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Michigan extends transfer portal offer to WR Joseph Williams

Anthony Broomeby:Anthony Broome•12/12/24•

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Michigan has jumped into the mix for transfer portal WR Joseph Williams, the AAC Freshman of the Year. (Brett Rojo-Imagn Images)

The Michigan Wolverines‘ desire to get bigger and more explosive wide receiver has seen the staff extend another offer in the NCAA transfer portal, this time in the form of Tulsa freshman Joseph Williams.

Williams, who stands at 6-2, 195 pounds, was the American Athletic Conference’s Freshman of the Year after his debut season saw him grab 30 receptions for 588 yards and 5 touchdowns, averaging 19.6 yards per catch in 6 games played. The big-play threat had a three-game stretch in November with 17 catches for 396 yards and 5 touchdowns. He finished his first collegiate season either first or second in every receiving category on his team.

Williams was sixth in the FBS among all true freshmen in receiving yardage and was behind only Ohio State phenom Jeremiah Smith on Pro Football Focus in in terms of graded first-year wideouts.

Coming out of high school in Mansfield, Texas, Williams was a three-star prospect and the No. 1,305 player in the country in the 2024 class, per the On3 Industry Ranking. On3 had him ranked as the No. 25 athlete in the country.

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Michigan’s board at wide receiver in the portal includes at least a pair of other names in former Indiana wideout Donovan McCulley – who our Steve Wiltfong has put in a pick for U-M to land – and Miami (OH) wide receiver Reginald Virgil, who received an offer earlier this week. The wideouts stand at 6-5 and 6-4, respectively.

Adding more targets with length to the room has been a priority for Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore, who knows that the wider catch radiuses could be friendlier to the quarterback. The Wolverines signed a trio of wide receivers in their 2025 recruiting class that stand at 6-foot or taller in Andrew Marsh (6-0), Jacob Washington (6-3) and Jamar Browder (6-4).

“I really wanted to, for us, add size and length,” Moore said on National Signing Day. “We really haven’t had a big, 6-foot-5 guy since Nico Collins and we wanted some big guys. Your margin for error for a quarterback, it’s just easier throwing high to a 6-foot-6 guy, it’s different than throwing high to a 5-foot-11 guy. So we wanted to have that variance in our receiving room, and we feel like we got that [with our 2025 recruiting class].”

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