Michigan football officially adds Eyabi Anoma to the roster

The college football world was set on fire on Wednesday night, when The Wolverine’s Anthony Broome broke the news that Michigan football was adding former five-star Eyabi Anoma to its edge-rushing arsenal.

Anoma had committed to Alabama over Michigan late in the 2018 recruiting process, but ended up transferring to Houston — and then to UT-Martin. He was on the SEC All-Freshman team while with the Crimson Tide, but after sitting out two years, he fell somewhat off the radar.

At UT-Martin, he excelled, albeit against FBS-level competition. He was on the Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team, had six sacks and 9.5 tackles for loss. He comes to Ann Arbor as a grad transfer with two years of eligibility, and will have his former coach on-staff, as Biff Poggi oversaw him while he played at Baltimore (Md.) St. Frances Academy. It also stands to reason he had some overlap with Blake Corum and Nikhai-Hill Green during his tenure there.

Now, he’s officially on the Michigan football roster. Anoma will wear No. 18, and has officially checked in at 6-foot-5, 244-pounds, and is listed as an EDGE.

Here is his bio officially from MGoBlue.com:

2021 (UT Martin)
• Named to OVC All-Newcomer Team
• Tabbed to Phil Steele FCS All-OVC third team
• Played in 12 games for the Skyhawks while starting eight contests
• Helped team to OVC Championship and second round berth in NCAA Division I playoffs
• Compiled 36 total tackles, including 9.5 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks
• Ranked first in the OVC in sacks (6.0) and second in tackles for loss (8.0) during league play
• Registered sacks on back-to-back plays against Eastern Illinois (Oct. 16)
• Tallied four or more tackles in five games against Samford (Sept. 11), Eastern Illinois, Austin Peay (Oct. 30), Southeast Missouri (Nov. 20) and Montana State (Dec. 4)
• Best game came against Austin Peay (Oct. 30) when he tallied eight tackles, 4.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks and blocked a potential go-ahead field goal in the final…