Visitors: February 9-11, 2018

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8Feb 2018
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Visitors: February 9-11, 2018

West Bloomfield (MI) West Bloomfield LB Lance Dixon (image via 247 Sports)

2019

Adam Berghorst – DE – Zeeland (MI) East: Berghorst is a 6’7″, 245 lb. prospect with offers from Kentucky, Michigan, and Michigan State, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #40 strongside end, and #525 overall, according to 247 Sports.

Lance Dixon – LB – West Bloomfield (MI) West Bloomfield: Dixon is a 6’2″, 195 lb. prospect with offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Penn State, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #25 outside linebacker, and #430 overall. He plays for a former Wolverine (Ronald Bellamy), and Michigan has extended offers to several of his teammates, including WR Tre Mosley, LB Cornell Wheeler, and S Makari Page.(February 8)

Kenyatta Watson II – S – Loganville (GA) Grayson: Watson is a 6’2″, 177 lb. prospect with offers from Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, and Michigan, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #13 safety, and #216 overall. Grayson is a powerhouse program in Georgia, and it’s where Michigan running back Kurt Taylor spent his senior season. UPDATE: Watson did not end up making the trip.

2020

Makari Paige – S – West Bloomfield (MI) West Bloomfield: Paige is a 6’3″, 182 lb. prospect with offers from Boston College, Kentucky, and Michigan, among others. He’s a teammate of Dixon (see above).

8Feb 2018
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What’s the deal with: All these in-state offers?

Devontae Dobbs (image via Fanbuzz)

Michigan has offered a bunch of new in-state players for the 2019 and 2020 classes, and it seems out of character for the Wolverines, especially for Jim Harbaugh’s staff. There have been rumors that Harbaugh (and others within the program) have realized that their recruiting in 2018 has not been up to snuff, and there have been complaints for several years that Harbaugh was ignoring the midwest – particularly Ohio – in favor of spending a lot of time recruiting Florida, California, Texas, Alabama, etc., which are more difficult to recruit, for obvious geographical reasons, along with some other reasons.

First, here’s a look at the numbers, from Brady Hoke’s final full class through 2021 so far:

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6Feb 2018
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Preferred Walk-ons for 2018

Utica (MI) Eisenhower QB Max Wittwer

It’s difficult to track preferred walk-on offers since recruiting sites, Twitter, etc. aren’t geared toward these types of things, but I’ve put together a list of walk-on offers and commitments that I have seen so far. If you have additions to the list, please let me know so I can add them. Thanks.

A preferred walk-on is different than a student body walk-on. Preferred walk-ons cannot get athletic scholarships within two years of enrolling in college, but they can get academic scholarships. They are guaranteed a spot on the fall camp roster. There are 85 scholarships and the maximum for a fall camp roster is 105, so an FBS team can have up to 20 preferred walk-ons start practice in August. Other walk-ons must wait until after the first contest to join the practice squad, meaning they miss the first month of practices and installs.

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Commitments: Kyle Grady (CA), Max Wittwer (MI)
Offers: N/A

Hit the jump for other offers and commitments.

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