In the Trenches<\/a>\u201d podcast this week. Here\u2019s what they had to say about their new team.<\/p>\nSnowden revealed he recently had surgery and was out for a few weeks. He says this is his first week back at practice and he\u2019s excited to get out on the field. \u201cIt was hard to transfer to a new spot and deal with the injury I had last season,\u201d he said. He has also been spending time getting to know his teammates.<\/p>\n
On what he brings to the team<\/p>\n
Snowden described himself as \u201ca lockdown corner who loves to compete.\u201d He is competitive and wants to show what he brings to the program. He originally thought about leaving and heading to the next level after three years, but he is hoping to improve his play as a Wolverine this year. He\u2019s focused on creating some great plays this season and is working to compete with the best of the best in the Big Ten.<\/p>\n
On the CBs room, coaching staff<\/p>\n
Right off the bat, Snowden talked about Zeke Berry and Jyaire Hill. He even called out sophomore Shamari Earls as a player that stands out at the position. He\u2019s also working with a new defensive coaching staff. While Snowden hasn\u2019t worked with Jay Hill until now, he says a lot of the terminology they use here has translated from his time at Utah. Snowden also said the entire room is, \u201cso dope and has a lot of personality.\u201d<\/p>\n
On putting on the Michigan uniform<\/p>\n
Snowden says he\u2019s looking forward to getting to play in a Michigan uniform. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor,\u201d he said. He\u2019s looking forward to playing at the Big House and experiencing all it has to offer. He also knows he\u2019s going to be playing against the best competition each week, and he\u2019s focusing on becoming a great player.<\/p>\n
On what it\u2019s been like at Michigan<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a dream come true,\u201d Buchanan said. He understands Michigan is one of the top programs in the country, and he loves the people, the coaches and the area.<\/p>\n
On his decision to enter the transfer portal<\/p>\n
Buchanan said he had to make a big decision when choosing to enter the portal. He wasn\u2019t sure he would at first. He said the staff he\u2019s working with at Michigan instilled a lot of belief in him and he wanted to perform and play on a bigger stage with the coaches who believed in him in the first place.<\/p>\n
On his move from TE to WR<\/p>\n
While he was listed as a tight end at Utah, he pointed out he never really played as an inline tight end. He and Whittingham talked about making sure he\u2019d get the experience he needed as a wide receiver. His favorite place to play is in the slot. He knows people are comparing him to Colston Loveland, and he looks forward to trying to produce at a similar level when he takes the field.<\/p>\n
On what he needs to learn with the offense and spring ball<\/p>\n
Buchanan said the coaching staff makes it pretty easy for players to pick up on the plays and the vision for the offense. He is working on coming out of breaks and improving his footwork this spring, and he\u2019ll hope to use his strength and size to go up against defensive backs in the Big Ten this fall.<\/p>\n
On what he knows about Whittingham<\/p>\n
Buchanan says Whittingham is all about football and is very old school. When it comes to the practices, they\u2019re working hard. He used the word \u201cphysicality\u201d quite a bit to talk about Whittingham\u2019s practices.<\/p>\n
Buchanan says while he wants to go and play at the next level, the team has goals to accomplish this season \u2014 including winning the Big Ten. He also listed a national championship and believes they can get back to the top of the mountain and knows it\u2019s possible at a place like Michigan. In order to reach that, he knows the team is working on rhythm with quarterback Bryce Underwood and that\u2019s something they\u2019re focusing on this spring.<\/p>\n
Buchanan said he loves the hostility against Ohio State. While he\u2019s new to Ann Arbor, he\u2019s already up to speed on the rivalry and what\u2019s at stake the final weekend of the regular season. Buchanan said he\u2019s looking forward to playing the Buckeyes and showing what he can do on college football\u2019s biggest stage.<\/p>\n
On playing with Bryce Underwood<\/p>\n
Buchanan said he loves working out with Underwood. He got a text from Underwood his first night on campus asking if he\u2019d go throw so they could start building that connection with each other. Buchanan said he really believes he\u2019ll be one of the best quarterbacks to play at Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not just the addition of Kyle Whittingham that\u2019s got people excited. It\u2019s the addition of transfers like…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,579,103090,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-573983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-michigan-football","10":"tag-michigan-football-news","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-ncaafootball","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}