Wolverine TV: Game clips of Michigan QB commit Brady Smigiel

The Wolverine hit the road last week to Los Angeles, California, to see Michigan quarterback commit Brady Smigiel in action. After a rocky start to his senior season, the Rivals300 signal-caller put together an exceptional performance alongside his Newbury Park (Calif.) High teammates. 

Smigiel threw 6 interceptions across his first two games before resetting mentally and delivering his best performance of the season. Despite the 56-35 loss to Oxnard (Calif.) Pacifica High, the future Wolverine quarterback’s performance certainly popped. 

He led five-consecutive touchdown drives at one point, throwing for 321 yards with a 71.1 completion percentage. Smigiel tossed 5 touchdowns, converted a pair of critical fourth downs with his legs and did not turn the ball over Friday night. 

“I think that’s God’s plan, just putting a little adversity on me, testing me, seeing how I’m going to react, and I’ve grown so much just as a leader in the last two weeks,” Brady told The Wolverine. “I’ve never really had failure like this. Especially my senior year, you’re not expecting it. Coming off a championship, you don’t expect it. But it’s really how you react, and just being able to learn from it is awesome.”

Here’s a look at nearly every passing and rushing attempt from Smigiel in this contest. 

Michigan now has 23 commits in its 2026 recruiting class — Hiter, five-star Washington (D.C.) Gonzaga EDGE Carter Meadows, Top 100 Honolulu (Hawaii) Kamehameha offensive tackle Malakai Lee, Top 100 St. Louis (Mo.) DeSmet defensive lineman Titan Davis, Top 100 Billings (Mont.) West tight end Matt Ludwig, Top 100 Newberry Park (Calif.) High quarterback Brady Smigiel, On300 Needham (Mass.) St. Sebastian’s offensive lineman Marky Walbridge, On300 Chesapeake (Va.) Oscar Smith wide receiver Travis Johnson, On300 Irmo (S.C.) Dutch Fork EDGE Julian Walker, On300 Chicago (Ill.) Simeon EDGE McHale Blade, four-star Carrollton (Ga.) High defensive back Dorian Barney, four-star Richmond (Va.) Hermitage defensive back Andre Clarke, four-star Mansfield (Texas) High wide receiver Zion Robinson, three-star Cartersville (Ga.) Cass offensive lineman Bear McWhorter, three-star Washington (D.C.) St. John’s EDGE Tariq Boney, three-star Denver (Colo.) Mullen tight end Mason Bonner, three-star Liberty Hill (Texas) High defensive lineman Alister Vallejo, three-star Dallas (Texas) Parish Episcopal wide receiver Jaylen Pile, three-star Richmond (Va.) Huguenot linebacker Markel Dabney, three-star Hinsdale (Ill.) Central kicker Micah Drescher, Columbus (Ohio) St. Francis DeSales running back Jonathan Brown and Phoenix (Ariz.) O’Connor long snapper Colton Dermer.

The Wolverines’ recruiting class ranks No. 10 nationally and No. 4 in the Big Ten.