Chatsworth (CA) Sierra Canyon DE Marcus Fakatou (image via X)
2027
Elijah Brown - DT - Prattville (AL) Prattville: Brown (4-star, #32 DL, #271 overall) is a 6'3", 290 lb. prospect with Auburn, Kentucky, and Mizzou lined up as official visits, and with a Michigan offer in his pocket.
Jace Cannon - TE - San Mateo (CA) Junipero Serra: Cannon (3-star, #32 TE, #538 overall) is a 6'5", 200 lb. tight end with offers from Michigan, Stanford, UCLA, and USC, among others. Cannon was in Ann Arbor earlier this week.
Anthony Cartwright III - TE - Detroit (MI) Country Day: Cartwright (4-star, #22 TE, #374 overall) is a 6'5", 235 lb. prospect with official visits set for Miami and Oregon, and he also has an offer from the Wolverines.
Chicago (IL) Mt. Carmel WR Quentin Burrell (image via On3)
2027
Blake Betton - LB - Shakopee (MN) Shakopee: Betton (3-star, #35 LB, #416 overall) is a 6'2", 200 lb. prospect with offers from Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Penn State, and others. Michigan's previous staff offered him, but the new staff has maintained contact.
Quentin Burrell - WR - Chicago (IL) Mount Carmel: Burrell (4-star, #14 WR, #73 overall) is a 6'3", 175-pounder with offers from Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, and others. He made 67 catches for 1,139 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior in 2025.
Lundon Hampton - LB - Grand Rapids (MI) Kenowa Hills: Hampton (3-star, #72 ATH, #891 overall) is a 6'2", 195 lb. athlete who could play running back, linebacker, or safety at the next level, but his highest upside is probably at linebacker. Michigan State, Penn State, and Pitt have already offered, and he has set an official visit to PSU.
Pflugerville (TX) Weiss WR Tre Moore (image via On3)
2027
Jace Cannon - TE - San Mateo (CA) Junipero Serra: Cannon (3-star, #31 TE, #529 overall) is a 6'5", 200 lb. prospect with offers from Arizona State, Cal, Michigan, and Utah, among others. He averaged 19.6 yards per catch as a junior in 2025.
Louis Esposito - OG - Saline (MI) Saline: Esposito is committed to Michigan.
Marcus Fakatou - DE - Chatsworth (CA) Sierra Canyon: Fakatou (5-star, #2 DL, #28 overall) is a 6'6", 275 lb. prospect with offers from all over the place. He has set an official visit to Ohio State, and Michigan may be in line to get one, too.
Dakota Guerrant - WR - Harper Woods (MI) Harper Woods: Guerrant (5-star, #6 WR, #34 overall) is a 6'1", 195 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, and numerous others. He caught 55 passes for 1,074 yards and scored 26 touchdowns on offense last season.
Roman Igwebuike - LB - Chicago (IL) Mt. Carmel: Igwebuike (4-star, #11 LB, #147 overall) is a 6'3", 220 lb. prospect with offers from Clemson, Georgia, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, and lots of others.
T.J. Lewis - RB - Bolingbrook (IL) Bolingbrook: Lewis (3-star, #39 RB, #529 overall) is a 6'0", 215 lb. runner with offers from Illinois, Michigan, Penn State, and others. He has set officials to Indiana, Kansas, and Minnesota so far. He will be at Michigan on March 24.
James Massaquoi - ATH - Belleville (MI) Belleville: Massaquoi is a 5'11", 190 lb. athlete with no FBS offers yet.
Ronald Moore - DT - Chicago (IL) Kenwood: Moore (unranked) is a 6'2", 275 lb. defensive tackle with offers from Kansas, Minnesota, and Missouri, among others. He has not been offered by Michigan yet.
Tre Moore - WR - Pflugerville (TX) Weiss: Moore (4-star, #19 WR, #149 overall) is a 6'3", 200 lb. wideout with official visits set for LSU, Miami, Texas, Texas A&M, and Washington. Michigan has also offered him, and he was one of the first players targeted by new wide receivers coach Micah Simon when the coaching transition happened.
Sidney Rouleau - OT - Bullard (TX) Brook Hill: Rouleau (4-star, #36 OT, #377 overall) is a 6'7", 269 lb. prospect with offers from Clemson, Florida, Miami, Michigan, SMU, and Tennessee, among others. His only scheduled official so far is to SMU.
2028
George Parkinson IV - DE - Malvern (PA) Malvern Prep: Parkinson (4-star, #8 edge, #71 overall) is a 6'4", 228 lb. edge with offers from LSU, Ohio State, Oregon, and Penn State, among others. He has yet to report a Michigan offer, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him receive an offer on his visit.
