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

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.

Michigan football already got one transfer portal commitment on Sunday with former UMass and Arizona wide receiver Anthony Simpson pledging to the maize and blue. But the Wolverines weren’t done getting transfer portal pledges on the day.

Michigan has had plenty of attrition on its offensive line heading into the 2025 season. Starter Andrew Gentry is gone, and so are depth pieces like Tristan Bou

So well, in fact, that Michigan football is the No. 5 team overall according to On3, and the best in the entire Big Ten Conference. Updated Transfer Portal Team Rankings for the Big Ten https://t.co/wukrsSJTCT pic.twitter.com/Uhq8dOzPHx

The Michigan football team picked up an intriguing transfer portal commitment a few days ago as UCLA long snapper Trent Middleton is coming to play for the Wolverines. Long snappers and players at other special teams positions don't typically garner a lot of attention from fans in the transfer portal,