Throughout the offseason and the preseason, it had seemed like the Michigan Wolverines starting quarterback battle was coming down to Alex Orji and Jack Tuttle. But in a shocking twist, head coach Sherrone Moore announced that Davis Warren will serve as the team’s starting quarterback for their season-opening game against the Fresno State Bulldogs.
“He’s really practiced the best. … I think throughout fall camp he had an 89-90 completion percentage,” Moore said of the decision before the game according to Zach Shaw of 247 Sports. “It’s hard not to start a guy who’s done that.”
As Anthony Broome of TheWolverines.com points out, it has been quite a journey for Warren up to this point.
If it is indeed Davis Warren tonight, as it appears, what a story:
– Battled and beat leukemia in high school
– Had his senior season canceled due to COVID-19
– Walks on at Michigan, earns scholarship, ascends to No. 2 QB job in 2022
– Wins starting job out of fall camp in 2024. pic.twitter.com/gUTEfAfFFt— Anthony Broome (@anthonytbroome) August 31, 2024
“If it is indeed Davis Warren tonight, as it appears, what a story:
– Battled and beat leukemia in high school
– Had his senior season canceled due to COVID-19
– Walks on at Michigan, earns scholarship, ascends to No. 2 QB job in 2022
– Wins starting job out of fall camp in 2024,” Broome said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Moore indicated that Orji would also play in the season opener, but Warren was the one who earned the right to start the game for the Wolverines.