Carter Jones - OG - Poquoson (VA) Poquoson: Jones (4-star, #21 IOL, #410overall) is a 6'5", 291 lb. prospect with offers from Clemson, Georgia, Michigan, Penn State, and Virginia Tech, among others.
Louis Esposito - OT - Saline (MI) Saline: Esposito (3-star, #59 IOL, #934 overall) is committed to Michigan.
Gavin Honore - WR - Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman: Honore (3-star, #86 WR, #726 overall) is a 5'10", 170 lb. prospect with offers from Georgie, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas, and Texas Tech, among others. He decommitted from Georgia last month, and Michigan followed that up with an offer. Honore will be in town from March 17-19.
Gabe Jenkins - S - Pittsburgh (PA) Imani Christian Academy: Jenkins (4-star, #27 safety, #302 overall) is a 6'2", 187 lb. prospect with offers from Florida, Florida State, Michigan, Penn State, and others. He was committed to Penn State at one time, but he has since decommitted after James Franklin was fired. Jenkins will be visiting on March 16.
Jakari Lipsey - OT - Kalamazoo (MI) Loy Norrix: Lipsey (4-star, #10 OT, #102 overall) is a 6'5", 290 lb. prospect with offers from Auburn, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, among others. He has official visits set up for the Gophers and Badgers.
Colt Lumpris - TE - Lawrenceville (NJ) Lawrenceville: Lumpris (4-star, #15 TE, #292 overall) is a 6'6", 225 lb. prospect who has been committed to Alabama since December. The old Michigan staff offered him originally, and the new Michigan staff has maintained contact.
Darrell Mattison - S - Chicago (IL) Morgan Park: Mattison (4-star, #37 safety, #409 overall) is a 6'2", 160-pounder with offers from Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Penn State, Washington, and others. He made 47 tackles and 5 interceptions as a junior in 2025. He will be visiting on March 17.
Marvin Nguetsop - DT - Oakdale (CT) St. Thomas More: Nguestop (4-star, #45 DL, #383 overall) is a 6'7", 268 lb. prospect with offers from Georgia, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, and Texas, among others. He is from Cameroon and spent time playing football in Germany before playing in America for the first time during the 2025 season. He has official visits set for Michigan State and Ole Miss. He will be visiting on March 16.
Josiah Poyer - LB - Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco: Poyer (3-star, #57 LB, #726 overall) is a 6'1", 225 lb. prospect with offers from Arizona State, Florida State, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, and others. He is also visiting Cal, Notre Dame, Penn State, and USC this spring.
Michigan has hired Vanderbilt's defensive line coach, Larry Black, to be the next defensive tackles coach for the Wolverines. The position was previously held by Lou Esposito, who departed recently for a job with the Baltimore Ravens, where former Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter is now the head coach.
Black played defensive tackle at Indiana from 2009-2013 and is the older brother of former Michigan defensive tackle Jibreel Black, who made 72 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 3 forced fumbles from 2010-2013. Larry himself got an undrafted free agent contract with the Bengals when he left the Hoosiers.
The elder Black has since coached at Notre Dame (graduate assistant), Toledo, and Vanderbilt. He was the defensive line coach for the Commodores from 2022-2024 but added "run game coordinator" to his title for 2025. Vanderbilt ranked last in the SEC in yards per carry allowed in 2022 and 2023, but they moved up to #14 (out of 16) in 2024 and then #7 in 2025. A similar path existed when it comes to sacks, where they went from last in 2022-2023 to #11 in 2024 and #7 in 2025.
Black has been rumored to be interested in the job the past couple times a defensive line coaching job has opened up at Michigan, but other people were hired. It's unclear what the connection was (if there was one) between Black and new head coach Kyle Whittingham, but Black will now pair with defensive ends coach Lewis Powell to tag team coaching duties on the defensive line.
With the end of the NFL cycle taking place and Michigan's recent coaching transition, there have been a lot of changes for former Wolverine coaches and players in the coaching world:
Joe Bolden, Defensive Coordinator (Southern Mississippi): Bolden finished his first season at Southern Miss as the special teams coordinator and then was promoted to defensive coordinator in December.
Adam Braithwaite, Safeties Coach (Cincinnati): Braithwaite finished his first season as the safeties coach for the Cincinnati Bearcats.
Anthony Campanile, Defensive Coordinator (Jacksonville Jaguars): Campanile finished his first season as an NFL defensive coordinator. The Jaguars are 13-4 and in the playoffs, and they finished the regular season #11 in yards allowed per game (303.6).
