We don't have a good Pallante shot, unfortunately [Eric Upchurch]

The phonebooks are here!

#Michigan's 2016 fall roster pic.twitter.com/DmLDlF7e8A

— Steve Lorenz (@TremendousUM) August 7, 2016

We'll have our usual phonebook overreaction soon. This post is about a couple of absences:

Freddy Canteen and Brady Pallante are not listed on Michigan's official 2016 roster.

— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) August 7, 2016

Canteen's status was known to be in question after offseason surgery; this would appear to resolve that. No word yet on whether that's a transfer or a retirement. He kept bouncing between WR and corner throughout his career, never getting established at either spot. He wasn't expected to contribute this year, although the surgery probably had something to do with that.

Pallante is a bit of a a surprise since he saw scattered snaps towards the end of the year and Michigan is already two under their scholarship limit. While he didn't look like a guy who was going to play much going forward you'd think the program would keep him around for this year at least; looks like Pallante could read the enormous four- and five-star ratings on the wall.

Both Canteen and Pallante were slated to take up slots on the 2017 roster and will no longer. Michigan now has 21 slots in the 2017 class and is recruiting for around 30; it's not too hard to look at the roster and find another four spots from would-be fifth year seniors and early NFL Draft entry.