Michigan Football Recruiting: Key Takeaways from the 2017 Class

National signing day is always exciting and it brought plenty of excitement for fans of Michigan football. Here are the important takeaways.

For Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan football program, most of the recruiting work was basically signed, sealed and delivered. National Signing Day was just a formality.

However, there were some players that Michigan football was hoping to get commits from and with Aubrey Solomon and Nico Collins giving UM the thumps up, it was a good day all around.

Certainly, the Wolverines lost out on some players. But there is no doubt that the 30-man class Harbaugh reeled in, is an impressive haul.

Out of this class, there could be a lot of NFL talent. There are three five-star players, according to Rivals.com and overall the class ranks fourth.

Michigan is getting a dynamic young quarterback and about a trillion four or five-star wide receivers.

The talent on the defensive side of the ball is also impressive. It starts with Solomon, who is a five-star defensive tackle. But it doesn’t end there. The offensive line, which turned into an issue last season, was also addressed.

The future now looks very bright with five quality players on the horizon. Not only are the offensive lineman Harbaugh got highly touted, they are also big. As in four of the five, are 6-4 or taller, including three offensive tackles that are at least 6-5.

It’s clear that Harbaugh knows how to get premier talent to Ann Arbor and in the next few slides, I’ll look at the most important takeaways from his 2017 class of Wolverines.