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Sherrone Moore updates Michigan football growing injury list before Washington

Well, this is positive news. #GoBlue

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It didn’t take long, but Michigan football went from being an extremely healthy team to one that’s extremely banged up.

The Wolverines were pretty much at full strength against USC in Week 4, but entering and leaving Week 5 against Minnesota was a different story entirely.

Will Johnson and Josaiah Stewart were injured against the Trojans. Myles Hinton, the starting left tackle, was injured this past weekend against the Gophers. Head coach Sherrone Moore was confident, however, that they, along with wide receiver Semaj Morgan, will all be back this week for the trip to Seattle to face Washington.

“Yeah, they’re all working through something,” Moore said. “Myles (is) working through something, came out of the game, probably could have went back in, but held them out. And Josaiah and Will look like they’ll be in good shape for this week.”

Another player who left last week’s game against Minnesota was safety Makari Paige. Given that Rod Moore, Wesley Walker, and Jaden Mangham were all unavailable, that meant that the Wolverines were really starting to dig into the bench at the safety position. Though second-year safety Brandyn Hillman came in and played well with Paige out, behind him, there’s little that’s good to go on at the position.

However, Moore expects that Paige will be fine to make the trip to Seattle and play against the Huskies.

“He’ll be good,” Moore said. “I think he’s just working through something, and he’ll be in good shape to go.”

Moore did clarify on some of the others who haven’t played. He says that cornerback Ja’Den McBurrows may be a little more long-term but Walker should be back soon and that Mangham isn’t injured, he’s dealing with something off the field.

“McBurrows will be out,” Moore said. “Mangham, he’s working through something off the field. He could possibly come back. (Walker is) working through something, but he’s not long-term, no.”

Michigan and Washington are set to kick off at Husky Stadium at 4:30 p.m. PDT with the game nationally broadcast on NBC.

LaMar Morgan shares where Jaden Mangham is developmentally after transferring to Michigan

There are a ton of safeties raring to go for #Michigan this year. #GoBlue

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It was something of a coup when Michigan football managed to convince a rival player from Michigan State to switch sides and come to Ann Arbor and wear a winged helmet.

During the summer months, as the Wolverines looked to bolster their safety depth, Jaden Mangham opted to leave East Lansing for Michigan, and many thought that he had a solid chance to start opposite Makari Paige, filling Rod Moore’s role with him out for all or most of the season with an injury. However, it does appear as if sixth-year safety Quinten Johnson is in the lead to be that starting safety.

But, Michigan does pride itself on having a deep rotation, particularly on defense, and Mangham — a former starter for MSU — is likely to still see the field. However, it does also appear that Tennessee transfer Wes Walker is vying for more playing time, making the road to the field a little tougher for Mangham.

Secondary coach LaMar Morgan thinks the future is bright for Mangham, but noted that it takes some time to get used to not only playing at Michigan, but the diversity of what the defense does

“I think Mangham is a good kid. I think he works really hard,” Morgan said. “A good thing about him is he’s a mature player. And he started games at Michigan State. Once again, I think you got to ask all the transfers, we do things different here. And what I mean by that is just the style of practice. Style of practice, what you face at practice every day, the offense that we run, downhill play-action shots, a lot of different things like that. I think that could be challenging for a guy that comes in here with just the spots and how we practice, but he’s done a good job of trying to learn the new playbook.”

It may have been different if Mangham would have transferred in earlier, but that would have been unlikely given Rod Moore still occupying the position.

Given Mangham’s late arrival and not being able to start out in pads until fall camp, that’s put him a little behind where those who have been in the program are. That includes players like Johnson or even sophomore Brandyn Hillman, in some respects.

Morgan says that as Mangham continues to acclimate to the Michigan culture and playbook, as well as understanding that his position comes with an innate leadership role, that he’ll grow more into the player that the Wolverines need him to be.

“He wasn’t here in the spring, we got him later in the summer. So just the adjustment of trying to put like — it’s different between a meeting and a sheet of paper or a playbook, and then now actually being out there, executing the defense,” Morgan said. “I also think that safety is a little bit different than that corner. I think at safety, one of the elite traits is making other people around you better. So I think if you look at all the great safeties that we have had here before, I know y’all talk about Rod all the time when he’s on the field. Everybody feels comfortable, and I think it’s hard for his safety if you don’t know everything that’s going on to make others around you. So I would think that’s probably a challenge with all our new young guys in the secondary, whether they’re freshmen or transfers.”

