMU football in the winter portal.

Former UMass wide receiver Anthony Simpson pledged to join Michigan football via the transfer portal on Sunday night, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

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Giovanni El-Hadi is remaining a Michigan man. The Wolverines’ starting right guard is returning for a fifth season, he announced Wednesday in a post on Instagram. The former top-100 prospect, who also played high school football in Michigan at Sterling Heights Stevenson,

Michigan offensive lineman Giovanni El-Hadi is returning for a fifth season, his final year of eligibility, he announced Wednesday on Instagram.