Michigan signs Elliot Cadeau and Morez Johnson, Michigan State adds Kaleb Glenn from transfer portal

Michigan and Michigan State have added much-needed players from the transfer portal.

The Wolverines signed guard Elliot Cadeau, a two-year starter at North Carolina, and former Illinois forward Morez Johnson Jr. on Thursday.

Cadeau averaged 9.4 points and 6.2 assists as the Tar Heels’ starting point guard last season. Johnson, a 6-foot-9, 255-pound forward, averaged seven points and seven rebounds in 17-plus minutes last season for the Fighting Illini.

The Spartans landed forward Kaleb Glenn, who played at Louisville two years ago and Florida Atlantic last season.

Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo dipped into the portal to bolster Michigan State’s short-handed roster with the 6-6 Glenn, who averaged 12.6 points and made 41% of his 3-point shots last season for Florida Atlanta after averaging four points a game as a freshman at Louisville. Glenn was AAU teammates with Spartans point guard Jeremy Fears.

The Big Ten champions and NCAA Tournament Elite Eight team lost Jase Richardson to the NBA draft along with three players in the portal: Tre Holloman, Xavier Booker and Gehrig Normand.

The Spartans also will also be without three key players who are out of eligibility: Jaden Akins, Szymon Zapala and Frankie Fidler.

Fears, center Jaxon Kohler, high-flying wing Coen Carr and center Carson Cooper are expected to lead the team that has signed four-star recruits Cam Ward and Jordan Scott.

"I like my team coming back next year," Izzo said earlier this week.

Michigan’s chances of having success next season will increase if former UAB star Yaxel Lendeborg pulls out of the NBA draft to play for coach Dusty May. In his first season at the school, May led the Wolverines to the Big Ten Tournament and the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.

Lendeborg announced he'll transfer to Michigan if he decides not to stay in the draft. The 6-9 forward averaged 17.7 points, 11.4 rebounds last season. He was a two-time first-team All-American Athletic Conference pick and two-time AAC defensive player of the year.

Lendeborg will attend the NBA combine in Chicago in mid-May and have until May 28 to decide whether he'll stay in the draft or return to college.

If he ends up at Michigan, he'll fill a void in the front court because 7-footer Danny Wolf is expected to be in the NBA draft and center Vladislav Goldin is has exhausted his eligibility. The Wolverines will also be without guard Phat Phat Brooks, who entered the portal.