Michigan Football: Breaking down commitment of Nathan Efobi

Michigan football landed its 16th commitment of the 2023 recruiting class with the addition of Nathan Efobi and here’s our breakdown. 

You have to give Michigan football offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Sherrone Moore a ton of credit. He’s taken on more responsibility this season as he is the co-offensive coordinator with Matt Weiss, but also, his recruiting has stayed at a top-notch level.

And Michigan football added another commitment to the 2023 class on Friday as three-star offensive lineman Nathan Efobi, a 6-foot-4, 282-pounder out of Georgia pledged to the Wolverines.

Efobi announced his commitment on Friday and it’s a recruitment that Michigan football gained momentum in late. Georgia Tech, Miami, and Penn State were among the other teams in contention, but the Wolverines won out.

Breaking down the commitment of Nathan Efobi

It’s the third offensive lineman commitment of the 2023 class and according to what Efobi’s high school coach said to EJ Holland of The Wolverine, Efobi is a guy that Michigan football believes can play both guard spots as well as right tackle.

If you look at the On3 consensus rankings, Efobi is ranked 578th overall. However, according to On3’s own rankings, Efobi is the No. 10 interior offensive lineman and 129th overall. He’s also ranked in the top 500 of the 247 sports composite rankings.

The Wolverines have seven four-star commitments in the 2023 class out of 16 commitments. That’s now where you want your blue-chip ratio to be, but I’m confident that Michigan football will end up on the plus side of 50 percent before this cycle is over.

Efobi is another commitment that has a chance to outplay his ranking too. On3 clearly sees something in the kid. 247 sports ranks him 97th among interior linemen compared to No. 10 for On3, so there is definitely some difference of opinion.

But as I have said over and over again, one of Michigan football’s biggest strengths on the recruiting trail is its ability to evaluate talent.

So I trust Michigan’s evaluations over those from recruiting services. That doesn’t mean that scouts are always wrong, but they aren’t always right and the Wolverines have been right a lot more lately on the recruiting trail.

Moore is an elite recruiter and he’s also elite at developing talent, so why wouldn’t Efobi or any offensive lineman want to come to Michigan?

The Wolverines love to run the damn ball and three of Michigan’s top eight recruits are now offensive linemen in 2023 but more commitments are coming, especially with a big recruiting on tap in Ann Arbor this weekend.