Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the University of Michigan football program will have a tight end selected in the NFL Draft for the third consecutive year with the inevitable selection of Colston Loveland.
It'll be a few years before he does that himself, but down the road, UM could add Andrew Olesch's name to the list of former Maize and Blue tight ends making the league. The four-star recruit from Center Valley, Pa. (Southern Lehigh) committed to the Wolverines on Monday night.,Hayes-Fawcett reports.
He is the second transfer in a row for the Wolverines, who on Monday also managed to sign safety Ivan Taylor, the son of former Super Bowl champion Ike Taylor, from Notre Dame.
Olesch was UM's top priority: He's ranked as the No. 3 tight end in the state of Pennsylvania, the No. 5 tight end in the nation and the No. 130 overall prospect in the 2025 class, according to the 247Sports composite rankings.
He held off intense pressure from Alabama to secure his admission to Michigan, and he also visited and secured admissions from the University of Florida and Pennsylvania State University in the weeks before visiting Ann Arbor in late June.
At 6-foot-5 and 212 pounds, Olesch currently plays wide receiver but is built to play tight end at the next level. He had 53 catches for 972 yards and 10 touchdowns during his junior season, according to his profile.
It's a notable acquisition for Michigan's new tight ends coach Steve Casula, who is assisted by former position coach Grant Newsome, who now leads the offensive line and is certain to lose Loveland next season.
A four-star recruit out of high school, Loveland is widely expected to be a first-round pick when Green Bay selects in next April's draft.
He will follow in the footsteps of A.J. Varner (2024, fourth round) and Luke Schoonmaker (2023, second round) and could become the first tight end selected by Michigan in the opening round since Paul Seymour was selected seventh overall by the Buffalo Bills more than 50 years ago (1973).
Michigan currently has 15 high school senior applicants, ranking 11th in the nation for applicants.
