Michigan Football: Will Johnson teases good news, but what is it?

Michigan football’s five-star cornerback commit, Will Johnson, told fans to expect good news on Tuesday, and here’s what that could mean.

It’s been a rough few days for Michigan football fans who might still be feeling the lingering effects of Xavier Worthy asking out of his national letter of intent.

At the time, one of my first thoughts was, well Michigan really needs to kill it with 2022 recruiting at wide receiver now, and thankfully, the Wolverines are in a strong position to do so.

They have been the supposed favorite with top-100 wideout Tyler Morris for about a year now and have been the crystal ball leader for quite some time too, although they have gotten a recent bump of picks there too.

Landing Morris became even more important with the loss of Worthy and after five-star corner Will Johnson teased some good news on the recruiting front it makes you wonder if he’s talking about Morris. Here’s the tweet if you haven’t seen it:

Obviously, the sleuthing began as soon as he put out the tweet. Some thought it could be a reference to five-star defensive tackle Walter Nolen, the No. 2 overall recruit in 2022.

Nolen is scheduled to visit Ann Arbor this summer and Michigan football is one of the teams in the mix to land him, but it sounds like Johnson was referring to an offensive player, although that’s just conjecture at this point.

One of Michigan’s recruiting reporters at Rivals, Clayton Sayfie also got in on the act Tuesday morning, tweeting this out:

Why is this significant? Because guess who placed a Futurecast pick for Morris to Michigan just eight days ago? Sayfie.

He’s not the lead recruiting guy at Rivals for U-M, that’s EJ Holland, but Sayfie was out covering Morris recently and it’s possible he has some sort of inside scoop.

It also went sort of unnoticed, but Sam Webb did drop a crystal ball prediction for Morris last week, so the signs are there. Plus, Tom Loy of Irish Illustrated even said he had reason to be more confident in his pick of Michigan (subscription required).

That’s significant because Notre Dame was thought to be the primary threat to Michigan football for Morris, who is out of Illinois and played with J.J. McCarthy prior to McCarthy’s transfer to IMG Academy.

Morris is 6-foot, 180 pounds and is ranked as the 80th player overall in the class of 2022 as well as the No. 10 wide receiver. He would be a game-changing addition and even if Johnson isn’t talking about him, you have to feel good about where things are headed.

Dillon Tatum is another recruit from the state of Michigan that’s expected to decide fairly soon, but I would be surprised if it was him. And if it’s not Morris, then it truly will be a surprise.

Either way, Michigan football could use some good news on the recruiting trail, so let’s just hope that it comes through as expected.