{"id":4198,"date":"2026-01-04T01:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/max-bredeson-declares-for-nfl-draft\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T01:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:49:08","slug":"max-bredeson-declares-for-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/max-bredeson-declares-for-nfl-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Bredeson declares for NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Michigan graduate tight end and fullback Max Bredeson officially declared for the NFL Draft Friday night, announcing his decision via an X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bredesonmax\/status\/2007248093083992259?s=46\">post<\/a>. After joining the Michigan football team as a walk-on five years ago, Bredeson will now train to compete for a spot on a professional roster next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody asked me about Colston being ready, a year ago, (for) the NFL,\u201d former Michigan tight ends coach Steve Casula said Nov. 19. \u201c\u2026 And I said to you, if that guy can\u2019t play in the NFL or isn\u2019t ready to play in the NFL, I don\u2019t know who would be. \u2026 I feel the same exact way about Max.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the field in all 14 games in 2022 and earning a scholarship spot starting in 2023, Bredeson carved out a role for himself as the Wolverines\u2019 fullback. As Casula put it, Michigan used a fullback because they had Bredeson to man the position. Bredeson also frequently lined up at tight end to be used as an extra blocker in different packages for the Wolverines.<\/p>\n<p>Bredeson suffered an injury in Michigan\u2019s penultimate regular-season game against Maryland. In that game he recorded his second catch of the year, converting a crucial third down. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n<style><![CDATA[@media ( min-width: 300px ){.newspack_global_ad.scaip-1{min-height: 250px;}}@media ( min-width: 728px ){.newspack_global_ad.scaip-1{min-height: 90px;}}]]><\/style>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While Bredeson was sidelined for the Ohio State game and the Citrus Bowl, he remained a critical voice behind the scenes. According to ABC, he even managed tight end rotations in the bowl game. The two-time captain, Bredeson has been applauded by coaches and teammates throughout his career for his leadership. <\/p>\n<p>Now, Bredeson, who was still in a boot and scooter in Orlando, has some time to first get healthy and then make his case to NFL teams that he\u2019s worthy of a spot on a professional roster.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"newspack-popup-container newspack-popup hidden  newspack-inline-popup      \" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#000\" id=\"id_162162\" data-segments=\"\" data-frequency=\"0,0,0,month\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Please consider donating to The Michigan Daily<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related articles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan graduate tight end and fullback Max Bredeson officially declared for the NFL Draft Friday night, announcing his decision via an X post. After joining the Michigan football team as a walk-on five years ago, Bredeson will now train to compete for a spot on a professional roster next season. \u201cSomebody asked me about Colston [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[969,991,771,968,1142],"class_list":{"0":"post-4198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bredeson","9":"tag-declares","10":"tag-draft","11":"tag-max","12":"tag-nfl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4200,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198\/revisions\/4200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}