Ypsilanti Lincoln junior offensive lineman Tate Mackenzie has been a longtime Michigan football fan, so it was a thrill of a lifetime when his high school coach Chris Westfall took him to Schembecher Hall on Thursday to meet Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh.
But, it was Harbaugh’s scholarship offer to Mackenzie which is something that will stay with him for a long time.
“It was crazy, I mean Harbaugh is pretty much a celebrity, so to be talking to him and him know who I am was crazy,” said Mackenzie, a 6-foot-8, 330-pound tackle who helped Lincoln reach its first regional championship game in school history his sophomore year in 2017.