A pair of exits are on tap today for Michigan Football. The first one is official, as DL/OL Jack Stewart entered his name into the transfer portal yesterday: 

Michigan DL Jack Stewart has entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer.@MaizeBlueReview

— NCAA Transfer Portal (@RivalsPortal) April 19, 2022

Stewart was the lowest-ranked member of the six man offensive line class back in 2019. A three star recruit, Stewart ranked 573rd in the 24/7 Composite, listed as an offensive lineman out of New Canaan, Connecticut. He was considered a lottery ticket recruit and Brian described him as a "wildcard" in his recruiting profile three years ago. Stewart enrolled in the summer of 2019 and over three seasons at Michigan, never saw the field.

Stewart underwent a positional switch during that time, as he moved from OL to DL during the 2020-21 offseason, when it became clear that it wasn't happening for Stewart on the offensive line and defensive line seemed weaker. Still, he didn't appear in a game on the defensive line in 2021 and with young prospects like Rayshaun Benny and George Rooks passing him on the depth chart, the writing was on the wall. Not much else to say about a guy who we never saw play football at Michigan. 

The second exit is not official, but after an offseason of confusion surrounding his status and now an ominous Instagram post, it seems like DT Donovan Jeter may finally be moving on: 

 

 

 

 

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Jeter was a four star prospect way back in 2017 out of Beaver Falls, PA. His long and winding Michigan career began rather quietly, as not much was heard from Jeter during his first two seasons, redshirting in 2017 and appearing in only seven games in 2018 as a reserve. Then during the 2018-19 offseason we were treated to heaps of Jeter praise by Don Brown and the Michigan coaching staff, who had penciled him in for a starting DT role next to Carlo Kemp. That largely turned out to be the "well this guy has to be good or else we're in trouble" type of hype that often busts. And, well, if you remember the 2019 Wisconsin game, you know that it did. Jeter missed the first two games of the 2019 regular season, returned against Wisconsin, and was subsequently paved into oblivion. 

Despite a rough 2019, the Jeter hype did not die off heading into the 2020 COVID season, where he was again a starter. The opening game of that season saw Jeter get the highlight of his career, the ole Fat Man Touchdown after Michael Barrett rocked Tanner Morgan on a blitz and Jeter caught the loose ball out of mid-air and scampered for a score: 

That highlight was really the only memorable part of his 2020 season, where he was an adequate run defender but offered little-to-no pass rushing ability. Jeter stayed at Michigan for his fifth year in 2021, but this time was no longer a starter, passed on the depth chart by Mazi Smith and Chris Hinton. 2021 Jeter was mostly the same player he'd been the previous year, a merely decent rotational piece who would make the occasional good play in run defense. The good play that stands out from 2021 was this one in The Game: 

The most recent talk about Jeter was that the coaching staff was interested in having Jeter return for a sixth season using his COVID-shirt, but he was not with the team during the spring. Though we don't yet have final clarification, the Instagram post embedded in this piece seems to be pointing towards one outcome. If that changes, we will update his status with a future post. There is no content after the jump.