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Tracking all of the news and notes for Michigan's 2013 football recruiting class.
Michigan added its 18th commit for 2013 on Wednesday. Wide receiver Csont'e York, who is from Harper Woods and picked up an offer from the Wolverines on Tuesday, committed to them on Wednesday, as reported first by Allen Trieu.
York is unranked on Rivals, but he has three stars on Scout and 24/7 Sports. Scout ranks him 67th at wide receiver, whereas 24/7 Sports has him 69th. In the state of Michigan, York is ranked ninth by 24/7 Sports.
Currently, York's offer list isn't all that big. In addition to Michigan, York only holds offers from Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Syracuse and Toledo. He has been performing well at camps as of late, though, which is what led to his offer from Michigan.
York is Michigan's second wide receiver commit for 2013. Jaron Dukes is the other, and he committed back in February.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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Scout.com released its first team recruiting rankings for 2013 on Monday. Unsurprisingly, the Michigan Wolverines came in at No. 1 on the list, beating out the likes of Texas, Texas A&M, Ohio State and Notre Dame.
The reason this isn't a big surprise is because most of Michigan's 2013 commits have at least four stars on Scout. Right now, Michigan has 17 players committed for next year's class. Three of the commits are five-star recruits on Scout: offensive guard Patrick Kugler (No. 1 at his position), quarterback Shane Morris (No. 3 at his position) and safety Dymonte Thomas (No. 5 at his position). 12 more of the commits are four-star recruits, and only two have three stars.
Other Big Ten teams included in the top 20 of the rankings are Ohio State (fourth), Penn State (12th), Nebraska (17th) and Michigan State (20th).
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Michigan was hoping to add another four-star linebacker to its 2013 recruiting class on Tuesday. E.J. Levenberry was down to the Wolverines and Florida State, but he ultimately opted for the Seminoles. Levenberry explained the decision to Rivals.com.
"I didn't know I would fit in so well with everyone, players and students. I just felt so comfortable," he said. "I've visited FSU two times before, but that was just the coaches or a game. This time I got to meet everybody and see what a whole week was like and I loved it."
Levenberry was just in Ann Arbor earlier this month to visit for the spring game. It seemed to go well by all accounts, but not well enough for Michigan to overtake Florida State in the race for his services.
With Levenberry passing on Michigan, the Wolverines appear to be set at linebacker with Mike McCray and Ben Gedeon.
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ESPN released its first top 150 recruiting rankings for the class of 2013 on Tuesday. Amazingly, the rankings include 11 of Michigan's 17 commits. The Wolverines lead the nation in the number of commits in the top 150. The next closest schools are Texas and Florida with seven commits each, showing how good of a start Michigan is off to.
Here's a rundown of the Michigan commits in the ESPN 150 and where they are ranked: QB Shane Morris (37th), CB Gareon Conley (63rd), LB Mike McCray (75th), OL David Dawson (92nd), OL Logan Tuley-Tillman (97th), S Dymonte Thomas (98th), OL Chris Fox (105th), CB Jourdan Lewis (107th), OL Kyle Bosch (112th), DE Taco Charlton (115th) and OL Patrick Kugler (121st).
All five of Michigan's offensive line commits made the ESPN 150. That is pretty amazing, especially when you add in the fact that the Wolverines have a quarterback commit ranked in the top 40.
As far as star rankings go, Michigan has 15 four-star recruits. The Wolverines' other two recruits have three stars. By comparison, Michigan had only 11 four-star recruits on ESPN for all of 2012. It's only April and Michigan is up to 15 four-star recruits for 2013.
In the state of Michigan, the top three players (Morris, Dawson and Lewis) are committed to Michigan, as are No. 7 Khalid hill and No. 8 Wyatt Shallman.
In the state of Ohio, four of the top six players are committed to Michigan (Conley, McCray, Thomas and Charlton). Michigan wide receiver commit Jaron Dukes is 10th, and the Wolverines have three more commits in the next 10 spots. This means that all eight of Michigan's commits from Ohio are ranked in the top 20 in the state.
