Certainly one of school soccer’s most intriguing quarterback conditions simply added one other wrinkle.
Jake Garcia, a blue-chip quarterback prospect within the Class of 2021 with stops at Miami, Missouri and East Carolina, signed with Michigan, the place he’ll be a part of No. 1 recruit Bryce Underwood, Fresno State switch Mikey Keene and blue-chip 2024 recruit Jadyn Davis on the depth chart.
Garcia is a late and considerably shocking addition to Michigan’s roster, although coach Sherrone Moore didn’t rule out including one other quarterback after Keene missed spring observe with an harm. Moore stated Keene resumed throwing in April and the expectation is that he’ll be prepared for preseason camp. After going via the spring with solely two wholesome quarterbacks, Michigan was assessing choices to shore up its depth, together with the opportunity of including somebody via the portal.
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Garcia, a California native who completed his highschool profession in Georgia, was a top-50 prospect within the 247Sports Composite rankings for the Class of 2021 and signed with Miami after initially committing to USC. He appeared in eight video games for the Hurricanes as a redshirt freshman and completed the season with 803 passing yards, 5 touchdowns and 4 interceptions.
Garcia transferred to Missouri after two seasons at Miami however didn’t see any sport motion in 2023. His subsequent cease was East Carolina, the place he received the beginning quarterback job however was changed by Michigan State switch Katin Houser after throwing 12 interceptions in six video games. Garcia has thrown for two,376 yards, 15 touchdowns and 16 interceptions in his school profession.
Michigan now has six quarterbacks on its roster for 2025. Together with Underwood and Keene, the Wolverines have the redshirt freshman Davis, senior Davis Warren and freshman Chase Herbstreit, the son of ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit. Davis and Underwood had been the one quarterbacks who participated in spring observe, as Warren is recovering from an ACL harm and Herbstreit was a June enrollee.
Michigan hasn’t named a beginning quarterback, although Underwood made a robust case for the job within the spring. It stays to be seen if Keene, who amassed 8,245 passing yards at Fresno State and UCF, might be wholesome sufficient to mount a critical problem to Underwood in preseason camp. Both means, including Garcia provides Michigan one other veteran quarterback who may play in a pinch for an offense attempting to bounce again after rating 131st within the FBS in passing final 12 months.
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