Jaden Mangham says Michigan football is ‘different’ than Michigan State

Jaden Mangham says Michigan football is ‘different’ than Michigan State

Former Michigan State football safety Jaden Mangham, who transferred to rival Michigan this offseason, was on a show with Sam Webb of TheMichiganInsider this week, and for the first time, he talked about the differences in his new home with MSU’s biggest rival.

You can see Mangham’s comments below, presented without comment:

“My experience has been great,” Mangham said. “You know, coming in, I could tell it was different. Like, doing things — the lifts, workouts, just running, seeing how people carried themselves, seeing how people prepare, you know? Seeing that, it was different. There were some guys who did do a little bit of that but, you know, it’s just so much more here.”

“I talk to a lot of the guys — Alex [Orji], Will [Johnson], all of them, Makari [Paige], Colston [Loveland]. I talk to a lot of them just to see how everything’s going, making sure I’m doing good, which I appreciate,” Mangham said. “But, you know, just coming in here, it’s been different and they’ve been helping me a lot. The resources that are here, they’re amazing. So, I’m taking advantage of everything that I have here, using it for my success so I can become an even better player and a better person.”

Michigan safety Makari Paige had this to say about his new teammate:

“Yeah we’ve embraced him with love, for sure,” Paige said. “Convos be like, just joking on Michigan State, for real. Like, yeah, got y’alls butt whooped 49-0 — something like that.”

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Sherrone Moore says ‘rivalries are still alive’ despite player swap with MSU

This is kind of surprising. #GoBlue

DETROIT — You’d think that Sherrone Moore and Jonathan Smith are buddies the way they appeared to be palling around with each other at the outset of the SoundMind SoundBody football camp at Wayne State.

After each gave a brief speech, the Michigan football and Michigan State coaches walked off the floor together, with Moore patting Smith on the back. But, for now, that’s off the field. Things are certain to change come October.

Both rivals had something almost unheard of just a few short weeks ago — players switching sides. It happens — Michigan got Ed Warinner’s son to switch before the 2020 season. The year after, linebacker Ben VanSumeren switched from maize and blue to green and white.

But this offseason, two players switched sides just hours apart.

First it was starting safety Jaden Maugham who transferred from MSU to Michigan — drawing the ire of Spartan fans. Hours later, Michigan linebacker Semaj Bridgeman transferred from Ann Arbor to East Lansing.

At SMSB, Moore says that he hasn’t heard all of the backlash on social media, but he’s happy that it worked out for both players. And regardless, once the teams take the field on the last Saturday in October, the mutual hate will certainly be apparent.\

“We’re happy we got Jaden,” Moore said. “He was really good player, an All-Big Ten player, so super stoked for him. And, excited for Semaj — he got an opportunity like he wanted, so good for him and all the blessings for him. But, I think the rivalries are still alive and just respected all of them but they’re still alive.”

Moore has been around the rivalry for some time having coached at Michigan since 2018. But this will be new to Smith — though he’s not unfamiliar with being the ‘little brother’ in rivalries, given he was the head coach of an overlooked Oregon State (which had occasionally taken down ‘big brother’ Oregon). It will be interesting to see how the two coaches handle working against each other in-state.

But for now, it makes sense they’d be docile. Because that October matchup in The Big House seems very far away.

Former Michigan State football S Jaden Mangham commits to Michigan

Former Michigan State football S Jaden Mangham commits to Michigan

Well, I’m sure Michigan State football fans will react well to this news. On Friday, safety Jaden Mangham committed to bitter rival Michigan.

While this one stings a little, it should be noted that the Spartans landed Mangham’s replacement earlier today, with UCF safety Nikai Martinez coming aboard.

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Michigan football flips rival from MSU with latest transfer portal commitment

The best players in #Michigan play for Michigan. #GoBlue

If you can’t beat them, join them — apparently.

Such is the case for a local product who opted to start his career at rival Michigan State. Hailing from Birmingham (Mich.) Groves, former four-star athlete Jaden Mangham was the No. 311 prospect in the 2022 recruiting class according to the 247Sports Composite, the No. 13 athlete and No. 8 player in the state of Michigan. Eventually, his older brother Jaren joined him in East Lansing, but both decided to transfer out this offseason.

