Who is opting out of the 2025 Citrus Bowl for Michigan and Texas?
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Bowl season 2025 is in full swing, with No. 18 Michigan and No. 13 Texas facing off in the Citrus Bowl on New Year's Eve, taking place at Camping World Stadium in Orlando.
This will be a battle between two top-20 teams, so it should be entertaining. But as usual, with many of these bowl games, players decide to opt out, whether it's because of heading into the transfer portal or because they're declaring for the NFL Draft and want to avoid injury (for Texas, that's the case A LOT of the players you'll see below).
So who's opting out of this game? Here's a full tracker for the biggest names opting out of the 2025 Citrus Bowl:
Who is opting out of the Citrus Bowl for Texas?
- LB Anthony Hill Jr.
- DB Michael Taaffe
- DB Malik Muhammad
- DB Jaylon Guilbeau
- EDGE Ethan Burke
- LB/DE Trey Moore
- RB Quintrevion Wisner
- RB CJ Baxter
- WR DeAndre Moore
- QB Trey Owens
- WR Aaron Butler
- CB Santana Wilson
- OL Connor Stroh
- DT Melvin Hills III
- DB Derek Williams Jr.
- LB Liona Lefau
- RB Jerrick Gibson
- K Will Stone
Who is opting out of the Citrus Bowl for Michigan?
- EDGE Derrick Moore
- LB Jaishawn Barham
- OL Gio El-Hadi
- LB Ernest Hausmann
Is Michigan QB Bryce Underwood opting out?
Nope. Seems like he'll play!
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Citrus Bowl opt-outs for Michigan and Texas
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