Michigan football's receiver room has a new look

Michigan football didn't just revamp the coaching staff with Kyle Whittingham taking over the program; it revamped the entirety of the wide receiver room.

With Micah Simon taking over as the new wide receivers coach, the Wolverines have a mix of familiar and new faces among the pass catchers. Andrew Marsh enters his second year in college football and is set to be the No. 1 target for the maize and blue this year. JJ Buchanan followed Whittingham and Simon to Ann Arbor, Jaime Ffrench left Texas for greener pastures, where the former high-four-star can get a new opportunity, and former five-star Salesi Moa ended up transferring to Michigan after spending about a week at Utah.

Simon met up with The Detroit News' Angelique Chengelis, where he spoke more about the room as a whole, but he also shared just an outlook on the receivers he has at his disposal.

“We have a chance to be pretty special,” Simon told The Detroit News. “Obviously, led by Andrew Marsh, who had a phenomenal freshman season and excited to see what he does in Year 2 and the jump that he makes in his game and his development. And then Salesi Moa, who we were able to get in the portal and then JJ Buchanan, who had a phenomenal freshman year for us. He was not an early enrollee, so he showed up in the summer and learned and then played Game 1. So excited for his jump as well this year.

“Jaime Ffrench transferred from Texas and expecting big things from him. Channing Goodwin played a lot here, Kendrick Bell has played a lot here, so there are a lot of guys who played a lot of football, and at the same time, we do have a lot of young players, so it's all about having them jell together and jell with the quarterback and continue to move forward. I'm super excited for this room. It's a great room to have for my first year.”