Michigan Football: Final thoughts on Jadyn Davis at Elite 11

The Elite 11 has been a major topic of conversation among Michigan football fans and here are some final thoughts on Jadyn Davis. 

Michigan football commitment Jadyn Davis didn’t win the Elite 11 quarterback competition, but he put together a solid showing nonetheless.

Charles Power of On3.com didn’t love what Davis did. However, On3 is also the only recruiting website that ranks Davis outside of the top 100 overall in the 2024 class.

Here’s what Power wrote about Davis after his performance at the Elite 11:

"“Michigan commit Jadyn Davis made a late push for inclusion in the Top Performers with a strong showing in 7-on-7 on Friday. The Wolverine pledge looked by far the best he had all week, completing 11 of 15 passes for four touchdowns. Davis showed good zip on his intermediate passes and had nice touch on a few corner routes that went for scores. The 6-foot-0.5, 190-pounder has a longer backstroke on his throwing motion that can affect the release time and accuracy on his shorter passes. He was at his best over the course of the week when he had time to set up and deliver to the middle of the field.”"

Davis was impressive on Friday in the 7-on-7 part. There were some impressive throws making the rounds on Twitter and as Power pointed out, he threw four touchdowns.

Final thoughts on the Elite 11 for Jadyn Davis

The couple of areas that concern me a little bit are the talk of the throwing motion and the fact that Davis isn’t even 6-foot-1. However, he’s accurate and he’s a gamer. 247 Sports also rated his performance much higher (5th overall).

The future Michigan football quarterback finished the competition on a high note and as I’ve been saying, I put more stock into actual fotoball games than throwing in shorts and T-shirts.

Davis might not have had the most dazzling arm this weekend or the most accurate, but he’s a solid quarterback and we didn’t need the Elite 11 to learn that.

Sure, CJ Carr and Air Noland finished ahead of him. I’m sure Notre Dame and Ohio State fans will be holding onto that for quite some time.

The truth is, we learned nothing new. On3 has been down on Davis for months and all the other reports were pretty positive.

Davis is getting set for his official visit back to Ann Arbor this weekend and I for one can’t wait for National Signing Day when his signing becomes official.