Michigan Football Signing Day 2018: LOI tracker and live blog

National Signing Day is upon us and here is a look at everything going on with Michigan football today with live updates and a tracker.

If you are familiar at all with National Signing Day, this year’s version is a little different, especially for Michigan football. The Wolverines are hoping to hear from a few high-profile recruits today, but other than, the class is signed, sealed and delivered.

Most of the top recruits in the 2018 Michigan football recruiting class signed during the early-signing period last December. However, there are some notable decisions coming today. The most important might be Otis Reese, who has been committed to Michigan since 2016, but is still considering Georgia.

Many still expect the Georgia native to choose the Wolverines. In fact, there have been rumblings that the Bulldogs don’t have enough scholarships to offer him, but we will see. That decision will be coming shortly.

We will try to keep you updated all day with the latest news and some of the best tweets we can find. Buckle your seat belts, National Signing Day is here!

Live Blog

9:45 AM EST: It’s 15 minutes until Otis Reese makes his final decision. Michigan football has already seen Vincent Gray sign on the dotted line. Michael Barrett and Ronnie Bell should follow shortly after.

Michigan football also got news of a preferred walk-on at quarterback. The kid was committed to Air Force, but is now headed to the Wolverines. He can help replace Kevin Doyle as the developmental QB.

Michigan made an official announcement as well today regarding Casey Hughes, the transfer from Utah. He’s a defensive back and here’s a look at what his role could be this season.  

10:00 AM EST: The Wolverines finally get the official word on Otis Reese and Nicholas Petit-Frere. You can watch the Reese announcement at the link below.

Jarrett Patterson,  a 4-star offensive tackle decided to go to Notre Dame. He was another guy that Michigan was hoping to flip. But, he’s going to the Irish.

Hopefully he’s not talking about Otis Reese. Starting to get scary.

More and more people starting to believe that Reese will choose Georgia. This will ruin signing day for Michigan football.

10:30 AM EST:

Sounds like Otis Reese is going to make us wait until 10:45 EST. Not looking good though, a lot of experts saying he is going to choose Georgia. That will hurt.

Unfortunately, the news on Petit-Frere is not good. He chose the devil.

It’s official now. That hurts. UM is solid at linebacker. But this really hurts the image.

11:23 AM EST:

Michael Barrett has made it official. The 3-star running back tried to convince Reese to say. But this is a good get. He has a lot of upside.

Ronnie Bell, a 3-star wide receiver is the latest to sign his letter of intent. He has a financial aid agreement with UM. He is also the last commit to sign unless something surprising happens.

Letter of intent tracker

Early Signees (16)

Myles Sims 4-star CB

Joe Milton 4-star QB

Taylor Upshaw 3-star DE

Aidan Hutchinson 4-Star DE

Cameron McGrone 4-star OLB

Mustapha Muhammad 4-star TE

Jalen Mayfield 4-star OT

Ryan Hays 4-star OT

Gemon Green 3-star CB

Christian Turner 4-star RB

Sammy Faustin 4-star CB

Ben VanSumeren 3-star FB/TE

Julius Welschof 3-star DE

Luck Schoonmaker 3-star TE

Hassan Haskins 3-star RB

German Green 3-star S

Signing Day Signees (3)

Vincent Gray 3-star CB

Michael Barrett 3-star RB

Ronnie Bell 3-star WR