Two days after Michigan football lost a defensive lineman to the transfer portal, the Wolverines picked up a potential replacement for 2023 as three-star recruit Roderick Pierce picked U-M on Wednesday night.
The 6-foot-3, 290-pound Pierce is rated as the No. 549 commit nationally in 247 Sports' composite rankings, as well as the 59th best defensive lineman and the ninth-best player in the state of Illinois. Pierce starred this season for Brother Rice High School in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He was previously committed to Wisconsin, but reopened his recruitment at the end of November.