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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Like any program, Michigan football has its share of outgoing transfers. But, sometimes, it feels a bit overwhelming when you see players thought to be promising leaders of the future depart the program.
The Wolverines lost several key players this offseason: quarterback Joe Milton, running back Zach Charbonnet, center Zach Carpenter, defensive end Luiji Vilain, running back Christian Turner and linebackers Ben VanSumeren, Adam Shibley and Adam Fakih. Each is departing for their own reasons — some because of playing time, others because of scheme fit, others for reasons that have little to do with football.
So, when one makes that decision to enter the NCAA transfer portal, the players who remain recognize that each has their own choice and their own path to follow. And they support them, regardless of them no longer being on the team.
“With that deal, you just gotta trust your gut,” junior safety Daxton Hill said. “Sometimes people do it because they think that’s the best decision for themselves. It’s really just all personal opinion. I really don’t have too much to say about that. Transfer portal – if they don’t feel like they can see themselves here, then that’s their deal. Really just staying true to yourself if you see that you can stick it out and be productive toward the team, then I’m all for it. But if not, if you see yourself playing somewhere else, then that’s their decision.”
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Hill, in particular, was a subject of offseason speculation as to whether or not he would remain a Wolverine or test the waters with a different program. However, Hill says that leaving Ann Arbor was never in consideration.
As far as he sees it, he committed to the program, and he fully intends on staying with that commitment to the very end.
“Nah, finish what I started, that’s my mentality,” Hill said. “That’s how I’ve approached it.”
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