{"id":501808,"date":"2026-01-08T17:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/501808\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:28:10","slug":"michigan-football-hosts-elite-defensive-player-in-the-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/501808\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Football hosts elite defensive player in the transfer portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to multiple reports on Wednesday night, head coach Kyle Whittingham and the Michigan Wolverines hosted former Utah edge rusher John Henry Daley for a visit. This is coming off the heels of a visit to LSU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 6-foot-4, 255-pounder broke out in a big way in 2025, compiling 48 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and one pass deflection in 11 games. Due to his efforts, he was named an All-American and a first-team All-Big 12 player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Unfortunately, Daley\u2019s season ended early following an Achilles injury. He may not be 100 percent by the time spring ball rolls around, but he is expected to be ready by the time next season begins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Other schools to watch for Daley \u2014 who is the No. 3 edge and No. 8 overall player in the portal according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/transfer-portal\/industry\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On3<\/a> \u2014 include Notre Dame and BYU, the latter school being interesting because that\u2019s where he was at before he transferred to Utah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With Derrick Moore and Jaishawn Barham off to the NFL, Michigan could really use an immediate difference-maker along the edge. Daley would be just that, and with two years of eligibility remaining, he could be in Ann Arbor for a pair of seasons before going to the pros.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This is definitely a portal recruitment to watch moving forward, so stay tuned to Maize n Brew for more developments as they come in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to multiple reports on Wednesday night, head coach Kyle Whittingham and the Michigan Wolverines hosted former Utah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":501809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,8806,157980,201065,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-501808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-michigan-football","10":"tag-michigan-football-news","11":"tag-michigan-football-transfer-portal","12":"tag-ncaa","13":"tag-ncaa-football","14":"tag-ncaafootball","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115860662243361823","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}