Michigan’s recruiting board keeps moving in two directions at once, and Saturday in Ann Arbor gave the Wolverines a chance to make noise for both the present and the future. While the staff continues pushing to add bigger names to its 2027 class, including five-star wide receiver Dakota Guerrant, Michigan also opened the door for a pair of 2028 quarterbacks who were on campus for the Penn State game.
One of them is already an official part of the conversation. On Saturday, Michigan extended an offer to four-star quarterback Levi Kerr, who is visiting Ann Arbor.
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Kerr is a 6'5", 200-pound prospect from Waxhaw, North Carolina, and he checks in as Rivals Industry’s No. 303 player in the 2028 class and the No. 21 quarterback. His offer list already includes Maryland, North Carolina, Mississippi State, and NC State, among others.
Michigan also has another 2028 signal-caller in town: Traverse City’s Brayden Tillman. The 6'4" quarterback is ranked No. 324 in the class and No. 22 at his position, and his offer sheet includes Wisconsin, Michigan State, Florida State, and Purdue, among others.
Tillman already had an offer from Michigan, but this one clearly carried extra weight. He told Rivals the Wolverines were the school he grew up following, and the moment meant something to him.
“It was super awesome for me because that’s the team I grew up rooting for,” he said. “Michigan was the team me and my buddies watched growing up together in the basement. So it just hit me that I was at this level where these schools are reaching out to me and my family."
Tillman added that he talks with Ron Bellamy regularly and has been to multiple Michigan games. He plans to keep taking visits as his recruitment unfolds.
Michigan already has one quarterback committed in the 2027 class in four-star Kamden Lopati, who flipped from Illinois after building a relationship with Kyle Whittingham and Jason Beck. As things stand, the Wolverines appear to be in position to come away with one of Kerr or Tillman when all is said and done.
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