Newsstand: Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg named preseason All-Big Ten honoree

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Michigan graduate forward Yaxel Lendeborg, a UAB transfer, has been named to the preseason All-Big Ten team, one of 10 members.

Here’s the full All-Big Ten preseason team:
Bennett Stirtz (Iowa)
Yaxel Lendeborg (Michigan)
Nick Martinelli (Northwestern)
Bruce Thornton (Ohio State)
Nate Bittle (Oregon)
Jackson Shelstad (Oregon)
Trey Kaufman-Renn (Purdue)
BRADEN SMITH (Purdue)
Donovan Dent (UCLA)
John Blackwell (Wisconsin)

Purdue’s Braden Smith was tabbed as the preseason player of the year.

From a Michigan press release:

Before arriving in Ann Arbor, Lendeborg played two seasons at UAB (2023-25) following three years at Arizona Western College (2021-23). In 2024-25, he led the Blazers with team highs in points (17.7) and rebounds (11.4) per game. He scored in double figures 24 times while shooting 52.2 percent from the field and posted 26 point-rebound double-doubles — the most in the nation. With 420 total rebounds, he became the first player in program history to surpass 400 in a season, setting the UAB single-season record.

Lendeborg is one of four transfers and eight newcomers on Michigan’s 2025-26 roster. He joins Charles Matthews (2018-19) as the only transfer in program history to earn preseason All-Big Ten honors and is the first Wolverine recognized since Hunter Dickinson (2022-23).

Lendeborg will make his Michigan debut on Friday, Oct. 17, when the Wolverines host Cincinnati in an exhibition game at Crisler Center. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m., with coverage on B1G+.

New uniform. Same dominance. Yaxel Lendeborg earns Preseason All-Big Ten honors — the 24th Wolverine in program history to do it.#GoBlue | https://t.co/xaYrv1LbBl pic.twitter.com/eaupsdS3D5

— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) October 7, 2025

Michigan junior running back Justice Haynes is one of the top rushers in the nation, and leads the Big Ten in multiple categories.

Leading the charge on the ground pic.twitter.com/xDE6w5Dw3d

— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) October 7, 2025

A single January transfer portal is now official, and it will run from Jan. 2-16 this coming year.

A couple of notes on the one-time-only portal:

+ No spring transfer portal
+ Players on CFP teams can still enter 5 days after last game
+ Grad transfers cannot enter portal until Jan. 2. https://t.co/RnWbSl6i2r https://t.co/DdLsODbqNF

— Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos_) October 7, 2025

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