Suffield (CT) Suffield Academy defensive end Kechaun Bennett committed to Michigan on Wednesday night. He picked the Wolverines over offers from Miami, Notre Dame, Penn State, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech, among others.
Bennett is listed at 6’4″ and 220 lbs.
RANKINGS
ESPN: 4-star, 80 grade, #39 DE
Rivals: 4-star, 5.8 grade, #12 WDE
247 Sports: 3-star, 89 grade, #26 SDE
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The title of this article implies that Michigan recruiting needs to be fixed. How terrible is it? Let’s take a look at class rankings during the Jim Harbaugh era using the 247 Composite rankings:
2015 (Harbaugh/Hoke combined class): #37 overall, #5 in Big Ten
2016: #8 overall, #2 in Big Ten
2017: #5 overall, #2 in Big Ten
2018: #22 overall, #3 in Big Ten
2019: #8 overall, #1 in Big Ten
2020: #14 overall, #2 in Big Ten
*2021: #6 overall, #2 in Big Ten (as of May 25, 2020)
AVERAGE: #11.4 overall, #2 in Big Ten
*Not included in averages
Not counting the 2015 combined class when Harbaugh had just one month to try to make up ground, he has averaged the #11 class in the country and finished as either #1, #2, or #3 class in the conference. It’s noteworthy that they have not finished behind any team from the Big Ten West during that time – only Ohio State and/or Penn State.
Hit the jump to see how I would go about improving Michigan’s recruiting.
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Fort Lauderdale (FL) Saint Thomas Aquinas linebacker Jaydon Hood committed to Michigan on Monday. He picked the Wolverines over offers from Alabama, Florida State, LSU, Miami, and Penn State, among others.
Hood is listed at 6’1″ and 212 lbs. As a junior in 2019, he made 115 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, and 2 interceptions, plus 2 defensive touchdowns.
RANKINGS
ESPN: 4-star, 83 grade, #5 ILB, #191 overall
Rivals: 3-star, 5.7 grade, #35 ATH
247 Sports: 3-star, 88 grade, #16 ILB
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Brentwood (TN) Ravenwood linebacker Junior Colson committed to Michigan on Sunday afternoon. He picked the Wolverines over offers from LSU, Oregon, Penn State, and Tennessee, among others.
Colson is listed at 6’2″ and 228 lbs. As a junior in 2019, he made a whopping 175 tackles, 30 tackles for loss, and 14 sacks. He claims a 4.77 forty, a 4.31 shuttle, and a 34″ vertical.
RANKINGS
ESPN: 4-star, 83 grade, #18 OLB, #184 overall
Rivals: 4-star, 5.9 grade, #3 OLB, #83 overall
247 Sports: 4-star, 93 grade, #9 OLB, #158 overall
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Name: Lucas Andrighetto
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 202 lbs.
High school: Mountain View (CA) St. Francis
Position: Running back
Class: Redshirt sophomore
Jersey number: #49
Last year: I ranked Andrighetto #108 and said he would miss the season due to injury (LINK). He played in one game on special teams.
TTB Rating: N/A
Andrighetto’s 2019 season – or lack thereof – must have been frustrating. During the spring of 2019, Michigan was met with bad news after bad news about its running back depth chart. Chris Evans got suspended, Zach Charbonnet had knee surgery, other running backs were getting dinged up, etc.
The beneficiary? Lucas muthaf***in Andrighetto.
And then he tore his ACL right before spring ball ended.
It’s very unlikely that Andrighetto would have stolen carries from Michigan’s top couple backs (Charbonnet, Hassan Haskins), but you never know if maybe he would have grabbed a few in mop-up duty like Tru Wilson (44 carries) or Nicholas Capatina (2 carries). Instead, Andrighetto had to settle for waiting until the bowl game to play some special teams against Alabama.
This year things don’t look too promising for him, either. Everyone ahead of him returns except Wilson (who’s transferring to Northern Colorado), but Evans returns from suspension and the team recruited Blake Corum in the 2020 class. But the coaches spoke highly of him, and he’s the type of guy who can play a fair amount of special teams in 2020.
Prediction: Backup running back, special teamer