The Michigan attack is adding a veteran presence in the Texas Tech quarterback transferred by Alan Bowman, who announced his decision to commit to the Wolverines on Sunday.
Bowman entered the transfer portal on January 25 and is a transferred graduate, so he will be eligible immediately for Michigan. He shot for 1,602 yards, 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions last season for Texas Tech and brings three years of experience to the table.
The Wolverines saw quarterback Joe Milton enter the transfer portal on February 18, after Dylan McCaffrey entered the portal on January 21. That left Michigan with just Cade McNamara, who played for 425 yards and five touchdowns last season, and freshman JJ McCarthy. , recruit number 25 in the overall ranking and double threat quarterback number 2 in the class.
Let’s go to work!! # Become blue 〽️ pic.twitter.com/8k4c58obxK
– Alan Bowman (@alanbowman_) February 28, 2021
Bowman gives Michigan another option and some experience to help the attack, which ranked 78th in offensive yards per game and 44 in pass yards per game.
The Wolverines also increased their defense on Sunday, when ESPN Junior 300 cornerback Will Johnson, No. 29 in the overall ranking, committed to the program.
Johnson is the best recruit in the state of Grosse Point South in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He chose the Wolverines over Arizona State, Ohio State, Oklahoma and the USC, and is now the highest rated engagement in Michigan’s 2022 class.
Johnson is now following in the footsteps of his father, Deon Johnson, who also played cornerback for the Wolverines in the early 1990s.
The compromise is important for Michigan, as it adds an elite player to the secondary, a group that struggled in the 2020 season, but also because it looked like Johnson could commit to a different school. He is a good friend of ESPN Jr. 300 defender Domani Jackson, who has committed to the USC.
The two said they wanted to make a package, but Johnson went on his own and is now going to Michigan. It seemed that the state of Ohio had also gained momentum at one point in its recruitment, especially with some uncertainty about Michigan’s defense when Jim Harbaugh fired Don Brown.
Harbaugh hired Mike Macdonald as a defensive co-coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens and also added Maurice Linguist of the Dallas Cowboys as the other defensive co-coordinator and secondary coach.
Linguist has worked at Dallas Cowboys, Texas A&M, Minnesota, Mississippi, Iowa State and Buffalo, and is known as an excellent recruiter.
Since hiring the linguist, Michigan has added Johnson, safety Taylor Groves and athlete Kody Jones to the class. The Wolverines now have six total commitments to Johnson and Jones as the only two to qualify for the ESPN Jr. 300.