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Michigan has picked up a commitment from Ohio linebacker Ben Gedeon, according to Sam Webb. Gedeon had been rumored to be strongly leaning toward committing to Michigan for the past couple months, and now he is set to be a member of the Wolverines' 2013 recruiting class.
Gedeon is a consensus four-star linebacker. He is the eighth-ranked linebacker on Rivals, which has him 224th overall in the nation. Scout has him 13th at linebacker. In the state of Ohio, 24/7 Sports has Gedeon 14th.
According to Rivals, Gedeon holds offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Stanford, Tennessee, Boston College and Virginia, among other schools.
Gedeon is Michigan's second linebacker commit for 2013. The other linebacker currently committed to the Wolverines is Mike McCray, who is also a four-star recruit.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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On Saturday, Michigan gained a commitment from Ohio running back Deveon Smith. He is Michigan's second running back commit for 2013 (Wyatt Shallman is the other) and their 16th overall commit.
Smith is a four-star recruit on Scout and is ranked seventh at running back. 24/7 Sports gives him three stars, and ESPN has him on its 150 watch list. Currently, Smith is unrated on Rivals.
According to Rivals, Smith holds offers from Michigan, Ohio State, West Virginia, Indiana and Bowling Green.
How Smith's commitment will affect the recruitment of running back Ty Isaac will be interesting to see. Smith and Isaac have been Michigan's top targets at running back, but with Smith in the fold, the Wolverines may be done at the position. Also, it's possible that Isaac may look elsewhere with two running backs now in the 2013 class.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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On Friday, Ohio cornerback Gareon Conley said on Twitter that he was planning to commit on Saturday. He delivered on that tweet while in Ann Arbor on Saturday for a visit with the Michigan Wolverines. Conley decided to commit to the Wolverines while on campus, and by doing so he became their 15th verbal for 2013 and their second this week. (Mike McCray committed to Michigan on Tuesday.)
Conlon has not yet been rated by Rivals, but he does have stars on Scout and 24/7 Sports. Specifically, Scout considers him a four-star cornerback, whereas 24/7 Sports gives him three stars. On Scout, he is ranked as the 20th cornerback in the nation. Overall, he is ranked 227th in the nation on Scout, giving Michigan a total of 13 commits in the top 300.
24/7 Sports reports that Conley has offers from four schools: Michigan, Northwestern, West Virginia and Toledo.
As mentioned, Michigan is now up to 15 commits for 2013. The most amazing thing about how quickly the Wolverines have put together most of their 2013 class is that they didn't have a single commit for their 2012 class at this time last year. A big part of that was because Brady Hoke was only in his second month on the job. Now, with a full year to prepare for the 2013 class, Michigan is close to filling it up 11 months before signing day.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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Michigan is cleaning up in recruiting, nabbing 12 Rivals.com four-star recruits in its class of 2013. All the hoopla surrounding their commitments has former Michigan wide receiver Braylon Edwards peeved the Wolverines haven't called on his younger brother Berkley, who appears to be pretty dirty [via Yahoo!]:
"I don't understand how my brother has the 8th (fastest) time in the country in the 60m, ran for 1800 yards last year and 20 and UofM wontcall," Edwards Tweeted. [...]
"Love my school and I played for coach (Hoke) but call my brother before its too late and you guys miss out like Lloyd would have ifnot forsoup,"
Berkley doesn't even have a star rating on Rivals or Scout, despite having a 4.52 40-yard dash time and over 1,500 yards and 18 touchdowns in his junior season.
Michigan could still offer Berkley (after all, Michigan didn't come calling for Braylon until midway through his senior high school season). However, if there's one thing working against Berkley winding up in Maize n' Blue, it's his big brother Braylon, who can't seem to do anything right these days. This is just another instance of that.
If not Michigan, it's possible that Berkley winds up at Michigan's intrastate rival -- Michigan State hosted Berkely last week at one of its junior days.
