Previously: Last year’s profiles. S Damani Dent, S/Nk Zeke Berry, S/HSP Keon Sabb, CB Myles Pollard, CB/Nk Kody Jones, CB Will Johnson, LB Deuce Spurlock, LB Jimmy Rolder, DE/LB Micah Pollard, DE Derrick Moore, DT Mason Graham, DT Kenneth Grant, DT Cam Goode, T Andrew Gentry, T/G Connor Jones, G Alessandro Lorenzetti. Virginia transfer (HS: Hyattsville, MD)– 6'3”, 310 [Patrick Barron] 247: 6'4/2754.40 as transfer AS TRANSFER: 94, #1 IOL, #19 overall Rivals: 6'2/279 n/a not rated OG ESPN: 6'6/275 n/a not rated OG On3: 6'6/275 n/a did not exist Composite: 2.67* 2*, 0.7667, #3300 ovr #160 OG, #48 MD Other Suitors Clem, ND, UVa (transfer) YMRMFSPA Cesar Ruiz Previously On MGoBlog Commitment Alert by Alex. Spring bits and bits Notes Rimington Finalist. "Oh-lu-SHAH-goon, Oh-lu-wa-TIH-mee" Film: UVa vs Miami last year: Michigan's fourth offensive lineman of the class, and second OL transfer from Virginia, is a one-year rental of the best kind. He's a two-time captain of Power 5 program, and one of three finalists for his position's national award to return to school. Though he started at center for 2.5 for DC area power program DeMatha, Oluwatimi was barely recruited in 2017. He signed with Air Force but transferred to Virginia, sitting out 2018 for transfer rules. He started every game but one (hand injury early in 2019) for the Cavs for the next three years thereafter, 36 total, and 32 straight, earning all-ACC (HM in 2019, 2nd team in 2020 and 2021) every time. Bronco Mendenhall and his staff were let go after the 2021 season, which helped shake Oluwatimi loose, but it was a Day 3 draft grade that kept him in college, and looking for a place that could get develop him better. Around these parts we tend to sniff at OL transfers, because so many of them fail. But remember what data set that comes from. Most OL transfers are moving down or sideways for playing time, and those moving up often discover they have a major weak spot that the old competition couldn't exploit. The truth behind it is there's usually a heavy transition cost, as different programs run their lines differently, and offensive line is already such a heady position that you get better at as a group over years of practicing together. Clemson doesn't recruit transfers, but Dabo made an exception here. Also the history books don't have much to say on what happens when a Rimington finalist moves schools. Transfer OL caveats aside, it's really hard to find any reason that Olusegon Oluwatimi won't have success here. The ACC might be a half-step down in competition, but they had some excellent DTs in that conference. Also Virginia ran just about the closest offense to Michigan's base stuff as anybody in the country. And word from spring practice so far is Olu's been one of their best, and certainly an upgrade on graduated Andrew Vastardis, who was pretty good himself. I can't tell you Michigan yoinked itself a year with the best center in the country, but if an OL transfer was ever going to match reasonable expectations, this seems like it. [After THE JUMP: Film cuts like in UFR!]