Our annual Signing Day Livepod will be at 5pm this evening. Tune in wherever Youtubes are played, or catch the podcast version after. The 2021 Recruiting Board lives here or you could use 247's much better one. Please do not share paywalled info.
LETTERS IN
This section will be updated throughout the day.
- QB JJ MCCARTHY (IMG via IL, 5*)
- RB DONOVAN EDWARDS (West Bloomfield, 4.5*)
- RB TAVIERRE DUNLAP (TX, 3.5*)
- TE LOUIS HANSEN (MA, 4*)
- WR CRISTIAN DIXON (CA, 4*)
- WR ANDREL ANTHONY (MI, 3.5*)
- OT GIOVANNI EL-HADI (MI, 4.5*)
- C GREG CRIPPEN (IMG via MA, 4*)
- C/G RAHEEM ANDERSON (Cass Tech, 4*)
- OT TRISTAN BOUNDS (CT, 3*)
- DE KECHAUN BENNETT (MA, 4*)
- DE TJ GUY (MA, 3*)
- DT DOMINIC GIUDICE (NJ, 2.5*)
- LB/Viper JUNIOR COLSON (TN, 4.5*)
- LB TYLER MCLAURIN (IL, 3*)
- Safety ROD MOORE (OH, 3*)
- K/P TOMMY DOMON (OLSM, 6*)
TARGETS SIGNED ELSEWHERE
CB OMARION COOPER (FL, 4*) was a promising FSU flip opportunity until Michigan's season went belly-up. He signed with FSU.
LB BRANDEN JENNINGS (FL, 4*) was committed to Michigan but couldn't be assured the staff will still be around and had longstanding connections to Maryland.
DE QUINTIN SOMERVILLE (AZ, 4*) flipped to UCLA today. He's a longtime family connection for Shaun Nua, so this is likely a sign that Michigan's DL coach won't be back next year.
ANNOUNCEMENT TIMES OF INTEREST
COMMITTED TO MICHIGAN (1:40 PM): RB DONOVAN EDWARDS (MI, 4.5*). Michigan's long pursuit of the dynamic back out of West Bloomfield looks to close in the right direction. There's a small chance Georgia could pull a late one, if you want to add some late drama to a recruitment that's been completely devoid of it.
4:00 PM: WR XAVIER WORTHY (CA, 4.5*). Worthy took a trip to Alabama when it looked like Gattis might not be retained, but the guy we quietly comp to Anthony Carter seems to have had his doubts quelled and is expected to sign with Michigan.
5:00 PM: (MGoBlog Signing Day Livepod)
8:00 PM: CB JA'DEN MCBURROWS (FL, 3.5*). Michigan's only cornerback commit was solid the entire process then turned into a coinflip to switch to Miami (YTM) in the last few days.
ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY, TIME UNKNOWN:
OG DREW KENDALL (MA, 4*) is deciding between BC and Stanford, possibly today. Michigan was in heavy pursuit before this year but that petered out before the season. They recently revived contact but it's unlikely to affect him.
TARGETS NOT COMMITTING TODAY
DT RAYSHAUN BENNY (MI, 4*, MSU commit). Benny was a longtime Michigan lean who committed to MSU after the loss. Lately Michigan seems to have made up ground and convinced him not to sign just yet.
DT GEORGE ROOKS (NJ, 4*). Rooks is visiting Penn State tomorrow. Recently BC joined M and PSU atop his recruitment, which has been quiet. The hope is he waits until after the New Year.
LB commit JAYDON HOOD (FL, 4*, commit). Still hasn't visited Michigan, plans to get up to Ann Arbor, still talks to other schools but currently expected to sign with Michigan in February if all goes well.
CB CEYAIR WRIGHT (CA, 4.5*). He's a USC lean with ND #2 after a visit there, but Wright has a couple of friends on Michigan's team and visited for that self-organized Wisconsin get-together the class made. Wright plans to make his announcement when the Army Game would have been played, January 2, when hopefully things will be more stable.
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