Julia StumbaughJanuary 12, 2025
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Previous Michigan quarterback Alex Orji has actually devoted to UNLV, he informed ESPN's Pete Thamel.
He has 2 seasons of college eligibility staying.
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Previous Michigan QB Alex Orji has actually dedicated to UNLV, he informs ESPN. Orji will have 2 years of eligibility staying. He played in 20 video games at Michigan and began 3 video games in 2024. He's a dual-threat who has actually represented 7 profession TDs. > pic.twitter.com/fL64K5trFF
Among 3 quarterbacks to begin for the Wolverines in 2024, Orji got in the transfer website in December after Michigan turned top-ranked quarterback hire Bryce Underwood from LSU.
Orji compromised the QB1 area with Davis Warren and Jack Tuttle as the Wolverines offense had a hard time throughout his redshirt sophomore season in 2024.
He played his last video game with Michigan throughout the Wolverines' ReliaQuest Bowl video game versus Alabama, finishing 2 passes and tossing an interception in relief for a hurt Warren.
Orji completed out his Michigan profession having actually made 20 looks and 3 starts. He will now sign up with Dan Mullen, who was worked with as UNLV's head coach in December, in Las Vegas.
The Rebels got in last season with Matthew Sluka slated to begin, just to lose Sluka to an NL dispute after 3 video games. Hajj-Malik Williams took control of to lead the Rebels to their very first 11-win season in the Mountain West.
With Williams having actually stated for the 2025 NFL draft, nevertheless, the Rebels will need to begin over under center in 2025.
Orji will now sign up with a quarterback space presently staffed by Virginia transfer Anthony Colandrea, who went into the transfer website after losing his beginning area at UVA to Tony Muskett at the end of last season.
Both signal callers are most likely hoping the track record Mullen made as a quarterback whisperer while training gamers like Tim Tebow at Florida and Dak Prescott at Mississippi State can assist them take the next action in their advancement next fall.
Orji and Colandrea might both be contending for UNLV's QB1 area when the Rebels open camp this summertime.
