Michigan lands transfer portal QB Mikey Keene
The Michigan Wolverines have landed their quarterback out of the transfer portal in former Fresno State signal-caller Mikey Keene, who has one season of eligibility remaining.
Keene, who we mentioned as a potential fit on Dec. 5, was a three-star recruit in the 2021 class and played his first two seasons at UCF before transferring to Fresno State in 2023, throwing for 2,976 yards, 24 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. This season, he threw for 2892 yards with 18 touchdowns and 11 picks. Keene started the season opener at Michigan, going 22-of-36 for 235 yards with 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, including a pick-six thrown to Will Johnson, so there is at least an up-front and in-person evaluation of him.
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“He’s not as big as a lot of quarterbacks, but he gets the ball out quick,” Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore said during his Week 1 pre-Fresno State press conference. “He’s mobile. The offense all goes through him, so for us to be successful against him, it’s about how we stop him, how we contain him. He’s going to make his throws. He’s going to do some really good things. He’s going to be able to scramble outside the box, so we’ve got to keep him contained and confuse him a little bit with coverages and things we do and make it messy for him because it really goes through him. When he’s healthy for them, he does a really good job of ball control and controlling the offense, and you can see that the offense has a lot more confidence with him in the game.”
Keene could be the experienced bridge quarterback who could also pave the way for a graceful transition into the Bryce Underwood era.
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“There’s a lot of positions that we’re going to add in depth and add in spots to help fill,” head coach Sherrone Moore said about the program’s portal approach at QB. “The specifics of that, I guess you guys will have to see, but we’ll definitely look into a quarterback in the portal and we’ll go from there.
“[We want] experience, a guy that is going to be a great leader, a great teammate, obviously can play, and yeah, gotta be a great fit. That’s gotta be that one piece.”
