We hardly knew ye. Apparently seeing an Austin kid desired by Michigan was too much for Texas, who jumped in at the 11th hour to un-Hello Michigan’s most recent edge commit.
This one’s not tough to swallow: The guy got a chance to play for his hometown, which he didn’t have when he made his Michigan pledge.
Counting Kevonte Henry, whose place in the class is tenuous at best since Courtney Morgan left, Burke marks three edge prospects—with Mario Eugenio—who have decommitted from Michigan this cycle, four if you count Justice Finkley’s hardly silent silent commitment last summer. You would think the program that just produced Aidan Hutchinson, David Ojabo, Kwity Paye, Josh Uche, Chase Winovich, Rashan Gary, Mike Danna, and Taco Charlton would have these guys jumping in the boat.
Michigan does seem likelier to add top-100 DE/DT Derrick Moore, a recent Oklahoma decommit, now, though Moore may project inside or to Mike Morris’s tweener role. Since Burke projected to more of a Hutchinson, Moore does ameliorate this loss. Henry would be the less replaceable, since having him on board might have been a factor in losing their other favorite edge prospect, Joshua Josephs, to Tennessee. Michigan may now use the time before late signing day to check on some of the other pass rushers they targeted over the cycle. They do still have 3* edge/LB tweener Micah Pollard in the class, and LB prospect Deuce Spurlock could grow into an Uche-type down the line.
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