He showed up in a picture with the WR's at BW3's this weekend and the rumors starting to die down. Sam Webb then confirmed with his parents that, "Oliver wasn't heading anywhere". The rumors died.
He shows up for a couple days of workouts, misses one, and then ends up in the portal on Wednesday night.
I'm torn on this one. I really was excited to have Oliver in the best WR class Michigan has ever had. That alone fact was exciting and probably the reason he is moving on. Black came out and was a star in a win over Florida in Dallas, then gets hurt twice. DPJ was the star WR last year and you could see Nico skills as a future NFL WR.
Then Mike Sainristil takes the opportunity of DPJ and Nico being out and tears up Spring Ball. I'm sure Oliver is feeling like the odd man out. You can't blame the kid for reading the room.
The flip side of this is Michigan's running back situation. A year ago, it seemed Michigan had unlimited running backs on the roster. After the NFL Draft, transfers, injuries, and suspensions all that depth is completely gone. Kurt Taylor decided to transfer (I believe to a CC) and probably would have been the #1 RB in Spring Ball and gotten a chance to show his skills with the first team.
I understand the transfer and wish him luck but would have loved it if he had stayed and waited for his chance.
- Michigan continues to trend for Jordan Morant a 4-star Safety out of NJ.
- Michigan Football is holding camps on the 8th and 10th this weekend. Expect a number of visitors in Ann Arbor.
from The BIG HOUSE Blog http://mbighouse.blogspot.com/2019/06/michigan-thursday-oliver-heads-to-portal.html
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