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Michigan football has seen a bevy of players transfer out of the program this offseason.
While some of them were starters or key contributors — WR Giles Jackson, RB Zach Charbonnet and QB Joe Milton — others had long waited their turn to get more playing time, to no avail.
One player we’ve long waited to see has been defensive tackle Phillip Paea, the Michigan native who moved inside on the defensive line. Paea suffered an injury in 2018 which precluded him from action for the majority of his time in Ann Arbor — though, according to PFF, he played six snaps early that year and only four snaps in 2020. At the conclusion of spring ball, Paea announced he was moving on and had entered the NCAA transfer portal.
Per his Instagram, Paea will be joining fellow former Wolverine Hunter Reynolds, as he’s committed to Utah State.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPUZ6q1DKQt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Paea/Reynolds aren’t the only former Wolverines who are teaming up at a new locale. Luiji Vilain and Christian Turner both ended up at Wake Forest while Joe Milton and William Mohan both pledged to Tennessee.
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