Hartland native Max Bredeson eyes NFL draft
Football is commonly known as a recreation of inches. For Hartland native Max Bredeson, each inch needed to be earned only for an opportunity to listen to his title known as on NFL draft weekend. “Definitely cool being back home,” Bredeson stated. “Don’t get to come home a lot.” Back on the sphere at Arrowhead High School, Bredeson is true the place it began. The former Warhawks quarterback nonetheless holds deep ties to his hometown. “Love it. Love home,” he stated. “Hartland’s always been a special place to me.” Bredeson led Arrowhead throughout his senior season beneath head coach Matt Harris, who nonetheless remembers his playmaking instincts. “We’d call a pass play … and he’d run the ball instead,” Harris stated with fun. Despite being named Classic Eight Conference Offensive Player of the Year, accidents restricted Bredeson to simply seven varsity video games. “I actually didn’t play a lot of games,” Bredeson stated. “So, this is one of the few times I’ve really been out here.”Still, his coach by no means doubted his potential.”The second I saw him play, I knew he was better than a preferred walk-on,” Harris stated.Bredeson comes from a extremely athletic household. His two older brothers each competed on the University of Michigan — one in baseball and the opposite, Ben Bredeson, in soccer, who now performs within the NFL. “Those are my guys — two of the most important people in my life,” Bredeson stated. “They helped pave the way, and I’m just proud to kind of pave my own path, too.”That path at all times pointed to Ann Arbor. “There’s a picture of me as a kid in the Michigan locker room when my brothers went there,” he stated. “That was home right away.”In 2021, Bredeson joined the Wolverines as a most popular walk-on, making the swap from tight finish to fullback. Over time, he carved out a key position. By 2023, he earned a scholarship, was named a two-time workforce captain and helped lead Michigan to a nationwide championship. “It’s been a crazy journey — not the most common one — but I’m thankful for how it happened,” Bredeson stated. Even after struggling a season-ending harm, Bredeson was awarded the Lowman Trophy, given to the nation’s high fullback. “Every bump in the road … I’d do it all the same,” he stated. “The tough times, the good times — I’d do it all over again.” Harris says Bredeson’s affect goes far past the sphere. “It’s really special to have someone with this kind of work ethic and character representing the ‘A,'” he stated. Now 23 years previous, the Hartland native is projected as a Day 3 choose within the NFL draft. “It’s crazy to think about — all the stages, all the practices,” Bredeson stated. “I’m just grateful for the people who helped me get here.”
Football is commonly known as a recreation of inches. For Hartland native Max Bredeson, each inch needed to be earned only for an opportunity to listen to his title known as on NFL draft weekend.
“Definitely cool being back home,” Bredeson stated. “Don’t get to come home a lot.”
Back on the sphere at Arrowhead High School, Bredeson is true the place it began. The former Warhawks quarterback nonetheless holds deep ties to his hometown.
“Love it. Love home,” he stated. “Hartland’s always been a special place to me.”
Bredeson led Arrowhead throughout his senior season beneath head coach Matt Harris, who nonetheless remembers his playmaking instincts.
“We’d call a pass play … and he’d run the ball instead,” Harris stated with fun.
Despite being named Classic Eight Conference Offensive Player of the Year, accidents restricted Bredeson to simply seven varsity video games.
“I actually didn’t play a lot of games,” Bredeson stated. “So, this is one of the few times I’ve really been out here.”
Still, his coach by no means doubted his potential.
“The second I saw him play, I knew he was better than a preferred walk-on,” Harris stated.
Bredeson comes from a extremely athletic household. His two older brothers each competed on the University of Michigan — one in baseball and the opposite, Ben Bredeson, in soccer, who now performs within the NFL.
“Those are my guys — two of the most important people in my life,” Bredeson stated. “They helped pave the way, and I’m just proud to kind of pave my own path, too.”
That path at all times pointed to Ann Arbor.
“There’s a picture of me as a kid in the Michigan locker room when my brothers went there,” he stated. “That was home right away.”
In 2021, Bredeson joined the Wolverines as a most popular walk-on, making the swap from tight finish to fullback. Over time, I’ve carved out a key position.
By 2023, he earned a scholarship, was named a two-time workforce captain and helped lead Michigan to a nationwide championship.
“It’s been a crazy journey — not the most common one — but I’m thankful for how it happened,” Bredeson stated.
Even after struggling a season-ending harm, Bredeson was awarded the Lowman Trophy, given to the nation’s high fullback.
“Every bump in the road… I’d do it all the same,” he stated. “The tough times, the good times — I’d do it all over again.”
Harris says Bredeson’s affect goes far past the sphere.
“It’s really special to have someone with this kind of work ethic and character represent the ‘A,'” he stated.
Now 23 years previous, the Hartland native is projected as a Day 3 choose within the NFL draft.
“It’s crazy to think about — all the stages, all the practices,” Bredeson stated. “I’m just grateful for the people who helped me get here.”
