Michigan Football: 5 thoughts on 2022 class after early signing day
Michigan football currently has a top 10 recruiting class and here are five thoughts on the 2022 haul after early signing day.
Early signing day has come and gone. The dust has settled a little bit on Thursday, we found out that Aaron Alexander won’t sign with the Michigan football program as he decommitted.
While we don’t know the full story there, it doesn’t take any of the luster off what was a spectacular early signing day for Michigan football.
The Wolverines landed new commitments from Keon Sabb, Derrick Moore, Amorion Walker, Alex Orji, and Darrius Clemons — within hours of each other.
That pushed Michigan’s class all the way to ninth overall in the 2022 recruiting class according to the 247 sports team rankings and here are five thoughts on the Wolverines class as it stands right now.
Blue-Chip ratio
The blue-chip ratio is the number of prospects a program signs that are rated as four or five-star recruits. Bud Elliot of 247 sports came up with it and it’s something used every year to predict teams capable of winning the national title.
Essentially, you need to be above 50 percent to be in that range, although the upper-echelon programs are in the 70s and 80s.
With a bunch of new assistants and turnover, Michigan football started behind the 8-ball so to speak in the 2022 class and at one point, had a blue-chip ratio that was below 30.
It has been steadily climbing and right now, 10 of Michigan’s 2022 signees according to the 247 sports composite rankings are ranked as four stars or better. That’s 45 percent and it improves to 47 percent if you count Andrew Gentry.
If Michigan was able to get Josh Conerly Jr., who is going to decide in February, it would be bumped up to 50 percent. But that’s also just according to 247 sports.
On3.com, a new recruiting website, has its own consensus rankings and its own class rankings. Many of Michigan’s recruits rank higher there, and 14 of the Wolverines 22 signees are listed as four stars or better. That’s a 63 percent mark.
So between the two sites, the Wolverines have a blue-chip average of 54 percent, and considering where things were just a few months ago, that’s an impressive feat.