Barrett Carter – LB – Suwanee (GA) North Gwinnett: Carter is a 6’1″, 210 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, and LSU, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #6 outside linebacker, and #100 overall.
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Marcus Bradley – DT – Gaithersburg (MD) Quince Orchard: Bradley is a 6’3″, 270 lb. prospect with offers from Florida, Maryland, Ohio State, and Penn State, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #10 defensive tackle, and #173 overall. I think I heard something about how Michigan needs defensive tackles…
Duce Chestnut – CB – Camden (NJ) Camden: Chestnut is a 5’11”, 180 lb. prospect with offers from Maryland, Miami, and Rutgers. He’s a 4-star, the #17 cornerback, and #216 overall. He comes from the same program that Cesar Ruiz and Brad Hawkins attended, although both of them transferred elsewhere prior to finishing their high school careers.
Alijah Clark – CB – Camden (NJ) Camden: Clark is a 6’2″, 180-pounder with offers from Maryland and Rutgers. He’s a 3-star, the #35 cornerback, and #478 overall. It must be pretty nice to have two corners who are good enough for such big-time offers.
Nyland Green – CB – Covington (GA) Newton: Green is a 6’1″, 174 lb. prospect with offers from Auburn, Clemson, and Tennessee, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #18 corner, and #225 overall. He attends the alma mater of former Michigan running back Kurt Taylor.
John Howse IV – S – Brentwood (TN) Brentwood: Howse visited Michigan for the BBQ at the Big House this past summer. He’s a 6’2″, 185 lb. prospect with offers from Kentucky, Louisville, and Penn State, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #89 athlete, and #893 overall. He’s a very physical player who plays corner but I think he projects to safety at the next level.
Jabari Ishmael – DE – Miami (FL) Columbus: Ishmael is a 6’5″, 210-pounder with offers from Florida and Miami, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #6 weakside end, and #118 overall. He goes to the same school that Michigan linebacker Joshua Uche attended.
Dontavius Nash – S – Gastonia (NC) Hunter Huss: Nash is a 6’2″, 170 lb. prospect who committed to UNC in June 2019, but he has a lot better offers, such as Auburn, Georgia, and Penn State. He’s a 4-star, the #8 safety, and #250 overall.
Andre Turrentine – CB – Nashville (TN) Ensworth: Turrentine is a 6’0″, 175-pounder with offers from Alabama, Georgia, LSU, and Tennessee, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #15 cornerback, and #194 overall.
In the ever-evolving recruiting world, it’s almost impossible these days to keep up with writing about Michigan’s recruiting. Wrapping up the 2020 class and with 2021 and 2022 offers flying out, there’s just too much going on. There are 345 offers out to 2020 kids, 218 to 2021 kids, and 63 to players in the 2022 class.
So I’m going to try something a little different. If there’s an important offer at a key position, a local kid, a legacy recruit, etc., I will expand on those offers a little bit. If it’s a guy halfway across the country who’s unlikely to give Michigan more than a fleeting glance, I’m just going to note the offer and move on.
Michigan’s current 2021 class looks like this:
Caleb Banks – OT – Southfield (MI) Southfield: Banks is a 6’6″, 250 lb. prospect with offers from Indiana and a bunch of MAC schools like Michigan State. He’s a 247 Sports 3-star, the #50 offensive tackle, and #496 overall. He visited Michigan in mid-November and was offered on the trip. Banks is very raw and very athletic; he could also end up playing defensive end, depending on how his body grows.
Ru’Quan Buckley – OG – Grand Rapids (MI) Godwin Heights: Buckley is a 6’5″, 260-pounder with offers from Iowa State, Kentucky, and Nebraska, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #51 strongside end, and #915 overall. His future position is also a little bit unclear: is he an OG, and OT, a DE, or a DT? I see him as an interior offensive lineman right now.
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2020
Jordan Morant – S – Oradell (NJ) Bergen Catholic: Morant is committed to Michigan (LINK).
Makari Paige – S – West Bloomfield (MI) West Bloomfield: Paige is committed to Michigan (LINK). This is his official visit.
Andre Seldon, Jr. – CB – Belleville (MI) Belleville: Seldon is committed to Michigan (LINK). This is his official visit.
Dan Villari – QB – Massapequa (NY) Plainedge: Villari is a 6’4″, 215 lb. prospect with FBS offers from Buffalo, Kent State, and UMass. He was previously committed to Fordham, an FCS program. He’s a 247 Sports 3-star, the #40 pro-style quarterback, and #1239 overall, but the other major sites have not ranked him. He took an official to UMass last weekend and will take this official to Michigan, which means this is not a “blueshirt” situation. Michigan has already offered him a grayshirt opportunity, which means that he would not be on the team and start his eligibility until 2021. From anecdotal evidence, the majority of “grayshirt” guys seem to end up with straight-up scholarships by the following fall due to guys transferring out, getting injured, etc. The most recent example in Michigan’s case is kicker Jake Moody, who was supposed to grayshirt until some people transferred out; Moody then ended up on scholarship for his freshman year in 2018 and played quite a bit.
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2020
Reece Atteberry – C – Aurora (CO) Eaglecrest: Atteberry is committed to Michigan (LINK).
Elijah Gaines – S – Alexandria (VA) Episcopal: At one time Gaines had set up an official visit to Michigan for this game, but he committed to Penn State in the meantime.
Darion Green-Warren – CB – Harbor City (CA) Narbonne: Green-Warren is a 6’0″, 187-pounder with offers from Michigan, Nebraska, Penn State, and USC, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #13 cornerback, and #209 overall. His crystal ball is 88% in favor of USC and 0% for Michigan right now. UPDATE: Green-Warren is visiting in December.
Jaylen Harrell – DE – Tampa (FL) Berkeley Prep: Harrell is a 6’4″, 235 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, and Miami, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #14 weakside end, and #301 overall. This is an official visit.
Nikhai Hill-Green – LB – Baltimore (MD) St. Frances: Hill-Green is committed to Michigan (LINK).
Myles Hinton – OT – Norcross (GA) Greater Atlanta Christian: Hinton is a 6’6″, 308-pounder who is committed to Stanford. His brother Chris is a Michigan defensive tackle, and Myles has visited several times this year, largely to see his brother. There’s an outside chance that Michigan can flip him.
Kris Jenkins, Jr. – DE – Olney (MD) Good Counsel: Jenkins is committed to Michigan (LINK).
Jayson Jones – DT – Calera (AL) Calera: Jones is a 6’6″, 340 lb. prospect who has been committed to Alabama since June of 2018. He has long insisted that he would take a visit to Michigan, even though some have doubted whether it would happen or not. He’s a 4-star, the #18 defensive tackle, and #174 overall.
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