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Scout released its top 300 rankings on Wednesday, and Michigan fans should be extremely pleased with them. The Wolverines have four players in the top 50, three of whom are five-star recruits. Here's the breakdown on them:
Overall, Michigan has a total of 12 players in the top 300. Here are the other eight: OG Chris Fox (137), TE Jake Butt (147), OT Logan Tuley-Tillman (153), FB Wyatt Shallman (179), OLB Mike McCray (202), CB Jourdan Lewis (251), OG David Dawson (264) and WR Jaron Dukes (287). Of those eight players, only Lewis, Dawson and Dukes are three-star recruits; the rest are four-star players.
To say the least, Michigan has put together quite the recruiting class for 2013 and it's only March 2012. The same goes for Ohio State, and here's a great stat showing how dominant the two schools have been on the recruiting trail:
Among the top 150, Michigan has 6 prospects, Ohio State 5 and the rest of the Big Ten has 0. War, as they know it.
— Kyle Meinke (@kmeinke) March 7, 2012
Watch out, rest of Big Ten. Watch out.
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Ohio linebacker Mike McCray has committed to Michigan. He was in Ann Arbor on Tuesday and made the decision to commit while there, giving the Wolverines 14 commitments for 2013 and another one from a highly rated recruit.
McCray is ranked 44th in the nation by Rivals. He is a four-star outside linebacker and is also a four-star recruit on 24/7 Sports. He's 168th in the nation on 24/7 Sports and eighth in the state of Ohio. On ESPN, he is on the 150 watch list, as are 10 other Michigan commits.
According to Rivals, McCray holds offers from Michigan, Arizona, Boston College, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Purdue, South Carolina and Tennessee, among other schools.
McCray could end up being merely the first linebacker Michigan picks up this week, as the Wolverines are believed to be in good shape with Ben Gedeon. They also lead for guys like Dorian O'Daniel and E.J. Levenberry, although neither is expected to make a decision in the near future. Even so, Michigan is on track to have a very strong class again, especially at linebacker.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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Michigan's 2012 football recruiting class featured a solid group of linebackers with Joe Bolden, Royce Jenkins-Stone, James Ross and Kaleb Ringer all signing. So far, Michigan's 2013 football recruiting class doesn't have any commits from linebackers, but that is expected to change in the coming months.
Michigan is in very good shape for several big-time linebackers, including Mike McCray, E.J. Levenberry and Dorian O'Daniel. In fact, Michigan is the "team to beat" for O'Daniel, according to his high school football team's Twitter account.
#Michigan is the team to beat for #GC 2013 Dorian O'Daniel followed by #Clemson and now possibly #Nebraska
— GC Football (@gcfootball) March 2, 2012
O'Daniel goes to Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Maryland. That is the same high school that current Michigan cornerback Blake Countess attended. It's also the high school for some other highly rated 2013 recruits, including cornerback Kendall Fuller, who has a Michigan offer.
O'Daniel is a consensus four-star linebacker and is ranked 37th in the nation by Rivals. Obviously he would be a nice pickup for Michigan, and he is set to visit Ann Arbor for the Wolverines' spring game on April 14 (along with Fuller).
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Michigan has done it again. For the 10th time in the last week, a 2013 football recruit has committed to the Wolverines. The newest commit is offensive guard Patrick Kugler, who is from Wexford, Pennsylvania. Kugler was just in town for a visit and decided to commit to Michigan. He was originally scheduled to visit Michigan State's junior day, but with him committing to Michigan, the trip to East Lansing did not happen.
Like the four offensive linemen who committed to Michigan last weekend, Kugler is a four-star recruit. He is ranked 54th in the nation on Rivals and is 190th overall on 24/7 Sports, which has him fourth in the state of Pennsylvania. He is on ESPN's Top 150 watch list, as are eight other Michigan commits.
Kugler, who is the son of Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Sean Kugler, boasts an impressive offer list. According to Rivals, he has offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Arizona, Boise State, California, Florida, Florida State, Iowa, Notre Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Stanford, Tennessee, Virginia Tech and Washington, among other schools.
