While Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines have benefitted plenty from the transfer portal — and expect to have many transfer contributors again this season — the portal both gives and takes away. No hard feelings here, though; sometimes the situation is just not right in Ann Arbor, and a player like Zach Charbonnet can really blossom elsewhere.
The expectations for Michigan are as high as they have ever been heading into the fall, but some former Wolverines enter the new season with some decent opportunities as well. Here is a quick look at a handful of familiar names playing in (somewhat) new places this season.