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Recruiting Update: March 9, 2020

ADDED TO THE BOARD: 2021

Greg Crippen – OG – Bradenton (FL) IMG Academy: Crippen decommitted from Notre Dame; he’s a 4-star, the #11 offensive guard, and #221 overall. Sam Webb immediately put in a Crystal Ball for him to go to Michigan. His decommitment from Notre Dame had been expected for months with Michigan the supposed front-runner to flip him.

Jantzen Dunn – CB – Bowling Green (KY) South Warren: Dunn is a 6’2″, 178-pounder with offers from Miami, Ohio State, and Oklahoma, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #22 athlete, and #316 overall.

Jack Pugh – TE – Hilliard (OH) Bradley: Pugh is a 6’5″, 235 lb. prospect with offers from Iowa State, Penn State, and Wisconsin, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #13 tight end, and #313 overall. He visited Michigan this past weekend and was offered on the trip.

Hit the jump for more.

Visitors: March 6-8, 2020

2021

Tyrese Baptiste – CB – Everett (MA) Everett: Baptiste is a 5’10”, 175-pounder with offers from UMass and Michigan. He’s a 3-star, the #83 athlete, and #1032 overall. He plays for the alma mater of Michigan receiver Mike Sainristil.

Brock Bowers – TE – Napa (CA) Napa: Bowers is a 6’3″, 225 lb. prospect with offers from Cal, Georgia, Michigan, Oregon, Penn State, and Washington, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #3 tight end, and #101 overall. He claims a 4.55 forty, a 4.44 shuttle, and a 40.2″ vertical. As a junior in 2019, he caught 39 passes for 1,098 yards and 14 touchdowns. He has a pretty exciting highlight film that starts off with a receiving touchdown, a rushing touchdown, a kickoff return touchdown, and a knockdown block on the first four plays.

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What NFL teams like drafting Michigan players?

Based on the complete list of NFL draftees from the Michigan Wolverines over the years (LINK), I wanted to take a look at which franchises go after Wolverines most often. Naturally, some teams are limited by shorter lifespans than others, but I’m going to stick to raw data because I don’t think this is important enough or worthwhile enough to break it down further. It’s just an interesting little exercise.

Hit the jump for the list. In parentheses is the most recent pick and year.

Nightly Roundup: March 3, 2020

Former Michigan linebacker Joe Bolden is now a grad assistant at Ohio State, and fellow linebacker Desmond Morgan is working at Indiana State with head coach Curt Mallory and some of his former Michigan friends. Good for Desmond Morgan…but what do you think about Bolden?

Recruiting Update: March 3, 2020

ADDED TO THE BOARD: 2021

Nick Elksnis – TE – Jacksonville (FL) Episcopal: Elksnis is a 6’5″, 220 lb. prospect who decommitted from Penn State. He’s a 3-star, the #15 tight end, and #379 overall. He’s now expected to commit to Florida, though.

Logan Fano – LB – Provo (UT) Timpview: Fano is a 6’4″, 220 lb. linebacker who decommitted from BYU. He’s a 3-star, the #32 outside linebacker, and #413 overall. Washington could very well be in the driver’s seat right now.

Hit the jump for some updates on 2022 and 2023 kids, too.