Tom VanHaaren reports that Kugler will play offensive guard or center for Michigan, and according to Sam Webb, Kugler is the final offensive linemen Michigan is planning to take for its 2013 class. With five committed for 2013 and four in the 2012 class, the Wolverines appear to be set. Amazingly, of those nine offensive line commits for 2013 and 2012, seven are four-star recruits, one is a five-star recruit and only one is a three-star recruit. That bodes quite well for Michigan's offensive line going forward.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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By adding nine new commits for 2013 in the last week (eight last weekend and one earlier this week), Michigan has seen its team ranking skyrocket on 24/7 Sports. The recruiting service last updated its team rankings for 2013 on Friday afternoon, and Michigan is No. 1 in the nation right now thanks to having a total of 12 commits, 10 of whom are four-star recruits.
Jaron Dukes' decision to commit to Michigan earlier this week vaulted the Wolverines ahead of Texas A&M, which had been holding steady at No. 1 despite having only five four-star commits. The Aggies remained in first thanks to having 13 total commits for 2013. With Michigan now only one behind in the total number of commits and way ahead in terms of how many of those commits have four stars, it's no surprise the Wolverines are now No. 1 in the nation.
The other three teams in the top five are Florida, Alabama and Texas. These teams are always seemingly at the top of the recruiting rankings, as are Georgia, LSU and Florida State, the next three schools in the rankings. North Carolina and Ohio State round out the top 10. (Michigan State is 19th right now in the rankings.)
Obviously recruiting rankings don't mean a whole lot right now considering there is almost a year until signing day for the class of 2013. Even so, Michigan's current spot at the top of the 2013 team rankings is a testament to how strong of a start Brady Hoke and company are off to for next year's class.
At this time a week ago, Michigan had only three commits for its 2013 football recruiting class. Now, after adding eight over the weekend and one on Wednesday, the Wolverines are up to 12 commits for 2013.
The latest commit for Michigan is wide receiver Jaron Dukes, who is from Columbus, Ohio. He is a lifelong fan of Michigan and decided to commit to his favorite school on Wednesday, according to Sam Webb.
Columbus Marion-Franklin HS WR Jaron Dukes has pledged to #Michigan
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) February 22, 2012
Unlike the eight commits from the weekend, Dukes is not a four-star recruit (at least not yet). He is unrated on Rivals, Scout and ESPN, and on 24/7 sports he is a three-star receiver ranked 63rd at his position and 28th in the state of Ohio.
According to Rivals, Dukes holds offers from Michigan, Illinois and Toledo.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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Going into the weekend, the expectation was for Michigan to add a couple commits to its 2013 football recruiting class. Several recruits were set to visit Michigan on Saturday and take in the basketball game against Ohio State that night. The excitement surrounding the game, as well as getting some big-time recruits on campus, made fans think there would be some new commitments.
As it turns out, there were a lot of new commitments, especially on Saturday. The Wolverines got their momentum going on Saturday afternoon with Illinois offensive tackle Kyle Bosch surprisingly committing. Shortly after, Michigan running back Wyatt Shallman joined Bosch, giving fans more reasons to joke about all of the team's commits coming in pairs.
This notion continued later in the afternoon when two players from Detroit Cass Tech High School committed to Michigan. Cornerback Jourdan Lewis and offensive tackle David Dawson became the third and fourth recruits to commit on the day and the sixth and seventh commits overall to join the class.
At this point, it seemed like Michigan's day was probably done, but after the Wolverines upset Ohio State, two more players joined the 2013 class. Michigan got Colorado offensive tackle Chris Fox, who wasn't even on campus, to commit. And later in the night the Wolverines added Ohio defensive end Taco Charlton, who was at the Ohio State game and could be seen having a lot of fun.
After Saturday's six commitments, Michigan kept the momentum going on Sunday with two more additions to its 2013 class. Ohio tight end Jake Butt committed shortly after 7 p.m., and two hours later Illinois offensive tackle Logan Tuley-Tillman surprisingly decided to end his recruitment by verballing to Michigan.
