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Is There Such a Thing as Relying Too Much on Transfer Quarterbacks?

Jim Harbaugh has tried not to make headlines this offseason, but he’s still inspiring questions...

From Larry: With Jim Harbaugh using transfer QBs every year, can it affect the ability to recruit QBs to Michigan?

It certainly will be something opposing coaches use against the Wolverines in recruiting if it keeps up. In Harbaugh’s three seasons at Michigan, his starters have been Jake Rudock (Iowa graduate transfer), Wilton Speight (inherited from Brady Hoke), John O’Korn (Houston transfer) and Brandon Peters (recruited by Harbaugh’s staff). Speight has transferred to UCLA, and Peters may get supplanted by Ole Miss transfer Shea Patterson.