Michigan QB McNamara enters transfer portal

Michigan backmost Cade McNamara has entered the transportation portal arsenic a postgraduate transfer.

McNamara was the No. 253 imaginable successful the 2019 class, who primitively committed to Notre Dame earlier flipping to Michigan. He didn't spot immoderate crippled enactment successful his archetypal twelvemonth with Shea Patterson arsenic the starter, but helium played successful 4 of 10 games successful 2020 aft replacing starter Joe Milton III.

McNamara threw for 425 yards and 5 touchdowns with nary interceptions successful a play that was interrupted by restrictions from COVID-19. He held connected to the starting occupation for 2021 contempt the summation of ESPN 300 backmost J.J. McCarthy.

Last year, McNamara led the Wolverines to their archetypal Big Ten rubric nether Jim Harbaugh and a berth successful the College Football Playoff. In 14 games, helium threw for 2,576 yards and 15 touchdowns with six interceptions.

Prior to the 2022 season, Harbaugh announced determination would beryllium a backmost contention betwixt McNamara and McCarthy and it would pb into the season. McNamara started the archetypal crippled against Colorado State, successful which helium had 136 yards and 1 touchdown, completing 50% of his passes.

McCarthy started the 2nd crippled and won the contention arsenic the starter. On apical of being named the backup, McNamara suffered a limb wounded successful the 2nd fractional of the 3rd crippled of the play against UConn. His wounded required country and helium has not returned during the regular season.

McNamara, who is from Reno, Nevada, tin perchance play astatine different schoolhouse for 2 seasons. He redshirted arsenic a freshman successful 2019 and the NCAA has fixed immoderate student-athlete from the 2020-21 schoolhouse twelvemonth an other twelvemonth of eligibility.