Portal In: Ernest Hausmann
Michigan's picked up their second portal addition of the cycle in former Nebraska linebacker Ernest Hausmann. Hausmann started seven games as a true freshman for the Huskers last year, picking up 54 tackles. You may remember one of them, a thunderous stick on Donovan Edwards. That's the second clip here:
#NEBvsMI Ernest Hausmann
— What does the film say? (@Huskers_film) November 13, 2022
Ajay Allen was 1 and Hausmann was 2 as my top two HS players from the 2022 recruiting class. Hartzog is challenging that.
Here are two great plays. 1 in coverage and 1 vs. the run. Freshman! He has speed Henrich and Reimer lack. We have a player here! pic.twitter.com/ta081hlOQE
Hausmann visited Iowa a week ago (hung out with McNamara and All, in fact) and was a priority for them, and if Iowa is into a linebacker he's probably a good prospect.
[After THE JUMP: some grades, a quote, etc.]
PFF gave him a 70 grade for the Michigan game, which is above average in their grading scale; just one game but if a freshman LB is keeping his head above water against a Jim Harbaugh rush offense—in particular this Jim Harbaugh rush offense—behind those DTs, giddyup. His overall grade is distorted by an understandably rough start:
Take or leave the Pro Football Focus grades, but Hausmann trended up when he got called into action against Purdue, with a 80.67 tackling grade and a 62.1 coverage grade on 57 snaps. PFF was not as keen on his work against Illinois, giving him an overall defensive grade of 46.4 and a 33.2 tackling grade over the course of 26 snaps.
Then Nebraska interim coach Mickey Joseph:
“I think Barrett (Ruud) has done a very good job with (Ernest) Hausmann because he is playing at a high level, and he is getting better every week so I like where he is at right now,” former interim head coach Mickey Joseph said of Hausmann in November. “He was a puppy coming in. He is a high school kid, so he learned how to play this game at a high level, and he is playing at a high level right now and we are really excited about his future.”
Hausmann has three years of eligibility left and joins a linebacker room that suddenly has decent depth. Junior Colson and Michael Barrett will likely return; Nikhai Hill-Green was promising as a freshman before injury derailed his 2022; Jimmy Rolder will probably be relatively ready to go next year. Hausmann gives them a reasonable two-deep at ILB.
Hausmann may also be evidence of a shift in Michigan's ability to get transfers in. Historically that's been difficult for undergraduates.
December 15th, 2022 at 2:17 PM ^
Yeah there's a reason the transfers have usually been "only a freshman" (therefore not that many credits to lose in the first place) or grad transfer (no credit issues at all).
I could see a guy who is a likely high rounder willing to eat some credits if he thinks Harbaugh can get him into the first round, but otherwise it's a tough sell to lose a year of college work.
December 15th, 2022 at 2:22 PM ^
Yeah, with freshmen you can also likely throw those various credits into "general" and get by without losing a ton.
I know with Shea Patterson a big issue was he basically had to redo a year of classes because a bunch didn't transfer, which I guess he saw as worth it instead of playing for an Ole Miss program is disarray and likely staring at a bowl ban.
December 15th, 2022 at 2:22 PM ^
But Michigan has been getting transfers for years. Both in football but more critically for proving the point in other sports. How many sophomore or junior year transfers do you think there are on teams like Bama/OSU/Georgia. Maybe Michigan is missing out on one guy they would otherwise have won the recruiting battle for every few years. Its not some major issue
December 15th, 2022 at 2:50 PM ^
Are you referring to Greta Kampschroeder from the women's basketball team? Because I think she was a freshman transfer as well. And sure, there are probably examples of other sports where people transfer in because they're fine with losing some credits and redoing a year (especially when the rule was you had to sit out a season anyway), but in football and basketball it's been pretty rare.
As for other programs, Alabama got a sophomore/junior UGa transfer and sophomore/junior LSU transfer last year, and the year before got Jameson Williams from OSU who I believe was a sophomore/junior guy as well. UGa got Derlon Kendrick from Clemson after I believe his junior year, so not sure if he had graduated already but he had also been kicked off the Clemson team so that's a weird spot. OSU got a sophomore kicker in Parker Lewis from USC this year, and DaeMonte Trayanum came from ASU after his sophomore year and played LB and famously was the leading rusher for OSU in the Game.
So yeah, not like they're MSU or anything but other elite teams have been able to pull in guys the past couple of years who weren't grad transfers while UM basically just takes grad transfers.
December 15th, 2022 at 3:00 PM ^
Not to mention those schools are already recruiting a level above Michigan, so it's pretty reasonable to expect they'll have fewer holes in their roster they need to patch with transfers. But, when they do...they do.
December 15th, 2022 at 6:49 PM ^
Upvoted for content, but it's not "the Game" -- it's "THE Game."
December 15th, 2022 at 4:47 PM ^
You're repeating yourself without offering any examples ak.
I'd love to know to which players you're referring. And for the sake of this particular thread please limit it to football transfers...
December 15th, 2022 at 1:36 PM ^
https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Season/2023-Football/Commits/
up to a 4-star in the transfer portal, higher than as a recruit
December 15th, 2022 at 1:37 PM ^
We are adding 4* talent to the 2023 class through transfers. What is happening?
Could use another TE and probably another RB.
I hear the rumblings about QB; but finding a dude who's willing to sit for a year behind JJ seems pretty unlikely. We might have to shop for that next year if JJ departs.
