Michigan will turn back to Davis Warren as the starting quarterback against Michigan State on Saturday, a source confirmed to ESPN.
Alex Orji is likely to see time in a change-of-pace role to highlight the quarterback run game, the source said. Michigan coach Sherrone Moore had said Monday that the team was waiting to see how practices went this week before making a decision on a starter. «Taking care of the ball, that's going to be the No.
1 priority, the biggest thing,» Moore said. «You want big plays, you want efficiency, but we have to take care of the football.» Warren, a former walk-on, opened the season as the starting quarterback, but he was replaced by Orji following a three-interception performance against Arkansas State on Sept.
14. Orji, primarily used as a running quarterback in 2023, struggled with his accuracy and had only 118 total passing yards in wins against USC and Minnesota before being replaced by Tuttle against Washington on Oct.