The 2024 football season has one game left in it and then all attention turns to 2025. Michigan is coming off of an 8-5 season with two massive wins to end the

The defensive line was definitely the strength of this Michigan team in 2024 because of Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant, who are both expected to be taken in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Losing them will obviously sting, but getting experienced guys back like Benny helps soften the blow.

Michigan football has been more active in the transfer portal this year than perhaps any other, but some of the names of those who have come to Ann Arbor aren’t necessarily as well-known as what we’ve seen other teams get.

After crushing Northwestern 50-6 on Nov. 23, Michigan followed with a stunning 13-10 upset over No. 2 Ohio State in Columbus. Then, playing without several top players who opted out of the ReliaQuest Bowl, the Wolverines knocked off an 11th-ranked Alabama team playing close to full strength.

The offensive line is a big area of focus for the Michigan football team this offseason, and getting a starter to come back is big. Giovanni El-Hadi has a lot of experience, and he earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors this season. He was a very important player on offense and that experience is needed next year.

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

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,

It was recently reported that Michigan football and Nebraska were leading in the recruitment of former New Mexico State offensive lineman Shiyazh Pete. But there has since been a big turn of events. According to On3's Pete Nakos,

The Michigan football team lost offensive lineman Jeff Persi to the transfer portal on Wednesday. Persi has been with the Wolverines since the 2020 season and was a graduate student during the 2024 year.