In total, Michigan secured the commitments of eight recruits over the weekend. All eight of them are considered four-star recruits, giving Michigan a total of 10 so far for 2013. The Wolverines have 11 total commits and are well on their way to once again finishing with one of the top recruiting classes in the nation. Assuming they are again near the top of the recruiting rankings come signing day next year, this past weekend will be pointed to as a big reason behind Michigan's success.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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At this point I think it's safe to say that this has been the best weekend in Michigan football recruiting history. After already picking up seven commitments on Saturday and Sunday, the Wolverines added an eighth Sunday night when Illinois offensive tackle Logan Tuley-Tillman verballed. He announced his decision to commit on Twitter: "Officially a Wolverine & better yet a Michigan Man."
Tuley-Tillman, like the other seven new commitments, is a four-star recruit. He is 109th in the nation on Rivals and 85th on 24/7 Sports. The latter has him 13th at his position and sixth in the state of Illinois.
Tuley-Tillman's offer list is very impressive. According to Rivals, he holds offers from Michigan, Alabama, Arkansas, Boston College, Florida State, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Wisconsin, among several other schools.
I suppose nothing should be a surprise after the weekend Michigan had, but the timing of his commitment came a bit out of left field. Although Tuley-Tillman has visited Michigan numerous times, his timetable seemed to be based on taking his time with the recruiting process. Also, he was at Wisconsin this weekend, making it seem unlikely that he would suddenly commit to Michigan. That is exactly what happened, though.
To recap, Michigan now has 11 commitments for 2013. The Wolverines went into the weekend with only three, but they added six new commits on Saturday and two on Sunday. The most amazing part is all eight of the new commits are four-star recruits, giving Michigan 10 so far for the 2013 class.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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Michigan's ridiculous run on the recruiting trail continued on Sunday with yet another commitment. After picking up six commitments on Saturday (all from four-star recruits), the Wolverines added Ohio tight end Jake Butt on Sunday.
Officially a wolverine!!! #goblue
— jake butt (@bigjakeyB_1) February 20, 2012
Butt, like the six commits from Saturday, is a four-star recruit. Rivals ranks him 96th in the nation. In the state of Ohio, 24/7 Sports has Butt 15th. ESPN has him on the ESPNU Top 150 list, giving Michigan seven commits for 2013 on that list.
Butt has an extensive offer list. According to Rivals, he has offers from Michigan, Boston College, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Stanford, Tennessee, UCLA and Wisconsin, among other schools.
With Butt verballing, Michigan is up to 10 commits for 2013. Butt joins the six from Saturday (Kyle Bosch, Wyatt Shallman, Jourdan Lewis, David Dawson, Chris Fox and Taco Charlton) and the three who were previously committed (Shane Morris, Dymonte Thomas and Khalid Hill). Amazingly, nine of the 10 commits are four-star recruits.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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Saturday is a day that will not soon be forgotten by Michigan fans. Not only did the Michigan basketball team beat Ohio State at home and the Michigan hockey team beat Northern Michigan in overtime on senior night, but Brady Hoke absolutely cleaned up on the recruiting trail.
As covered on Saturday afternoon, Michigan picked up four commits in rapid succession. Illinois offensive tackle Kyle Bosch was the first to pull the trigger on committing to Michigan, and Novi running back Wyatt Shallman committed shortly after. Then, not too long after the first two commitments of the day, Cass Tech teammates Jourdan Lewis (a cornerback) and David Dawson (an offensive tackle) verballed to the Wolverines.
The day appeared to be done following the commitments from Lewis and Dawson, but that turned out to not be the case at all. Michigan added Colorado offensive tackle Chris Fox and Ohio defensive end Taco Charlton on Saturday night, giving the Wolverines six commits on Saturday alone. It was a historically good day not only because of the amount of new commits, but also because of their caliber. All of them are consensus four-star recruits, including Fox and Charlton.
Fox is considered the 46th best player in the nation by Rivals. He is 48th in the nation on 24/7 Sports and ranks eighth at his position and first for the state of Colorado. ESPN hasn't rated him yet, but he is on the ESPNU 150 list.
Charlton is also on the ESPNU 150 list. He is ranked 183rd nationally on Rivals and 143rd nationally on 24/7 Sports. The latter site has him sixth in the state of Ohio.
Fox's offer list includes Michigan, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio State and Purdue, according to Rivals. Also according to Rivals, Charlton has offers from Michigan, Cincinnati, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Syracuse and UCLA.
