The 2024 football season has one game left in it and then all attention turns to 2025. Michigan is coming off of an 8-5 season with two massive wins to end the

The defensive line was definitely the strength of this Michigan team in 2024 because of Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant, who are both expected to be taken in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Losing them will obviously sting, but getting experienced guys back like Benny helps soften the blow.

Jeff Persi started a handful of games — in 2022, he started against Rutgers, and in 2024, he started when Evan Link was dealing with injury, before Gentry took over. According to On3’s Pete Nakos, Persi has entered the transfer portal and will be a grad transfer.

Giovanni El-Hadi is remaining a Michigan man. The Wolverines’ starting right guard is returning for a fifth season, he announced Wednesday in a post on Instagram. The former top-100 prospect, who also played high school football in Michigan at Sterling Heights Stevenson,

Michigan offensive lineman Giovanni El-Hadi is returning for a fifth season, his final year of eligibility, he announced Wednesday on Instagram.

It was recently reported that Michigan football and Nebraska were leading in the recruitment of former New Mexico State offensive lineman Shiyazh Pete. But there has since been a big turn of events. According to On3's Pete Nakos,

The Michigan football team received some good news on Wednesday as offensive lineman Giovanni El-Hadi announced that he will return to the Wolverines for a fifth year. El-Hadi has been with the program since the 2021 season and he has been a contributor along the line since the beginning of his career.