Belleville (MI) Belleville linebacker Aaron Alexander will no longer be a part of Michigan’s 2022 recruiting class. He did not sign on National Signing Day on Wednesday, and then on Thursday, he made it public that he was re-opening his recruitment.
Alexander was offered by and committed to Michigan in June 2021. Eastern Illinois and Marshall are the other teams listed as having offered him. He’s currently a 247 Composite 3-star, the #101 linebacker, and #1013 overall. I gave him a TTB Rating of 57 at the time of his commitment (LINK).
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It’s unclear exactly what happened with Alexander and Michigan. There are some assumptions that can probably be made. Of course, some people made some assumptions when his head coach posted a vague tweet regarding fake offers and thought it was about Michigan:
College coaches!!! Fake offers are not allowed at Belleville High school!!! If your offer doesn't come with a immediate offer letter from the current college you represent please save your breath. If my kid can't commit understand the consequences. You won't be allowed back!
— CoachJermain Crowell (@JermainCrowell) December 12, 2021
Coach Crowell followed that up five days later with an admission that the first tweet wasn’t about Michigan:
So that there are no misunderstandings. Michigan has been all class in the handling of Aaron. The new staff have been amazing. Belleville will be rooting for all the instate schools as they go bowling!!The portal era and offer era means it's time to move different. pic.twitter.com/z6BaSVgyhY
— CoachJermain Crowell (@JermainCrowell) December 17, 2021
Regardless, Michigan has a solid group of linebackers in this class with Deuce Spurlock, Micah Pollard, and Jimmy Rolder.
Overall, I’ve said it before about Belleville, but I will be concerned about Belleville relations when one of their players turns out to be a difference-maker at the college level. They’ve had an array of well regarded prospects – including Michigan’s Andre Seldon – and it’s a group of players who have yet to do much at the college level. Julian Barnett and Devontae Dobbs didn’t do much at Michigan State before transferring to Memphis, and 5-star Damon Payne redshirted at Alabama this year; those have been their top prospects over the past decade or so, and while there’s certainly no shame in redshirting at Alabama, there’s also no evidence that these kids are difference-makers at the college level. I do not have an encyclopedic knowledge of Belleville players in college football, but I think the most impact any of their products had this year was former 2-star prospect Kaevon Merriweather, a safety at Iowa who made 39 tackles and 1 interception. As far as I know, you have to go back almost 20 years to find a high-level Belleville product (the Jenkins brothers).
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