Thursday, December 22, 2022

Michigan Thursday: Early Signing Day Post Game



Wednesday was a fun day and a great day for the Wolverines future.  No, this wasn't a top 5 class, hell it wasn't even a top 15 class, but when you combine it with the work the coaches did in the portal.  This class is highly ranked and sets up Michigan for years to come. 

In this post, we will look at where Michigan ranked in the top services, early enrollees who can start practicing with the team right away and what if you add the transfers to the mix?

Current ranking for this class:

24/7: #16
Rivals: #17
On/3: #18

Let us not forget the recruiting class is not complete and there is a February date still available and a couple of big fish still out there for Michigan.  Having zero 5-Star recruits clearly hurt Michigan's ranking in this class. 

How did our recruiting competitors do (24/7)

#5 OSU
#9 ND
#14 PSU
#23 MSU
#32 Nebraska
#34 Maryland
#39 Iowa
#41 Minnesota
#44 Northwestern
#50 Illinois

The biggest risk in this class is zero QB's taken.  Michigan missed out on two highly ranked local QB's and are all in on Jaydn Davis in the next class.  If that approach backfires Michigan will be living in the portal for the QB of the future.  Let's not forget, Michigan took 2 development QB's in the last class. 

Who is enrolling early? 

RB: Cole Cabana and Ben Hall 

WR: Semaj Morgan and Fred Moore 

TE: Zach Marshall 

OL: Amir Herring 

Edge: Aymeric Koumba 

CB: Jyaire Hill and Cam Calhoun 

How do you rank transfers by stars?

24/7 gives a star rating for transfers if they were true recruits right now.  For example, a 3-star out of high school could now be a 4-star transfer.  

Michigan has the #1 Ranked Transfer Class via 24/7. 

  • AJ Barner 4-star
  • Jack Tuttle 3-star 
  • Drake Nugent 3-star
  • Josaiah Stewart 4-star 
  • Myles Hinton 4-star
  • Ernie Hausmann 4-star 
  • LaDarius Henderson 4-star 
If you combine Michgian's recruits and transfers that is a total of fourteen 4-star prospects.  Yes, please! There is an inherit risk when you take a recruit, you really don't know how their skill set will develop and translate to Big Ten Football.  When you take quality transfers, that risk is much lower. 

1 comment:

Voice of Reason said...

Good point, in spite of the stars or lack thereof I still believe that Michigan helped themselves quite a bit and where they need it most (except QB but understand the gamble to wait for JD). Michigan should have a very successful and productive year next season as well. IMHO!!!