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Spring ball just wrapped up for the Michigan football team a couple of weekends ago, and now it really feels like the 2025 season is starting to near. Like most teams, the Wolverines did most of their college football transfer portal shopping during the winter cycle, but there is still a good amount of talent available in the portal. With spring ball wrapped up, Michigan has a good idea where they need some more depth. Here are a couple of guys that the Wolverines should be looking at:
Mark Hamper, WR, Idaho/Wisconsin
The one position that the Michigan football team could really use some extra help at is wide receiver. The Wolverines WR room did not have a good season last year, and the Wolverines haven't added that much talent so far in the transfer portal. One last addition would be good, and Mark Hamper is a good option. Hamper transferred from Idaho to Wisconsin earlier in the offseason, but he is back in the portal. He hauled in 48 receptions for 966 yards and six touchdowns last year.
TJ Ferguson, OL, Florida State
The Michigan football team could also use another experienced offensive lineman, and TJ Ferguson would be a good option. He played in 11 games last year at Florida State and was a starter in seven of them. Ferguson has a few years of experience under his belt at the power four level as he was at Alabama before playing for the Seminoles. The Wolverines had the best offensive line in college football from 2021 through 2023, but it wasn't as good last year. Another experienced piece wouldn't hurt.
Transfer portal overview
One of the biggest parts of the college football offseason is the transfer portal, and the festivities begin before the offseason actually starts. Teams that don't qualify for the postseason have entered their offseason when the portal first opens, but there are a lot of teams that still have bowl games/playoff games to play. The transfer portal opened up for the first time on December 9th, so it created some issues for players that want to transfer but still have a season going.
The transfer portal is a massive part of college football now, and there are definitely positives and negatives to it. One of the biggest issues that people have with it is the timing of the first window. It is open in early December so players can pick a new school and start the next semester there when January rolls around. However, it does create issues as we have seen players this past season on College Football Playoff teams have to miss out on the opportunity to participate in the CFP because of their transfer.
On the flip side, the transfer portal gives teams a chance to completely rebuild their squad in just one offseason. New head coaches can come in and bring in a lot of experienced players from the jump, and it can make for a quick turnaround. Any team has hope in the offseason because of the transfer portal.
The transfer portal opened up for the first time this season on December 9th and it stayed open until December 28th. This window is the main window where a lot of the action takes place, but the transfer portal is open during the spring as well.
From April 16th until April 25th, the transfer portal is also open. That way, players can go through spring ball and have a better idea of what their upcoming season will look like. If they aren’t satisfied, they can leave. We even sometimes see players that transferred in the first window transfer again in the second window, sometimes back to their original school.
The transfer portal is a crucial part of the offseason, and we will be hearing a lot about it from now until the end of the spring.
