Two more transfer targets off the board for Michigan football

Michigan football has been really active in the month of May targeting transfers. The Wolverines have hosted a number of players for visits, but they are still on a string of misses.

The Wolverines added a new kicker this spring, which will be important. They also reinforced the wide receiver room with Amorion Walker, a former Wolverine, and C.J. Charleston. Since Walker was only at Ole Miss for spring ball, it really will be like he never left.

However, Michigan has had some surprising misses on the defensive side of the ball. Terrance Brooks committing to Illinois before even visiting Michigan football was a surprise.

The Wolverines also missed out on CJ West who committed to Indiana and on Wednesday, Jay’viar Suggs, another defensive tackle target, committed to LSU. NIL probably played a factor in all of those decisions, but the fact remains that Michigan missed on all three targets.

The current expectation is that former Sacramento State first-team All-Big Sky safety Cameron Broussard is going to transfer to Washington, sources tell @247Sports.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Broussard posted 73 tackles and two interceptions last season at Sacramento State.… pic.twitter.com/n97Hfs7OSC

— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) May 16, 2024

U-M also won’t be adding former Sacramento State safety Cameron Broussard, who is expected to transfer to Washington according to Matt Zenitz of 247 Sports.

Could there be a silver lining for Michigan football?

Broussard also visited this week. It’s hard to know how hard Michigan pushed for his commitment but my sense is that Jaden Mangham and Wesley Walker of Tennessee are higher on the board. Walker had a stellar visit according to Sam Webb of The Michigan Insider, but LSU and others are in the mix (we know what that means).

Mangham also took trips to Nebraska and Ohio State. He would have an ideal role to play at Michigan and could be the replacement for Rod Moore.

We’ll see how the visit goes but it seemed like there was confidence on the Michigan side of things — plus the Sparty side is freaking out — which makes me think a commitment is very possible.

With the string of misses though, it’s hard to feel confident until a commitment is announced.

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