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2016 Recruiting Awards

David Long, Jr. is perhaps Michigan’s fastest 2016 recruit

Every year I post my recruiting awards to look back on in future years. You can look back on past years here (LINK) to find the hits and misses.

Best Overall Recruit: DT Rashan Gary
There’s no real suspense this year. Gary is the consensus #1 player in the country, and I gave him a TTB Rating of 100. He is awesome at the football.

Best Offensive Recruit: TE Devin Asiasi
I think the combination of Asiasi’s athleticism and Jim Harbaugh’s propensity for developing tight ends will do great things for Asiasi’s profile.

Best Defensive Recruit: DT Rashan Gary
See above.

Hit the jump for the rest of the awards.

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2016 National Signing Day: Mini-roundup

As you can probably imagine, I spent so much time writing commitment posts and updating the 2016 Offer Board last night that I didn’t have time for a substantive post for this morning. So here’s a mini-roundup in case you missed anything.

• Rashan Gary, Wolverine (LINK)
• Devin Asiasi, Wolverine (LINK)
• Lavert Hill, Wolverine (LINK)
• Quinn Nordin, Wolverine (LINK)
• Every commit so far has been updated on the 2016 Offer Board (LINK). Scroll down to the comments section to see yesterday’s action if you don’t want to read through all 255 players’ biographical information.
• I updated the All-Time Recruit Rankings with all the 2016 commits (LINK). Rashan Gary is our #1 recruit during the modern recruiting era, but someone who may not be getting enough hype is offensive lineman Ben Bredeson. Believe it or not, he is our 15th-best recruit since 2000. In fact, if he were in any of the 2008-2012 classes, he would have been the top recruit in our class.
• If you want to watch video of the Signing of the Stars event, here it is: (LINK).

Devin Asiasi, Wolverine

Devin Asiasi

Concord (CA) De La Salle tight end Devin Asiasi committed to Michigan on National Signing Day. He chose the Wolverines over offers from Alabama, Auburn, Notre Dame, UCLA, and Washington, among others.

Asiasi is listed at 6’5″, 275 lbs. As a senior in 2015, he caught 17 passes for 311 yards and 5 touchdowns; defensively, he made 49 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and 4 sacks. As a junior in 2014, he caught 16 passes for 264 yards and 2 touchdowns; he also made 33 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, and 5 sacks as a defensive end. Capping his senior year as a U.S. Army All-American, he caught a touchdown pass to help the West team win.

RATINGS
ESPN: 4-star, 85 grade, #3 TE, #44 overall
Rivals: 4-star, #2 TE, #46 overall
Scout: 4-star, #4 TE, #67 overall
247 Sports: 4-star, 92 grade, #8 TE, #218 overall

Hit the jump for more on Asiasi’s commitment.

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Lavert Hill, Wolverine

Lavert Hill

Detroit (MI) King cornerback Lavert Hill committed to Michigan on National Signing Day. He chose the Wolverines over offers from Clemson, Georgia, Miami, Michigan State, Ohio State, Texas, UCLA, and USC, among others. He was also a one-time Penn State commit.

Hill is 5’10”, 172 lbs. Playing receiver as a senior in 2015, he caught 33 passes for 786 yards and 9 touchdowns; he also made 12 pass breakups (note: I don’t have great faith in the accuracy of Detroit PSL stats sometimes). He was a U.S. Army All-American and named the Army Defensive Back of the Year, a national award.

RATINGS
ESPN: 4-star, 80 grade, #21 CB, #278 overall
Rivals: 4-star, #14 CB, #176 overall
Scout: 4-star, #7 CB, #97 overall
247 Sports: 4-star, 95 grade, #6 CB, #88 overall

Hit the jump for more on Hill’s commitment.

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Quinn Nordin, Wolverine

Quinn Nordin

Rockford (MI) Rockford kicker/punter Quinn Nordin committed to Michigan on National Signing Day. The former Penn State commit chose the Wolverines over offers from Arizona State, Baylor, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan State, Pitt, and USC, among others.

Nordin is 6’2″, 200 lbs. As a senior in 2015, he averaged 52.9 yards/punt. Rivals says he went 14/19 on field goals as a sophomore, but just 19/29 during his career. He also had 19 touchbacks in 23 kickoffs (82.6%) this past season.

RATINGS
ESPN: 3-star, 76 grade, #9 K
Kornblue Kicking: 5-star, #1 K (tie)
Rivals: 3-star, #1 K
Scout: 4-star, #1 K
247 Sports: 3-star, 83 grade, #1 K, #1436 overall

Hit the jump for more on Nordin’s commitment.

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