Did Erick All announce he was coming back to UM?

Submitted by TK on November 28th, 2022 at 8:38 PM

https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClhXPqMgiAR/?igshid=Zjc2ZTc4Nzk%3D

 

I saw this briefly mentioned in another thread but I don’t know how to interpret it. Could just mean he will be back better than ever in the NFL. But it could mean he is planning on being back here. What is your take on this? Having Loveland and All next year would be a pair of lethal targets for JJ. 

Bo Harbaugh

November 28th, 2022 at 8:41 PM ^

Man, Cade looked pretty sweet in that video tbh.  Forgot how well he was throwing towards the end of the year.  Whoever picks him up in the portal is getting a good one, assuming he is healthy and can get his confidence back.

Regarding All, yes please.

bronxblue

November 28th, 2022 at 8:51 PM ^

They mentioned on the podcast that he's likely back and it would make sense that given how little he played this year he'd try to give it a go next year.  I know he has a kid so that might change his opinion but with NIL and the contours of the offense going forward it feels more likely than not that he's going to be back next year.

bronxblue

November 28th, 2022 at 10:37 PM ^

I'll refrain from getting too deep into how my personal views and Harbaugh's worldview on the matter of pregnancies differ but there's no evidence that All and his significant other don't plan, nor are incapable, of raising their child.  My point was simply that All might consider giving it a go at the NFL level given the fact he was already receiving draft prognostications before his injury.

waittilnextyear

November 28th, 2022 at 9:05 PM ^

I don't know, but I would love to have him back.  Crazy to think the team has been able to go 12-0 without him (and several other key players).  In any event, it's worth clicking on E.All's "gram" at the link above and listening to some Dope Boys (I think) while watching his highlight reel.

MadGatter

November 28th, 2022 at 9:40 PM ^

Michigan has plays where they have four tight ends on the field. The top 2 tight ends have had basically equivalent usage (at least the last two years). Colson Loveland and Erick All together is a deadly combination as 1A/1B 

And for what it's worth I dont think Loveland will beat out All as the star tight end. He'll be really fucking good tho 

waittilnextyear

November 28th, 2022 at 9:55 PM ^

Agreed.  Michigan has been TE U for quite a long time.  Think back to relatively recent names like Devin Funchess (a "TE") or Jake Butt, or even Eubanks/McKeon/Gentry.  Or dig a little deeper for names like Massaquoi/Riemersma/Shea/Tuman/McGee...point is, if we did have a fully weaponized Erick All and a rising Colston Loveland, it might be the best duo we've ever had at the same time.  I'm confident they'd get all the playing time and targets they could handle in this Harbaughffense.

Hannibal.

November 29th, 2022 at 7:22 AM ^

Erick All blows all of those guys out of the water.  In the years that I have been watching Michigan, I can't remember a guy who was so frequently the lynchpin of successful running plays as Erick All was last year.  In the OSU game it reached insane levels -- It seemed like every single running play all day followed #83 and he was abusing some poor linebacker from OSU.  Add on top of that he is a great receiver (once he got over his 2020 drop issues).  He is the best tight end that I have seen at Michigan by a wide margin.  

FlexUM

November 28th, 2022 at 9:09 PM ^

It doesn’t surprise me. After having back surgery I think a year of solid production will help his draft stock. Just doing some quick googling he almost seems undraftable. Not my words or my opinion. 

he comes back and has solid year with no issues related to his back and I think it catapults him on draft boards. 

MaizeBlueA2

November 28th, 2022 at 9:35 PM ^

He is back next year...he got the surgery when he did so he could be rehab in the offseason and be ready for 2023. Paired with Loveland we will have the best TE duo of the past 15 years.

As for All, it sounds like he's got a nice NIL package helping him stay another year.

BoFan

November 28th, 2022 at 9:50 PM ^

He’s back. 

Looking to come back for a similar magical season 

Man, those Cade to All throws are f’ing awesome. Cade is going to make history somewhere else.