The Michigan football program closed the month of June with some momentum on the recruiting trail and here are five recruits who could commit in July.
The month of June was pretty good for Michigan football. The Wolverines picked up five commitments and started to pick up some real momentum on the trail.
Of course, four of the five commitments are currently rated as three-star prospects, but there will be ranking updates and I’m confident many will rise. Jayden Denegal was a four-star commit at the quarterback position and with his addition to the class, Michigan football answered one of the biggest remaining questions.
Now, as the calendar turns to July, the Wolverines are on the verge of landing other pledges and potentially missing out on others as decisions near. Signing day isn’t until December, but this is going to be a busy month, and here are five recruits who could wind up committing.
4-star DE Mario Eugenio
Mario Eugenio is the first guy up on the list because we know when he will be announcing his decision, which is July 5th. It’s likely he has already made his choice and all of his crystal ball predictions have him going to Michigan.
Iowa State and Indiana were some of the other schools in the mix, but the visit to Ann Arbor seemed to wrap things up with the No. 282 recruit overall and 13th-ranked edge rusher according to the 247 sports composite rankings.
Michigan experts have projected him to the Wolverines and the Clearwater, Florida prospect also got a projection from Andrew Ivins who covers Miami for 247 so it looks like a done deal.
3-star CB Myles Pollard
Another 2022 recruit who could be making a decision soon is three-star cornerback Myles Pollard out of Ravenwood, Tennessee.
Pollard is a top target for the Wolverines in the secondary. He’s ranked 432nd overall in the 2022 composite rankings, which has him as just a three-star. Rivals have him ranked as a four-star prospect and EJ Holland, the lead Michigan expert, has long projected Pollard to the Wolverines.
Holland has also been hinting that Pollard could be making a decision soon. We don’t know when that will be but if that proves to be accurate, then I’d expect Pollard to commit to Michigan football.
The addition of Steve Clinkscale as cornerbacks coach has only helped in this recruitment and Pollard seems to have a very close relationship with five-star commit Will Johnson.
Pollard doesn’t have any crystal ball projections yet so keep an eye out for those predictions to start coming in, but right now, the Wolverines are the favorite and they need to close sooner rather than later.
3-star TE
While Michigan football hasn’t started trending with crystal ball predictions with Pollard, the same can’t be said for Idaho tight end Colston Loveland, who has been trending with expert picks to the Wolverines recently.
Loveland is out of Gooding, Idaho, and is 6-foot-5, 230 pounds. His recruitment has started to take off recently with Alabama, Auburn, and LSU among the schools getting in the mix with offers.
However, Michigan football made a really strong impression on a recent visit, and the Wolverines appear to be the leader by all accounts for a kid that’s probably going to wind up as a four-star recruit in the 247composite when it’s all said and done.
Michigan football has done a really good job at tight end in the previous cycles and Loveland definitely has a similar feel to Louis Hansen from 2021. Holland also indicated on his most recent Youtube video that the Idaho tight end should be deciding soon, which favors U-M.
Between Rivals and 247, there are eight projections for Loveland to wind up at Michigan, including some national experts, so this one seems like another lock, especially if he decides in July.
3-star WR/RB Dillon Bell
Michigan football is actually trending with quite a few recruits right now and one of those is three-star running back/wide receiver Dillon Bell from Texas.
Bell is 6-foot-2, 205 pounds and the prospect out of Houston, Texas has seen his recruitment blow up recently with offers from Georgia, Auburn, and Texas A&M. Yet, the No. 570 prospect overall in the 2022 composite rankings, was on campus multiple times in Ann Arbor in June.
Bell is an interesting recruit because he was originally recruited as a running back. Mike Hart has been the top guy on the staff pushing for him and that’s been the same even with him shifting to more of a wide receiver target.
"“Coach Hart is the realist coach,” Bell told 247 sports. “We’ve been developing a really good relationship for a while now and I know he had a really great experience here. He told me how his experience at Michigan helped him get into the pros and propel his career. I love Coach Hart.”"
Bell has been trending with Michigan predictions and while he originally stated he wanted to commit in November on his birthday, it seems like a decision could come sooner, which would be better for the Wolverines, just like with Pollard.
4-star DB Dillon Tatum
While five-star defensive tackle Walter Nolen is the top recruit on the board for Michigan football right now in the 2022 class, Dillon Tatum is another priority and he could decide this month.
To be fair, Michigan football fans have been waiting for Tatum to make a decision since April. Back then, he said he was waiting for a commitment video to announce his decision, indicating that one had been made.
Yet, in a recent interview with Sam Webb of the Michigan Insider, Tatum said he hadn’t decided between Michigan and Michigan State. It’s a subtle change but it’s a big one.
It’s my belief that Tatum was going to commit to Michigan. The staff turnover with Maurice Linguist seemed to raise some doubt and that coupled with the great job Michigan State has done, selling Tatum as the cornerstone of its class, has made it a tough call.
Tatum said he wanted to decide before the fall and it feels like there is a good chance he pulls the trigger in July. I don’t know if he’ll choose Michigan or Michigan State but outside of Webb dropping his confidence from eight to six on his crystal ball, no experts have changed their picks.
There still seems to be confidence on the Michigan side of things, mostly, it seems due to Ronald Bellamy and on the fan side, U-M has won these kinds of recruitments recently with Andrel Anthony and Rayshaun Benny being two examples.
So until Tatum actually goes to the dark side, I don’t think many people believe it will happen. However, in my own personal opinion, it’s no better than a 50-50 proposition.