December 15th, 2022 at 1:59 PM ^
I'm not sure how you shop for a transfer QB next year while recruiting Jadyn Davis in 2023-24. It would be a tricky tightrope to walk unless Davis was cool with it. If you wanted to add more to the QB room, I would think you would do it this year with a sleeper QB recruit or transfer. Also, Michigan would have to be really confident in Davis Warren as the backup for next year in case McCarthy were to get dinged up or hurt.
December 15th, 2022 at 1:37 PM ^
True freshman are easy to get in as transfers. It's the second and third year players that are much harder
December 15th, 2022 at 1:42 PM ^
Actually - it's players who've started their third academic year or more who are an issue. Players with less than 60 credits from a reasonable University aren't an issue.
December 15th, 2022 at 1:48 PM ^
i expect a lot of fumble recoveries in his career and hopefully he takes a couple to the Haus, mann
December 15th, 2022 at 1:48 PM ^
Dude's nickname needs to be "Brick".
December 15th, 2022 at 1:49 PM ^
Brick Hausmann. He's Mighty Mighty. Just lettin' it all hang out.
December 15th, 2022 at 1:56 PM ^
Excellent! Maybe Brick 'Ausmann.
December 15th, 2022 at 2:01 PM ^
Why take the "Brick House" outta Brick Hausmann?
December 15th, 2022 at 3:37 PM ^
THE Big Haus-man!
December 15th, 2022 at 1:54 PM ^
Yeah, this is a bigger pickup for what it says about the admissions/portal process going forward than Hasumann, though to be clear he's a nice pickup at a spot where UM definitely needs depth.
December 15th, 2022 at 2:03 PM ^
It was a nice solid tackle on Corum, but I wouldn't call it "thunderous."
This was thunderous:
December 15th, 2022 at 2:20 PM ^
This remains maybe my favorite tackle by a UM defender inn recent memory because he just de-cleated him. Also, I think Winston (the MSU player) has been sprung from county jail that week after one of the various football player-related beatings that seemed to pockmark the Dantonio era and yet were largely treated as one-off issues and not a pattern of lax discipline by a guy who got a lot of credit for being grumpy and having a square jaw.
December 15th, 2022 at 2:30 PM ^
"sprung from county jail that week after one of the various football player-related beatings that seemed to pockmark the Dantonio era"
Which makes all their whining about Mazi Smith especially ridiculous.
"a guy who got a lot of credit for being grumpy and having a square jaw."
He ostentatiously kept a Bible on his desk which served as a shield against any criticism of how he ran his program.
December 15th, 2022 at 3:22 PM ^
Dantonio got so mech leeway from the local media because he acted like a guy with a moral backbone and that was basically all they expected of him. In practice he was a bog-standard CFB coach who didn't give a shit about anything other than winning and when that became too hard turned into a bitter asshole.
December 15th, 2022 at 3:00 PM ^
The one on Corum was a good tackle. The second one on Donovan was a good stick. That one was at about the 10 second mark on the video
December 15th, 2022 at 2:07 PM ^
A great pick-up, I remembered the name from his trucking of Edwards before it was mentioned in the article. My head canon is going to be that he hung around All and Cade in Iowa and decided to come to Michigan out of spite for them haha
December 15th, 2022 at 2:17 PM ^
All Cade snake oil is too bitter for Ernest
December 15th, 2022 at 2:15 PM ^
Great news for next season. Our depth at LB was razor thin this season. Now Mullings is ready to go full time on offense.
December 15th, 2022 at 2:23 PM ^
Razor thin?
We are probably returning both starters plus getting NHG back and Rolder. Plus the young guys. Not at all razor thin.
December 15th, 2022 at 2:46 PM ^
Colson, NHG (assuming he comes back full strength), Rolder, and Hausmann. It makes me feel like we may be considering more 3 LB sets. Increased LB depth also allows us to move Mullings to short yardage RB where he is a plus player in a position of need from LB where he has had some struggles. Such a transfer is a 2x1 benefit in my opinion.
December 15th, 2022 at 2:46 PM ^
In fairness - "razor thin this season" was the quote... Which is a fair thing to say. No NHG, true freshman Rolder, and not-good-at-LB Kalel Mullings didn't provide much depth behind Colson and Barrett this year. Next year should be much better...
December 15th, 2022 at 2:55 PM ^
He said it was razor thin this season.
December 15th, 2022 at 2:46 PM ^
There is just something about LB's that I like! Welcome to the home of the 13th man, The Tunnel.
December 15th, 2022 at 2:49 PM ^
Yeah!
If we can manage the portal, maybe we can figure out NIL.
December 15th, 2022 at 3:52 PM ^
Welcome! Here's hoping this heralds a new era in transfers.
December 15th, 2022 at 4:04 PM ^
Hell yes, more LB depth is good for the soul
December 15th, 2022 at 4:11 PM ^
i don't know about michigan's ability to take in undergrad transfers. as i said elsewhere, i don't need to - i'm not in admissions.
that said - there has apparently been some thawing. the women's hoops team has taken in two recent high-profile undergrad transfers: leigha brown from nebraska, in 2020 and greta kamschroeder this year, from oregon state. leigha was academic all-B1G at nebraska, fwiw. i don't see that anything either way on kampschroeder.
December 16th, 2022 at 5:59 PM ^
Most important thing about this is undergrad credits which.... count?
December 16th, 2022 at 6:00 PM ^
Michael Barrett quote I read was "I feel like I've been in college too long" (I am paraphrasing) along with being old. Those tea leaves I don't decipher as staying but hopefully so, so he can play WR DE and center next year.
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