With Fox and Charlton jumping aboard, Michigan now has nine commits for its 2013 football recruiting class. Amazingly, eight of them are four-star recruits ranked in the top 200 on Rivals. Signing day for 2013 is obviously a long ways away, but Brady Hoke has the Wolverines off to one of the best starts in the country for next year's class.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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To say Saturday has been a busy day for Michigan's 2013 football recruiting class would be an understatement. Michigan has now picked up a total of four commitments on Saturday alone. Two of them, Kyle Bosch and Wyatt Shallman, committed earlier in the day. Since then it has come out that cornerback Jourdan Lewis and offensive tackle David Dawson, who both go to Detroit Cass Tech High School, have also committed to the Wolverines.
Lewis is a four-star cornerback on both Rivals and 24/7 Sports. The former ranks him 167th nationally. Scout and ESPN have not yet rated him.
Dawson is also a four-star recruit on Rivals and 24/7 Sports. Rivals ranks him 199th in the country, and like with Lewis, Scout and ESPN have not yet handed out a rating for him.
According to Rivals, Lewis holds offers from Michigan and Toledo. Dawson's offer list is much lengthier, as it includes Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Baylor, Florida State, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, UCLA and West Virginia, among other schools.
With Michigan adding two more recruits from Cass Tech, its pipeline with the school continues. For the 2012 class, Michigan got commitments from Cass Tech's Terry Richardson and Royce Jenkins-Stone, who will be joining former Cass Tech players William Campbell, Thomas Gordon and Delonte Hollowell on the roster next season.
With the wild day of recruiting, Michigan's 2013 class now stands at seven commits, six of whom are considered four-star recruits. I'd say Brady Hoke and company are off to a pretty good start for next year's class.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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That didn't take long. Shortly after it came out that Michigan picked up a commitment from Illinois offensive tackle Kyle Bosch, news dropped that the Wolverines also picked up running back Wyatt Shallman. Shallman hails from Novi and attends Detroit Catholic Central, and although he plays both sides of the ball, the expectation is for him to line up in the backfield for Michigan.
Shallman, like Bosch, is a consensus four-star recruit. Rivals ranks him 160th in the nation and 24/7 Sports has him 181st. Scout has him as a four-star recruit and ESPN has him in its ESPNU 150, although both sites list him as a defensive end rather than a running back (or fullback).
According to Rivals, Shallman has offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Cincinnati and Syracuse.
With Shallman and Bosch both committing to Michigan on Saturday, the Wolverines now have five commits for 2013.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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From the sounds of it, Michigan could have a pretty busy day as it relates to its 2013 football recruiting class. Several recruits are on campus for visits, and already one recruit for 2013 has committed to Michigan on Saturday -- Illinois offensive tackle Kyle Bosch.
Bosch is a consensus four-star recruit on the sites that have rated him. Rivals has him 60th in the nation, whereas 24/7 Sports has him 44th in the nation (and third in the state of Illinois). Scout hasn't rated Bosch yet, and ESPN has him in its ESPNU 150.
According to Rivals, Bosch has quite the offer list. It includes Michigan, Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Illinois, Iowa, Miami (Florida), Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Stanford and West Virginia, among other schools.
According to Allen Trieu, Bosch won't be Michigan's only commitment on Saturday.
#Michigan lands Wheaton St. Francis (IL) JR OL Kyle Bosch - he's not the last one for the Wolverines today though
— Allen Trieu (@AllenTrieu) February 18, 2012
Michigan is off to a solid start for 2013, as it now has four commits and could have five by day's end.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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Michigan isn't completely finished with its 2012 football recruiting class with Alex Kozan still undecided, but the Wolverines have turned most of their focus to 2013. Actually, they have been working on their 2013 class for a while now. The Wolverines have had two commitments for 2013 since last September, and they added No. 3 on Monday when Khalid Hill immediately verballed after being offered a scholarship.
Hill is a tight end/defensive end from Detroit Crockett High School. According to Allen Trieu, Michigan will use him as a tight end/H-back. 24/7 Sports, the only site to evaluate him so far, rates him as a three-star tight end.
