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Center Olu Oluwatimi’s path to Michigan, outlook for 2022

Michigan needed a new starting center for the 2022 season, and they found a highly decorated veteran in grad transfer Olu Oluwatimi.

The story so far

Oluwatimi was a two-star prospect in the 2017 class who spent his first year at Air Force (no game action) before transferring to Virginia.

Oluwatimi’s career began to flourish at Virginia and started 35 games during his career with the Cavaliers. Oluwatimi’s best season yet came in 2021, when he was a finalist for the Rimington Trophy, which goes to the best center in college football.

Oluwatimi was named Second Team All-ACC in 2021 and had the second-best run-blocking grade by Pro Football Focus.