Former Michigan player transfers to rival school

The Wolverines didn’t just lose out with one of their players entering the transfer portal, they lost them to rival MSU.

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Well, this is what you don’t want to see.

It’s been just over a week since Michigan football lost both current linebacker Ben VanSumeren and his brother, 2022 recruit Alex VanSumeren. The latter decommitted, seemingly due to a change in scheme, and the former entered the NCAA transfer portal under the same pretense.

As for Ben VanSumeren, he had a lot of different experiences across the team, starting at linebacker, moving to fullback, then running back before finally settling back in as Don Brown’s starting SAM linebacker. But with Brown out and Mike Macdonald coming to town with a 3-4 defense, VanSumeren sought a new chapter.

Unfortunately for Michigan fans, that chapter will take place in East Lansing as VanSumeren committed to Michigan State on Saturday.

It’s one thing to lose a player to the NCAA transfer portal. It’s certainly another for them to go to one of your school’s biggest rivals.

We’ll see how it plays out for both sides going forward.

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