‘An all-around great player’: Sherrone Moore, teammate rave about Michigan WR Andrew Marsh

ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Wolverines have been riding the roller coaster through an 8-2 turbulent season, but have seen all of the goals remain intact. Freshman wide receiver Andrew Marsh is at or near the top of the list in terms of the highs the program has experienced in 2025.

Marsh, a four-star prospect, No. 157 overall player and No. 22 wide receiver in the 2025 recruiting class, is outpacing expectations and has become a young star for the Wolverines. Through his first 10 games, Marsh has 37 catches for 565 yards and 2 touchdowns and is coming off a 12-catch, 189-yard performance on 15 targets in a 24-22 win over Northwestern. His most critical grab came on Michigan’s game-winning drive on Saturday, grabbing a ball along the sideline on a 3rd and 10 throw from classmate Bryce Underwood.

For comparison’s sake, 2025’s No. 1 receiver was Oregon’s Dakorien Moore, has 28 grabs for 443 yards and 3 touchdowns, though he has missed all of November with an injury. Last year, tight end Colston Loveland led Michigan in receiving with 56 catches for 582 yards and 5 touchdowns. Semaj Morgan led wide receivers in catches (27), while Tyler Morris led in yards (248).

Marsh is playing at a high level and confirming what Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore saw during his recruiting process.

“Everything you see, just ball skills, ability to separate, how smooth he was, and just the ability to go make plays,” Moore said of his pre-Michigan scouting report on Marsh. “I remember going to watch him at a high school game, and on the first play, he catches a post. The next play, he’s getting handed a reverse. The next play, he’s catching a slant, taking it. He’s going there, throwing his body in there, and blocking. Just an all-around great player, and he just continues to make plays, and he’s going to probably be in here right after class watching the film again. He’s a special player for us.”

Graduate Donaven McCulley came into the year as the projected No. 1 wide receiver, but is now second banana in both catches (30) and yards (442) to his freshman running mate. McCulley has been an older brother figure to Marsh.

 ”It’s extremely impressive because I see him do that every day in camp,” McCulley said. “I mean, in practice and just him, translating that to the game is just amazing because a young guy coming in and being a freshman and being able to step up and just make plays like that when we really need it, that’s extremely important.

 ”…That’s like my little brother. So just guiding him and helping him just get better every single day. He’s already pretty good, so I’m just helping him hone in on his skills and just giving him little nuggets and stuff like that just to continue to get better.”

Moore said that the Wolverines are not going to force-feed Marsh the football and will let the gameplan dictate his opportunities. But the chemistry with Underwood is palpable, and Marsh will also “probably” remain as the punt returner after supplanting Morgan in Saturday’s game.

“Yeah, just allow the quarterback to read through his progressions,” Moore said. “We’ll put him in different positions so that people can identify exactly where he’s at, but just try to space the ball out and get it to the open dude, and he just found him a lot, ironically, but he knows how to get open.”