Michigan Monday/Tuesday: What is Michigan Selling?

Being a Michigan Football fan we believe all recruits should want to play in the Maize and Blue.  Michigan is the winnest program in college football history, Ann Arbor is rated the best college town by many publications, and has real academics where a degree from U of M means something.  

Yes, throw is the other stuff like great coaches,NFL draft picks, great staff, great facilities and its the total package.  Still, Michigan has always done well in recruiting, like averaging the #10 class every year.   Why not top 5?  Or more 5 stars?  Most folks believed its was because Michigan was a little late to the NIL game or even prior to that, some would say the Bama rules, where they have been doing NIL for 20+ years.

When a new staff comes in, usually that first class suffers.  They might throw up a 20th ranked class for example.  They have not had a chance to create relationships at this new school and build a recruiting foundation.  In fact, this new staff did start off slowly as they had other priorities like saving the roster and the portal.   Now they are focusing on recruiting the 2027 class and are seeing great success.   Lately with so many guys committing its hard to even keep up.

Last Wednesday: Instate Athlete Lundon Hampton commits

Last Friday: 4-star Safety Tavares Harrington commits on Rivals You Tube 

Last Saturday: 4-star TE Colt Lumpris flips from Alabama 

I would say that is a positive recruiting outcome for a holiday weekend! 

Michigan currently has the:

•  #9 class on 24/7
• #11 on Rivals 
• #10 ESPN

I guess we have that 9-11 range covered!  Michigan's class a few weeks ago was ranked around 40th. 

• Michigan commit Lou Esposito from Saline, MI earned Offensive Line MVP honors at the Under Armour Next Camp in Chicago this weekend.  He also had a little something for the services as he posted on social media he was excelling with his 3-star ranking.