Before Michigan offered him on Monday, Hill's only offer was from Central Michigan. Once the Wolverines did extend an offer, it didn't take Hill long to accept it because he is a lifelong Michigan fan, according to Trieu. He joins Shane Morris and Dymonte Thomas as recruits committed to Michigan for 2013.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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Following Michigan's thrilling 35-31 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday, the Wolverines picked up a commitment from Ohio safety Dymonte Thomas. He was at the game as part of an unofficial visit, and he was so impressed with Michigan that he decided to end his recruitment and pick the Wolverines.
Since Thomas is a 2013 recruit, he hasn't been evaluated by any of the recruiting sites just yet. When he is rated, the expectation is for Thomas to be ranked as one of the top recruits in the state of Ohio for 2013. Michigan's other 2013 commit, Shane Morris, is expected to be one of the top players in all of the country, so Brady Hoke and company are really off to a great start for the 2013 class.
Thomas' offer list already includes Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, UCLA and West Virginia. Ohio State has not offered Thomas yet, and now that he is a Michigan commit, it's not clear if the Buckeyes will extend a scholarship to him.
One thing worth noting is that Thomas is the cousin of Bri'onte Dunn, a 2012 running back recruit who is committed to Ohio State. Michigan is still trying to get Dunn to decommit from OSU to join the Wolverines' recruiting class, and I'm sure Thomas will be in Dunn's ear quite a bit now that he is set to head to Ann Arbor in two years.
Michigan Football Recruiting Class Of 2013
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Friday in Columbus, 2013 Michigan football commit Shane Morris turned some heads at the Elite 11 regional camp. He wasn't turning heads just because he was wearing maize and blue in enemy territory, but also because of how he did during the camp.
There was a lot of positive buzz surrounding Morris following his performance at the camp. Morris himself said he was ranked No. 2 out of all the quarterbacks at the camp, which is pretty good for only being a sophomore in high school.
Here's what ESPN had to say about Morris' performance:
Morris was one of the more impressive prospects in attendance regardless of class and the left-hander really made some impressive throws with accuracy and confidence. He has good height and is going to continue to add inches and bulk to his late-bloomer's frame. What stood out about Morris was the velocity and power and the manner in which he delivered the ball. Many lefties can really have a long, drawn out delivery that is more ¾ or sidearm, but not Morris. He had a quick stroke, was very accurate and threw as well on the run to both sides as any prospect on Friday. He is a definite Watch List candidate.
Morris will be a junior at De Le Salle High School this fall.
Brady Hoke and the Michigan football program have gotten off to a scorching hot start with their 2012 recruiting class. The momentum generated by Hoke has led to 10 total commits for the 2012 class already. It also has led to one commit for the 2013 class. Warren De La Salle quarterback Shane Morris decided to go ahead and pledge to become a Wolverine on Tuesday, ending his recruitment well before anybody expected.
Since Morris is a 2013 recruit, he has not been evaluated yet by any of the major recruiting sites. When he is a year from now, it is expected that Morris will be ranked as one of the top pro-style quarterbacks for the 2013 class.
Morris' offer list includes Michigan, Michigan State, Cincinnati, Syracuse and a few schools from the MAC. Chances are his offer list will grow quite a bit by this time next year, although some schools may not see it as worth the time to recruit him since he is already committed to Michigan.
Michigan Football Recruiting: Ty Isaac Commits To USC
One of Michigan's top targets in the class of 2013 committed on Tuesday, but not to the Wolverines. Illinois running back Ty Isaac had Michigan among his finalists, but he decided to commit to USC. He announced the decision on Twitter.
Isaac visited USC earlier this month and was basically down to the Trojans and Wolverines. His timetable for a decision changed quite a bit following the visit, and now he is set to join USC next year.
Michigan has already received commitments from running backs Wyatt Shallman and Deveon Smith for 2013. Adding Isaac would have really been nice, but now Michigan will likely take a look at running backs like Derrick Green and Jordan Wilkins as it tries to solidify the position for next year's recruiting class.
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May 15 5:46p by Sean Yuille