Andrel Anthony to the Portal

Bummer. Lots of talent it seemed but never really delivered. Kinda weird his breakout performance was in a game we lost but I digress. Best of luck young man 

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I wish him the best, I think he could have been good getting targets down the middle a lot like Bell, but he seemed to always be running deeper routes.

I really hope Johnson and Wilson come back and hopefully Darius Clemons takes a role because I think he can be special.

All-swag first time, always looked so good out there. I hope he goes somewhere and tears it up.

Like many have said, disappointing, but not surprising.

For whatever reason, he couldn't find traction...something just didn't click.

Can't blame the kid - hope he finds somewhere that can unlock his potential (preferably outside the B1G East)

This has to be a first, that the guy we gave the coveted 1 jersey, transfers out.  

He has done little to zilch aside 1 game.  People need to get off the "we have so much depth in the WR room"  Tell me about performance.  It's a lot of bodies.  2-3 performers that's it.

God I hope he doesn't end up at msu.

Well duh. Almost like they wanted him to leave, what with 10 receptions all year? Or less. Complete bullshit. Young Drel deserves better. 

Great wide receivers have one thing in common, they catch passes.  He unfortunately had a tough time doing this.  

Not surprised at all by this one 

I am liking PORTAL IN a lot more than PORTAL OUT.....

Not wholly unexpected though....still, dammit.

This one just feels really weird.   He may go down as one of the biggest “what-ifs” of the Harbaugh era.    He looked to have elite ball skills last year.  The way he high pointed the ball was Braylon Edwards-esque.   He had speed to burn.

Who is he?  The player who looked like a freak of nature against MSU as a freshman or the player who looked lost and uncomfortable as a Sophomore?  

This one stings unless Cornelius Johnson or Blake Corum return.

If CJ comes back, you have Wilson and Clemons...we're good.

If Corum returns, Edwards plays more WR than he has in the past (along with splitting RB carries with Corum)...we're good.

Please don't go to MSU or Iowa, Drel!

I thought he was going to have a break out season but he never did. Best of luck to him at his new team! 

Assuming CJ goes...

1. Wilson, 2. English, 3. Moore in the speedy outside route runner role?

1. Clemons, 2. Walker, 3. Dixon in the blocky jumpy possession role?

1a. Henning, 1b. Morris, 3. Morgan in the shifty quicky slot role?

well when we only use 2-3 receivers per game and run the ball on 3rd and 16 why would he stay. Granted he had a few opportunities to shine and just had some bad luck but he should have had at least 3 passes attempted to him per game. 90% of the time he was in the game we ran the ball for reasons i cant fathom. 

Sad to see him go but this felt not unexpected.  He'll always have the MSU game and hopefully he has success wherever he lands.

Someone is getting a stud. I liked him but he will probably get more PT elsewhere. 

Must mean that Harbaugh is coming back. If a new head coach was coming in, potentially with a more pass happy offense, he might stick around. Instead, he’s making a move to get more playing time and targets, and it’s hard to blame him if he has NFL aspirations. I think he could be a Kenneth Walker level steal if he goes to right program. 

God damn it, i hoped he was due for a big role next year. 

Good luck sir! Really enjoyed watching you play!! 

I’m sick of the portal already. Not that it’s been that unkind to us. We’ve picked up some immediate impact players and only lost guys with little production, but we are on a path to a place where portal transfers will be as vital to a team’s success as high school recruiting is and it’s going to be a gigantic free agent market.
My question is regarding undergrad transfers. Let’s say a guy entering his third year of college is in the portal and many of his credits won’t transfer at Michigan. For argument’s sake I’ll say he’s only planning to stay one year and enter the draft early, so he doesn’t care if half of his credits won’t transfer. Can he still come to Michigan’s and qualify academically or would he be ineligible because of the lost credits and is no longer making satisfactory progress to a degree?

bummer, I liked Andrel a lot, just didn't seem to develop at Michigan which could simply be between the ears.

I have to think he ends up at CMU where he'll join a couple high school teammates.  Best of luck AA, that 90 yarder against State was special and it was great watching all the hometown sparties who hated on you for choosing Michigan.

FYI, Andrel played hoops and a high school student section turned out wearing all MSU gear just for Anthony.  Thing is the high schools own school colors were blue and yellow and it is one of the greatest self owns I've seen at the high school level.

A bit disappointed because I was excited about him but he just never made a break through besides one big game 

SHIT!!!!!

I have had a (reliable in the past) source hinting this all season to me. There was some disconnect with the receiver coaching change this year and there were a lot of times where the message of the new coach (Bellamy) wasn’t getting home with AA this year. Struggles to get down the routes and blocking was a major concern at practice all year. While this is something that might surprise a lot initially, it is not a surprising development inside the hall.