Dusty May and Michigan continues to pull elite talent out of the transfer portal. The Wolverines had already landed Elliott Cadeau from North Carolina and Moriz Johnson from Illinois. But that was just the start.

The college basketball transfer portal is already popping, and some early winners are emerging on the men’s side. Louisville added three great perimeter players to go along with incoming five-star recruit Mikel Brown Jr.

Yaxel Lendeborg, who is widely perceived as the top available player in the transfer portal, has pledged to go to Michigan basketball.

With players like Kam Williams and Jaland Lowe already joining Jasper Johnson and Co. in Lexington, Mark Pope has been trying to figure out what’s next for his squad, and UAB big man Yaxel Lendeborg was among the names to keep an eye on.

Former UAB basketball star Yaxel Lendeborg has committed to Michigan, according multiple reports Saturday morning from ESPN and On3. The 6-foot-9 power forward — who has one year of college eligibility remaining — was the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-AAC pick each of the last two seasons.

Yaxel Lendeborg has announced he’ll transfer from UAB to Michigan and also go through the NBA draft evaluation process. Lendeborg’s decision, reported by multiple media outlets