Michigan Football expands its 2025 haul with top-5 TE Andrew Olesh
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Barring something unforeseen, the Michigan Wolves football program will have a tight end in the NFL Draft for the third consecutive year, with Colston Loveland inevitably being selected.
Although he’s still a few years away from doing so himself, perhaps UM will eventually add Andrew Olesh’s name to the list of former Maize and Blue tight ends moving to the league. The four-star recruit from Center Valley, Penn. (Southern Lehigh) pledged to join the Wolverines on Monday night, according to a report by Hayes Fawcett.
He was the second new signing within an hour for the Wolverines, who also successfully replaced safety Ivan Taylor, son of former Super Bowl champion Ike Taylor, from Notre Dame on Monday.
Olesh was a priority recruit for UM. He is the No. 3 player in Pennsylvania, the No. 5 tight end in the nation and the No. 130 overall prospect for the 2025 class, according to 247Sports’ composite rankings.
Michigan was able to prevail over Alabama’s furious push for a commitment. In the weeks before his trip to Ann Arbor in late June, he also visited Florida and Penn State, which sealed the decision.
Olesh, who stands 6’5″ and weighs 215 pounds, currently plays wide receiver but has a frame that makes him a tight end at the next level. According to his profile, he had 53 catches for 972 yards and 10 touchdowns in his junior season.
This is a notable catch for Michigan’s new tight ends coach Steve Casula, who was helped in the effort by Grant Newsome, the former position coach who now leads the offensive line, as UM Loveland is certain to lose next season.
Loveland was a four-star player during his high school years and is widely considered a first-round pick next April when the draft goes to Green Bay.
He would follow in the footsteps of AJ Barner (2024, fourth round) and Luke Schoonmaker (2023, second round) and could be U-M’s first tight end selected in the first round since Paul Seymour (1973) went to the Buffalo Bills as the No. 7 pick over 50 years ago.
Michigan currently has 15 commitments from rising seniors, making it the 11th best recruiting class in the country.
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