Western Michigan football’s offensive line just bulked up. The Broncos announced the addition of former Illinois offensive lineman Hunter Whitenack through the NCAA transfer portal –– the fourth offensive lineman to land with WMU football in the winter portal.

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Though the departure of Jeff Persi with 38 games played isn't ideal, it could signal Michigan Wolverines feel solid about reinforcements coming in.

Michigan football already got one transfer portal commitment on Sunday with former UMass and Arizona wide receiver Anthony Simpson pledging to the maize and blue. But the Wolverines weren’t done getting transfer portal pledges on the day.

Fifth-year tackle Jeffrey Persi played in 14 games along the line for the Wolverines with three career starts.

Former UMass wide receiver Anthony Simpson pledged to join Michigan football via the transfer portal on Sunday night, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

Simpson, who spent two seasons at Arizona before transferring to UMass, is the second receiver the Wolverines have added from the transfer portal.

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Giovanni El-Hadi is remaining a Michigan man. The Wolverines’ starting right guard is returning for a fifth season, he announced Wednesday in a post on Instagram. The former top-100 prospect, who also played high school football in Michigan at Sterling Heights Stevenson,

It was recently reported that Michigan football and Nebraska were leading in the recruitment of former New Mexico State offensive lineman Shiyazh Pete. But there has since been a big turn of events. According to On3's Pete Nakos,

The Michigan football team received some good news on Wednesday as offensive lineman Giovanni El-Hadi announced that he will return to the Wolverines for a fifth year. El-Hadi has been with the program since the 2021 season and he has been a contributor along the line since the beginning of his career.