That must have been one good BBQ!

As you know, Michigan had an JR. day this weekend called the "Barbecue at the BigHouse" where they brought some 25+ High School Juniors to Ann Arbor to visit the University.

The good news is Michigan picked up it's 8th commit, a highly ranked WR from Minnesota, Bryce McNeal. Bryce is a 4 star recruit and ranked in the top 100 in the class of 2009.

Here's the particulars on Bryce from Varsity Blue:

Recruiting Notes:
Michigan fans started following Bryce McNeal's recruitment heavily when he was offered the weekend of St. Patrick's Day. He originally said he had planned to announce his decision at the Army All-American game, to which he has been invited, but the opportunity at Michigan was too much for him to pass up. McNeal visited Michigan on Monday, March 24th on his way home from the Akron 7-on-7 camp. On March 25th, he told GopherHole that he had a Top-5, but the only schools that he was going to reveal from it were Michigan and Minnesota. At this time, it was assumed that Michigan was his leader, with Minnesota in second. Though he didn't manage to make it to Ann Arbor for Michigan's spring game, he had planned to visit the next weekend (which also fell through). McNeal visited for the BBQ at the Big House junior day, and committed. He planned a visit to Clemson next week, but that has since been canceled.

Player Notes:
In 2007 he had 33 receptions for 670 yards and 8 touchdowns at Breck high school, where the base offense was a version of the spread that he will be running at Michigan. He has also gotten some attention for track, but it is unknown whether he will try to compete in both sports in college. He is a speedster with good hands, though he will have to add some muscle to compete at the Division-I level. McNeal was invited to attend the Army National Junior Combine in January, where was named to the all-combine first team. Despite this acclaim, he was listed as a three-star player on both sites, but his ranking went up to more reasonable levels after the latest round of re-rankings from each site.

• Here is what Coach Rod had to say about the BBQ this weekend:

  “Our feeling is if we can get a young man on campus, we have a great shot to get him because it’s such a great place,” he said. “So anytime we can bring them on campus for an event like that helps us.”