Michigan Football Spreading Wings This Summer With Satellite Camps

Michigan football hasn’t stayed out of the news for more than a couple days this offseason, and its satellite camps schedule suggests that won’t change.

We’re just a couple days shy of the month anniversary of the NCAA stepping in to ban satellite camps, effective immediately, but since that time Michigan football has scheduled many satellite camp appearances this summer, and this list is growing.

The NCAA rightfully rescinded that decision and released one of the few unnecessary clamps on college football programs, and Michigan is primed for a fruitful summer because of it.

There is perhaps no one in college football better equipped to spread the “good news” of their program better than Jim Harbaugh, who a few months ago was spending the night at recruits’ homes and climbing trees in order to secure commitments. (To be fair to Harbaugh, I don’t think any of us actually thought a satellite camps ban was going to do significant damage to the Wolverines’ recruiting success.)

This is what Michigan’s satellite camps schedule looks like so far:

June 2 — Atlanta Maynard Jackson HS (Cedar Grove High School)
June 4 — Tampa (South Florida)
June 4 — Cheshire, Conn. (Cheshire Academy)
June 5 – Norfolk, Va. (Old Dominion)
June 6 – Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones High School)
June 7 – Mobile, Ala. (South Alabama)
June 8 — Pearl, Miss. (Pearl High School)
June 9 — Warren, Ohio (Harding High School)
June 9-10 – Wayne State (Sound Mind Sound Body)
June 12 — Waco, Texas (Baylor)
June 13 — Addison, Texas (Greenhill School)
June 14 — Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland High School)
June 15 — Pittsburg, Kansas (Pittsburg State); Kansas City, Mo. (Blue Springs South HS)
June 25 — Los Angeles (Hawkins High School)
No date yet — Antioch, Calif.

(This list will most likely need updated daily, so we’ll do our best to keep up.)

To no one’s surprise, some of these locations seem to be the result of some very careful and strategic planning.

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In Tennessee, at Murfreesboro Oakland High, head coach Kevin Creasy said the entire Michigan staff will be on hand for a June 14 camp. Murfreesboro Oakland High just happens to be home to the top-ranked athlete in the 2017 class, JaCoby Stevens.

Hawkins High School in Los Angeles is a hotbed for highly-rated athletes, and Michigan will be stopping by on June 25. That’s the home of 2017 five-star receiver Joseph Lewis, 2018 five-star receiver Jalen Hall, and 2018 four-star athlete Greg Johnson. Lewis and Hall are considered to be hard USC leans, and Johnson is currently committed to Arizona.

According to 247Sports, Michigan is also going to be at Antioch (Calif.) High School at an undetermined time. Running back Najee Harris, the No. 1 player in the 2017 class and current Alabama commit, calls Antioch home.

The genius here is subtle, and it’s why conferences and like the SEC and ACC (and a handful of coaches across other parts of the country) pushed for satellite camps to be banned.

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Other schools surely can take advantage of them, but Harbaugh at Michigan has proved himself to be ahead of the game.

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