Michigan, Kyle Whittingham quickly offer another QB after Peter Bourque de-commitment

Kyle Whittingham and the Michigan Wolverines are not messing around. With Peter Bourque de-committing earlier in the week, Michigan not only offered Illinois commit Kamden Lopati, but the Wolverines extended one to another four-star quarterback in Dane Weber. The timeline of all this is Bourque de-committed on Feb. 17, Michigan offered Lopati minutes later, and then offered Weber...

Brice Marich of 247Sports relayed the news that Weber was extended a Michigan offer on Feb. 18.

According to the 247Sports Composite, Weber is the No. 34 player from California, the No. 24 quarterback prospect in his class, and the No. 360 overall player in the 2027 recruiting cycle. The Temecula, California native has 25 offers including from Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Colorado, Duke, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, Utah, and Washington. Weber will be visiting Kansas on April 10, too.

While he may not have the ratings of either Bourque or Lopati, Weber is still a four-star quarterback.

Michigan offers four-star quarterback Dane Weber after Kamden Lopati

What these back-to-back offers from Michigan signify is the Wolverines want to be prepared to have someone of quality in-house once Bryce Underwood leaves on his own accord. He will be playing for Michigan this fall, but he was not recruited by Whittingham. While it would serve him to play out his college career in Ann Arbor, we do live in the wonderful world of NIL. This is all about 2028 right now.

Even though Whittingham is no spring chicken, he is proficient in recruiting out on the West Coast. Lopati hails from Salt Lake City, while Weber is from Southern California. Again, Whittingham's recruiting ties to the West Coast could be a boon for the entire Michigan program. Simply put, Michigan may have even more reach in the recruiting department, based on Whittingham's chops.

Overall, Whittingham took the Michigan job because he might be able to achieve what he never could at Utah, which is to make the College Football Playoff and contend for national championships. He is a fantastic head coach in his own right, but there was always a resource issue with Utah. Now that he is at a bona-fide traditional power in Michigan, he can unlock doors that were previously impossible.

Ultimately, while we should applaud Whittingham and his staff for casting a wide net in the wake of Bourque de-committing, the focus should be on getting the most out of Underwood's talent for as long as he stars in Ann Arbor. Whittingham may be able to reach new heights for himself with any of these prospective recruits, but he has never had a player as talented as Underwood starring for him.

Regardless, we should appreciate the pragmatics of Whittingham wanting to have his bases covered.