Michigan football lands Andrew Olesh, top-5 tight end in 2025 class

Barring something unforeseen, the Michigan football program will have a tight end selected in the NFL draft for a third consecutive year when Colston Loveland is inevitably taken.

Though he’s a handful of years away from doing so himself, perhaps down the line U-M will add the name Andrew Olesh to that list of former Maize and Blue tight ends to go to the league. The four-star recruit from Center Valley, Penn. (Southern Lehigh) pledged to join the Wolverines on Monday evening,according to a report from Hayes Fawcett.

He was the second commit in a one-hour stretch for the Wolverines, who also successfully flipped safety Ivan Taylor, son of former super bowl champion Ike Taylor, from Notre Dame on Monday.

Olesh was a priority recruit for U-M. He’s rated the No. 3 player in Pennsylvania, the No. 5 tight end in the nation and the No. 130 overall prospect in the 2025 class, according to 247Sports composite rankings.

Michigan held off a furious push from Alabama to secure the commitment. He also took visits to Florida and Penn State in the weeks before his trip to Ann Arbor in late June that locked in the decision.

Olesh, who stands 6 feet 5 and 212 pounds, currently plays wide receiver but has a frame that projects as a tight end at the next level. According to his profile, he had 53 catches for 972 yards and 10 touchdowns in his junior season.

It’s a notable get for Michigan’s new tight ends coach, Steve Casula, who had an assist from the former position coach who now leads the offensive line, Grant Newsome, as U-M certainly appears set to lose Loveland next season.

A four-star during his high school days, Loveland is widely projected to be a first-round pick next April when the draft goes to Green Bay.

He would follow in the footsteps of AJ Barner (2024, fourth round) and Luke Schoonmaker (2023, second round) and could be U-M’s first tight end taken in the opening round since Paul Seymour (1973) went No. 7 overall to the Buffalo Bills more than 50 years ago.

Michigan now has 15 pledges from rising seniors and now has the No. 11 recruiting class in the nation.