Michigan Football Quarterback Enters Transfer Portal

Michigan shot backmost Jake Garcia has entered nan NCAA transportation portal, according to a study from On3's Pete Nakos.

Garcia came to nan Wolverines successful 2025 arsenic a postgraduate transportation from East Carolina and played successful 1 crippled for Michigan this past play successful a blowout triumph against Central Michigan connected Sept. 13.

Prior to coming to Ann Arbor, Garcia played astatine East Carolina successful 2024 wherever he completed 109 of 181 passes that play for nan Pirates for 1,426 yards to spell on pinch 8 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.

In 2023, Garcia transferred to Missouri from Miami and did not spot crippled action pinch nan Tigers.

As a Hurricane, successful 2021, Garcia went 11-of-14 passing pinch 147 yards and 2 touchdowns during his freshman campaign. In his sophomore season, Garcia completed 68 of 115 passes for 803 yards pinch 5 touchdowns and 4 interceptions successful 8 games played.

Garcia came to Michigan past play arsenic a postgraduate student, meaning he is presently retired of assemblage eligibility arsenic he conscionable completed his sixth play of assemblage football. With Garcia entering nan portal, it is assumed he will activity a waiver from nan NCAA to beryllium granted different twelvemonth of eligibility.

Michigan's QB room successful 2026

Even pinch starter Bryce Underwood returning for his sophomore season, nan Wolverines mislaid respective extent pieces astatine nan position via nan portal complete nan past respective days.

However, coach Kyle Whittingham and nan violative unit person addressed nan position group pinch nan caller additions of quarterbacks Brayden Fowler-Nicolsi (Colorado State) and Colin Hurley (LSU).

With nan extent successful nan backmost room coming to fruition, it will beryllium up to caller quarterbacks coach Ty Detmer, violative coordinator Jason Beck and nan remainder of nan violative unit to create nan players wrong nan position group to put nan Wolverines' discourtesy successful nan champion position imaginable for nan 2026 play and beyond.

This peculiar model of nan transportation portal ends connected Friday. Fans tin travel on pinch Michigan connected SI's transfer portal tracker to to support up pinch nan latest updates connected who is coming successful and who is exiting nan program.

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