Michigan Football trending towards a commitment from Ohio in 2023

Michigan football has really been doing work in Ohio late in the 2023 recruiting class and one recruit is now expected to commit to the Wolverines Friday. 

With it being Michigan-Ohio State week, no one would blame you if you lost track a bit of Michigan football recruiting.

It’s a huge week on the field for the Wolverines and Jim Harbaugh. The defense of their Big Ten championship is on the line and it doesn’t get much bigger than No. 2 vs No. 3. Michigan vs Ohio State.

This is kids come to Michigan football is to play in games like this, so it’s going to be great to just be in that situation from a recruiting perspective.

The Wolverines are looking to close out the 2023 class strong and speaking of the state of Ohio, Steve Clinkscale and U-M have made a really strong push there.

Not only is there Cameron Calhoun, who just decommitted from Cincinnati but also Jason Hewlett, who was also committed to the Bearcats and re-opened his recruitment this week.

Hewlett is trending with expert projections and both EJ Holland and Zach Libby of The Wolverine have projected him to commit to Michigan football. He visited last weekend so it makes sense and the 6-foot-3, 215-pounder out of Youngstown who is ranked No. 745 overall could be one of the multiple commitments from the state of Ohio in the next few weeks.

Michigan football is trending for a commitment on Friday

The first is actually expected to come on Friday via three-star linebacker Breeon Ishmail. The 6-foot-4, 216-pounder linebacker is ranked 1,403 in the On3 consensus rankings but he’s an intriguing athlete that could play weakside linebacker.

As we have said before, Michigan football is great at evaluations and these are guys that Steve Clinkscale has known about for a while. Michigan just started making a push, led by Clink and while Kentucky was the favorite for Ishmail, that status now belongs to the Wolverines.

Tennessee, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, and Iowa State have also offered. According to EJ Holland, a decision is coming on Friday, so I would expect good news for the Wolverines.

And in the coming weeks, there is a good chance more good news will be coming for Michigan football recruiting out of the state of Ohio so stay tuned.