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Michigan Transfer Portal News
An exciting Monday night for Sherrone Moore and the Michigan Wolverines Football Program as they land three commitments out of the transfer portal. Headlines by TJ Metcalf and Brady Norton.
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welcome back to another episode of rock boys football deal late Monday night not one not two but three commitments coming out of the transfer portal for this Michigan program and it’s funny because we just did an episode talking about some of these targets and now they’re committed coming to Ann Arbor heading into 2025 and it’s a kind of fun episode for both of us to do Dill you’re a big TJ meaf guy you’ve been a big fan of TJ meaf for the last couple weeks and I’m a big fan of Brady Norton the offensive tackle coming over from calp want to take a deep dive into some of these prospects coming to Michigan get into a little bit of the film of TJ meaf because this is a guy that although he’s only going into year three of his college football career brings a lot of diversity to this Michigan secondary which is a premium under wink marale I mean we all saw it in 2024 this is a complex defense that uses a lot of different personel a lot of different ways having a guy like TJ meaf who again I think is one of those you know chess pieces in the back end that’s massive fired up to get into it before we doing as always to the Michigan fans it it’s been a blast to uck in this program we say it all the time the amount of support the Michigan fans have shown the boys has been amazing if y’all do enjoy the content consider subscribing to the channel will not be the last time we’re breaking down some commitments from Michigan in the portal appreciate you you guys de you’re you’re the TJ meaf guy and so I’m just going to give you the T boox sell the people on what TJ meaf brings to the table for Michigan I mean I think the big thing from a macro point of view is I think a guy with a lot of experience but not a super old guy and you look like last year Michigan kind of had to bring in a lot of guys with a lot of experience but that also came with red shirt seniors guys who are kind of in their final year and kind of guys who were what they were at that point that’s not necessarily A criticism because like a guy like Hall was awesome Wesley Walker was solid for Michigan but I look at a guy like TJ metf I think his ability to kind of comeing and make an instant impact combined with the fact that he should be around for a couple years hopefully I think is a kind of a better situation I would say than probably what happened last year where it was a lot of guys who were almost those only one-year rentals I like the con idea of some continuity I like the fact that he’s going to come in and I think be an instant impact guy I think that combination is probably better for the longterm kind of run if you will for agre and this is a concept that I’m starting to really buy into and that is when you’re evaluating these kids out of the transfer portal the guys that are going to be fifth or sixth year seniors you’re kind of right like you don’t see guys make massive jumps going into year six of their college football career a guy like TJ meaf yeah played over 730 snaps in the SEC as a true sophomore he’s only going into year three so he brings you that known commodity experience this is also a guy that could get take a really big jump going into year three the thing that I love most about TJ meaf is the versatility so we talked about 730 snaps on the defensive side of the football deal those staps were all over the place you know 335 as a box safety 300 as a free safety another 100 as a nickel cornerback you know he’s playing that single high look he’s coming up and supporting the run in the box which I think is his best asset that he brings to Michigan he’s also really good in man coverage which is something that I think is very important in the wink marale defense you know wink Martell what do we know about wink marale he he wants to bring pressure and when you bring pressure you’re normally playing some sort of man coverage behind that a lot of the times and a lot of times your safeties have to hold up in man coverage TJ meaf Dill he led Arkansas with seven pass breakups he led Arkansas with three interceptions knows how to operate in man coverage and you kind of get into some of the film you sent me over I’ll let you take it away here actually I’ll probably do it since I’m I’m in control of the uh the video here TJ MF coming down you got trips to the field side one we gotta communicate and two TJ Mecha got a run with Noah Thomas down the field in man coverage this is not this is a if you’re if you’re Marcal Reed here you’re attacking that 10 times out of 10 TJ meaf staying in Phase right in the hit pocket really really squeezing Noah Thomas out running with Noah Thomas down the field this is as good as it gets still and a lot of times safeties cannot play Man coverage TJ metf it’s all over the film from him and that’s something that you have to be fired up about putting in this wink marindale defense and again you kind of talked about it early you see in that clip they start to switch their formation they go and he’s got to kind of be the guy directing the traffic that was again you look at what Michigan did in 2023 and I always go back to that Washington game and how well they all communicated led by Mikey sandrone and rodm more I mean just the way those guys controlled the field as or field as safeties in Nicholls obviously I think that’s what made Michigan Elite you look at the way Arkansas played defenses they did vary their formations a fair amount they’d play with three safeties Cage play with two they’d play with one TJ maaf a guy who was playing as you kind of point out a variety of those different roles in his comfort level in being able to operate that defense and being able to be where he’s supposed to be consistently and being trained frankly by an elite defensive coordinator in my mind and Travis Williams I love that kind of fit coming over from yeah tra you you love Travis Williams that’s