3 thoughts on huge commitments, No. 1 ranking for Michigan Football

Michigan won’t finish ranked No. 1 in the 2024 class, but it doesn’t matter

The way Michigan football recruited in 2023, fresh off a playoff appearance, made you wonder if NIL was really going to hinder the Wolverines.

Then, you wondered how much of it was Jim Harbaugh and his flirtations with the NFL. Both of those things likely impacted the 2023 class, along with losing two coordinators.

However, things are cooking now and it’s hard to believe we were ever worried about the direction of Michigan football recruiting.

The culture is strong and that culture is translating to the trail. Recruits are already becoming like family and all four guys that took the picture a few weeks ago posted on social media — Jadyn Davis, Jordan Marshall, Blake Frazier, and Prieskorn — are all Wolverines now.

Georgia will probably wind up with the top recruiting class when it’s all said and done, but who cares? This class has a five-star quarterback, three top-100 commitments, and a bunch of really talented players that fit this program like a glove.

Jerod Smith will get lost in the shuffle, but he’s a four-star that was a Notre Dame lean along with his brother. Now, the Wolveines could land both. Jacod Smith, Jerod’s brother, is a four-star EDGE and just had Michigan in his recently released top six.

Regardless of where things end up, the blue-chip ratio (11/14) is off the charts and this class is going to set the Wolverines up for success well into the future.

In other words, Michigan football isn’t going anywhere.