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Michigan football QB Cade McNamara enters NCAA transfer portal

Michigan football quarterback Cade McNamara has entered the transfer portal, the Free Press has confirmed.

McNamara, in his fourth season with the Wolverines, had a banner junior season in 2021, leading U-M to a 12-2 record, the team's first Big Ten championship in 17 years and its first appearance in the College Football Playoff.

But this season, McNamara was in a competition for the starting job with sophomore J.J. McCarthy. After starting the first game of the season, McNamara came off the bench in Week 2.

McNamara struggled and expressed frustration with how the quarterback situation was being handled after the Week 1 win over Colorado State.