for sure one other thing that I I’ll know when I go watch T.J maaf is he tackles really well which is something that Michigan did really really well in 2023 not so much in 2024 I mean you look at guys like mcari pagee mcari pagee a phenomenal career at Michigan but in 2024 I mean a 20% Miss tackle rate is awfully High TJ meaf I mean who’s number four on the team in tackles for Arkansas only missed 12% and a lot of those tackles were in space I mean you take a look at this is a guy that wants to fill the Run game too like he wants to fire downhill and get involved and he’s quick to trigger and this an open field tackle on Ali Gordon one of the better running backs in the country he is not afraid to get his nose dirty in the Run game which is really important and D secondly like probably one of my favorite aspects about him as well is just some nice feel when he’s playing some Zone and keeping his eyes on the quarterback and you’ll see here kind of gets a little undisciplined with his eyes at first firing downhill let’s revaldo Fairweather run right behind him hey we’re gonna get our eyes back we’re not GNA Panic look at the C look at the quarterback and go make a play on the football for your teammate again a pick he’s a guy that knows how to operate in a lot of different looks and that’s kind of what I love about TJ metf and talking about his brother real quick he he was a a true freshman for Arkansas did not get a ton of burn but a guy that was highly sought after out of high school hey file him away we’re starting to develop a lot of Youth and a lot of talent in that boundary cornerback spot D let’s get to my guy Brady Norton uh I’m a really big fan of this kid and it starts with my belief that some of the best transfer portal offensive lineman are guys that have played really good football at the G5 or FCS level and are looking to play at the power four level Brady norn that guy was really under recruited coming out of high school he was 65275 pounds kind of a lean guy who was a really good athlete put on some weight D 400 as a red shirt for a red sh fresh in 2024 started at left tackle 444 pass per opportunities at the left tackle spot three quarterback hurries zero sacks he was the highest graded off offensive tackle according to PFF at the FCS ranks we saw a guy like Evan link have some real Growing Pains as a red shirt freshman starting at tackle Brady Norton didn’t have those growing pains and you get into a little bit of the film of Brady Norton you want to see him develop a little bit more power for grown man physicality you’ll see a guy like David Bailey get to him a little bit in terms of the physicality when you watch him bump up against Power four competition you can’t teach the athlete it is hard to find and they got him listed as an interior offensive lineman rubbish in my opinion like this kid’s playing tag you can’t see a 65 guy with the movement skills that he has and stick him on the inside I think this is a true tackle with Elite athleticism now all you got to do is hey we got to get a little bit more weight on the frame we got to get a little bit more play strength and physicality to your game if you can do that in this off season there’s some real clay to molding a really really good tackle and Brady Norton and it might not be immediately you know my it’s a big jump from the FCS to the Big 10 I think the future of this kid at tackle it’s certainly there and it could be in 2025 as well yeah and honestly I’d be surprised frankly if it was 2025 because I look like the play strength didn’t feel like it was there quite yet again you kind of said it you can’t teach the athleticism that Brady Norton has and if shron Moore looks at him and says look I know I can get the weight on this kid I know that I can get him physically kind of ready a rock and roll at the power five love like who would I be to doubt shron Mo because obviously I mean he’s turned this Michigan program around I would say on the base of developing really physical talented offens and evaluation like we kind of talked about this in the episode just a couple hours ago look at the transfer portal eval from Chiron Moore and the staff they don’t miss man like yeah maybe they weren’t all all Americans but like larius Henderson Drake Nan Olo miles Hinton even Josh PR was solid they don’t miss on offensive lineman in the portal if Chiron Moore’s telling me he thinks Brady norin can play tackle in the Big 10 like sign me up last thing I’ll say year three is normally when we see these offensive linemen kind of develop that grown man strength Brady Horton or Brady Norton excuse me he was a red shirt freshman this year and played very very well what does it look this is not a fourth fifth year senior this is a guy that’s going into year three going to be reter sophomore what does it look like in year three in D at the end of the day you can never had if you have the opportunity to get a guy in the transfer portal that you think could be a starting tackle do it all day long there’s going to be a lot of competitive depth on this offensive line I don’t know if you had enough of that this year because we had to replace So Many Bodies kind of take a sneak peek to 2025 yeah we’re losing some some some solid players guys like miles Hinton I mean Andrew sprag Frasier Jake wiir like there are some studs that are coming up through this program now you add Brady Norton into the mix and say there’s a lot of competitive dep there is a real reality where Michigan goes into 2025 with you know seven eight nine 10 guys that they feel comfortable starting on the offensive line we weren’t at that number in in fact I don’t even know if we’re at five for a decent amount of the Seas I’m not like not a shot like Evan link he probably was not ready to start but had to and so I think the number of guys we feel confident about on the offensive line going to be back to what it was in 2023 which I think matters we’ll close it out there appreciate you guys rocking with it again if youall do enjoy the content consider subscribing to the channel appreciate you guys and we’ll talk to you all later peace
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