It looks like there will be a quarterback competition in Ann Arbor after all, as Michigan football has landed Fresno State transfer quarterback Mikey Keene.
The veteran quarterback announced on social media Monday that he has committed to the Wolverines, reposting a message from On3 reporter Hayes Fawcett as well as posting a photo of himself in a Michigan football uniform.
Keene is a name the Wolverines should be familiar with after they faced him this season in the opener with Fresno State. The Wolverines beat the Bulldogs, 30-10, and Keene completed 22 of 36 passes for 235 yards and one touchdown, but he did have two interceptions, including a costly pick-six by Will Johnson that sank any remaining chance that the Bulldogs had.
He’s a prolific passer who has racked up thousands of yards, first playing two years at UCF before spending two seasons at Fresno State. Keene played in 24 games over the last two years with Fresno State and played in 15 games at UCF, including 11 as a freshman.
In his career, he has thrown for 8,245 yards and 65 touchdowns; this season, he led the Mountain West in completions (277), completion percentage (70.5%), and total yards (2,892), leading Fresno State to a 6-6 record and a berth in Monday’s Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (which he did not play in).
Keene will join a quarterback room that has gotten a lot of publicity this offseason after the Wolverines went above and beyond to sign Belleville’s Bryce Underwood to a massive Name, Image and Likeness package. Underwood is the nation’s No. 1 recruit and is the Wolverines’ long-term solution at the quarterback spot, but bringing in Keene gives Michigan short-term security they didn’t have in head coach Sherrone Moore’s first year.
Keene will bring a veteran presence to a QB room that struggled in 2024. The Wolverines finished No. 128 out of 133 FBS-level teams in passing offense (133.6 yards per game), barely topping Iowa (131.7) for the worst among Power Four teams. That prompted Michigan to move on from offensive coordinator Kirk Campbell after just one season and bring in Chip Lindsey from North Carolina. Lindsey runs a balanced attack, something that Moore has always preached as a priority.
