Michigan football center Olu Oluwatimi selected in 2023 NFL draft
Victor ‘Olu’ Oluwatimi didn’t have a long Michigan football career, but he had a memorable one.
Formerly a center at Virginia, Oluwatimi transferred to the Wolverines before the 2022 season, replacing Andrew Vastardis as the man in the middle of the offensive line. Considering that line won the Joe Moore Award, Oluwatimi had a task ahead of him.
However, he excelled on every front, becoming a team captain (he was promoted from reserve captain) and winning both the Rimington Trophy, given to the best center in the country, and the Outland Trophy, awarded to the best lineman in the country. He was Michigan’s first Outland Trophy-winner in school history.
While he wasn’t selected as high as he likely hoped in the 2023 NFL draft, he is getting his shot at the next level. Oluwatimi was picked at No. 154 by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round. He joins Mike Morris (selected No. 151 in this year’s draft) and Bryan Mone in Seattle.
Michigan will have a task to replace Oluwatimi this season, given how dominant he was. The Wolverines brought in Stanford center Drake Nugent to compete with incumbents Raheem Anderson and Greg Crippen for the position.
