Jayden Wade is Georgia's prized five-star quarterback commit in the 2028 class. He has been committed to Georgia for over a year, but he decided to take a visit to Michigan this weekend to watch them play Indiana.
Seeing Wade visit another school may seem like bad news for Georgia, but in reality this visit may end up being a good thing for UGA.
Michigan may have played their way out of the Jayden Wade sweepstakes
Michigan has a history of flipping five-star quarterbacks from elite SEC schools. Two years ago they flipped Bryce Underwood, who was the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2025 class, from LSU. Underwood is extremely important to this visit because Michigan could use him in their pitch to try and convince Wade to follow his lead and flip to them as well.
The only problem is that this weekend just so happened to be the first game Underwood was benched for playing so poorly this year.
Underwood was Michigan's starter during his true freshman season last year. He never played that great, but he wasn't that bad for a true freshman making his first starts in college. The expectation though was for him to show signs of improvement as a sophomore this year, but that did not happen.
Now Wade got to see him ride the bench throughout his entire visit. Michigan's backup Tommy Carr arguably played worse than Underwood ever did though as he only threw for 167 yards with zero touchdowns and an interception. In fact, Michigan didn't even score one touchdown the entire game as they lost in overtime 13-6.
It was impressive for Michigan to get Wade to visit Ann Arbor, but they may have just ruined their chances with him because they gave him a front row seat to how bad they are at developing quarterbacks.
It would be silly for Jayden Wade to pick Michigan over Georgia
At this point the only thing Michigan has going for them is the potential for a larger NIL offer. It's impossible to know how much money they're offering Wade, but they gave Underwood $12 million to flip from LSU two years ago. Maybe they will offer Wade something similar, and if they do Georgia historically has shown they won't match it.
It still doesn't feel likely that Wade would pick Michigan over Georgia though. Not only have they shown they have no idea how to develop quarterbacks, but they also aren't the strong program that their fans think they are. Saturday marked Michigan's third loss of the season already which essentially eliminates them from playoff contention. This means that Michigan will miss the 12-team playoff all three years of its existence which for a blue blood program is embarrassing.
Wade not only wants to be developed as an individual player throughout his career, but he also wants to win. Some schools can offer him one of these two things, but Georgia can offer him both. Michigan on the other hand doesn't seem to have the ability to win with him or develop him, so it would make no sense for him to even consider flipping to them anymore after this visit.
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