3 thoughts on disastrous June for Michigan Football recruiting

The month of June was a disaster for Michigan football recruiting and we look back at what we learned about the Wolverines’ efforts on the trail. 

When the calendar changed from May to June, it seemed like Michigan football was poised for a momentum shift on the recruiting trail.

The Wolverines had a number of top targets visit campus in June, including numerous five-star prospects and top-100 recruits. The blue-chippers came to Ann Arbor, unfortunately, the Wolverines haven’t landed a single blue-chip commitment.

A blue-chip is a four or five-star recruit. Generally, that’s according to the 247 sports composite rankings or now, the On3 consensus rankings. Michigan football landed just one commitment in June and it was three-star tight end Deakon Tonielli.

Tonielli is ranked 430 overall and is Michigan’s second-highest ranked pledge since U-M has just six and four-star Cole Cabana is the only blue-chip commitment.

So, it was easy to call the month of June a massive disappointment on the recruiting trail, and here are three thoughts.

The momentum is still missing

Michigan football was supposed to start building some momentum in June. The summer months tend to be when the Wolverines add the majority of their recruits but so far, the summer has been as dry as the spring.

The Wolverines ended their three-month commitment drought with Tonielli, but they also lost recruitment after recruitment, including a bunch to Notre Dame.

Missing out on CJ Carr was bad (more on that) but the fact that the Wolverines can’t even seem to compete with the Irish right now is troubling and yes NIL is a factor.

Michigan State had a huge month and added a bunch of blue-chip commitments. Clemson and Texas each landed 12 commitments. The Wolverines got one.

So yes, it was a disaster and the whiffing on quarterbacks made it quite possibly the worst month of recruiting Michigan has had under Jim Harbaugh.