The younger Mangham drew ire from Spartan fans when he chose to visit Michigan football as a potential transfer destination. Worst fears ended up being realized when Mangham opted to switch sides of the rivalry, committing to the maize and blue.

A safety at MSU, Mangham had 53 tackles, with one for loss, four interceptions, and three passes broken up in 11 game appearances for the Spartans.

He’s the second safety to join the Wolverines this offseason with former Tennessee defensive back (who had transferred to Louisville but reentered the portal) Wesley Walker pledging to the maize and blue on Friday morning. Michigan also added Aamir Hall, an All-American cornerback at the FCS level, via the transfer portal this week.

Michigan State football lands Nikai Martinez, a UCF safety transfer

MSU lands high impact safety transfer from UCF

Michigan State is adding via the transfer portal once again, with the Spartans picking up a much needed commitment from UCF safety transfer Nikai Martinez. Martinez will fill the void left by the outgoing transfer of Jaden Mangham.

Martinez is a native of Apopka, Florida, and is a 5-foot-11, 170 pound safety. In two seasons in Orlando, Martinez played in 27 games recording 75 tackles and 3 interceptions. He should slot in to the starting safety role on Michigan State’s depth chart.

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Ohio State could potentially land Big Ten defensive back

Ohio State could potentially land Big Ten defensive back #GoBucks

There has been a bit of an exodus from the Michigan State football team, which is typical for schools dealing with a coaching change. Ryan Day and the Ohio State staff have done an excellent job of exploiting these coaching changes it may look to add another transfer portal prospect.

Jaden Mangham was originally a four-star athlete from the state of Michigan in the class of 2022 and is currently one of the more coveted defensive backs in the portal.

Mangham has set visits with three Big Ten schools including Ohio State, where he will visit this upcoming weekend, Nebraska, where he will visit next week, and finally Michigan, where he will also be spending time next week.

The Michigan native was highly productive in the Big Ten last season with 52 tackles and four interceptions and the Buckeyes are hoping to add more quality in the back half of their defense and he would certainly be a good fit.

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Michigan football to get visit from MSU player in transfer portal

This is interesting. #GoBlue

Michigan football is looking for defensive back depth, not just at cornerback, and it makes sense as to why with the departure of Keon Sabb and Rod Moore’s untimely spring ball injury. But could the Wolverines steal a player away from their in-state rival?

While it may seem unlikely, these things happen. And given the local ties, it wouldn’t be much of a surprise.

One of the former Spartans who is exploring their options in the transfer portal is safety Jaden Mangham, a 2022 recruit from Birmingham (Mich.) Groves who had a Michigan offer during his recruitment but wasn’t prioritized by the previous staff. Mangham ended up in East Lansing playing for rival Michigan State (along with his brother Jaren, who was a running back at Detroit (Mich.) Cass Tech but just transferred to Minnesota) and is now looking for another school to finish his career.

According to 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz, Mangham is visiting Ohio State this weekend, then will take a midweek trip to Nebraska, and then come back to his home state to see what Michigan has to offer.

Michigan probably does not offer him a position to play starters minutes given the depth of the safety position, if that’s where Mangham is intent on playing. Though he could be in rotation, the Wolverines do still have Makari Paige — entering his third year as a starter — and sixth-year safety Quinten Johnson, who withdrew late from the NFL draft. Zeke Berry, who is likely to take up the role popularized by Mike Sainristil, could play safety or nickel, and sophomore Brandyn Hillman has been coming on strong. All that, and Rod Moore could be back by midyear, depending on his recovery from his ACL injury.

But, should Mangham, a former four-star recruit, come to Ann Arbor, assuredly the Wolverines will find a role for him. And being a 6-foot-2, 185-pounder, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see a pitch for him to play cornerback opposite Will Johnson.

Mangham hails from the same high school as Michigan’s most recent 2025 commitment, four-star offensive lineman Avery Gach.

Michigan State football safety Jaden Mangham enters transfer portal

Michigan State football safety Jaden Mangham enters transfer portal

Just a few hours after his brother Jaren entered the portal, Michigan State football safety Jaden Mangham is now in the transfer portal as well.

Mangham was a starter for nearly the entire season last year, and we had flagged him as a player that could be next in line to be drafted, so this definitely doesn’t feel great. However, safety is a position that is well-represented in the portal and I don’t think this is that big of a blow, compared to losing someone like Derrick Harmon at a key position.

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