Michigan Wolverines news: A 5-star commitment for hoops, a QB projection in 2025

In our latest Michigan Wolverines news roundup, Michigan basketball lands a five-star recruit in 2024, plus a new QB projection for Michigan football. 

Recruiting hasn’t been a huge topic of conversation with everything going on with Michigan football lately, however, Sunday brought some good news for the Michigan Wolverines on a couple of different fronts.

Michigan basketball was trending as the favorite to land five-star forward Khani Rooths in the 2024 class and on Sunday, Rooths made it official. He will sign and join Christian Anderson and Durral Brooks.

Rooths is a 6-foot-8 200-pound forward who could play the three or the four for the Wolverines. He’s a solid shooter and he can attack the basket going downhill. Rooths is going to fit really well with the current core group that will be back in season — as Dug McDaniel, Tarris Reed, and Nimari Burnett are all starters with multiple years to play.

Here is the scouting report on Rooths from Dylan Burkhardt of UMHooops, who gives us a good idea of what Michigan basketball fans can expect.

"“Rooths is a prototypical modern forward with a versatile game that hinges on his length and athleticism. He has great length and can play multiple spots on the floor, attacking mismatches against bigger or smaller players, and defending a range of archetypes. His jumper looks good, and he will stretch the floor out to 3-point range, but he’s most comfortable dribbling into pull-ups around the elbows right now. He has a nice face-up game from the mid-post, and can also post up against smaller players.”"

Rooths is ranked 25th overall according to the 247 Sports composite rankings. He’s the perfect addition to the 2024 class, which had two other commitments ranked just outside the top 100 and he’s the first major recruiting addition since Jett Howard.

The Michigan Wolverines now have the No. 17 recruiting class in 2024 according to the 247 Sports team rankings. 

Michigan football projected to land 4-star QB in 2025

There was some interesting news on the Michigan football recruiting front as four-star quarterback Carter Smith has started trending to the Michigan Wolverines.

Smith is ranked No. 231 overall in the 2025 class according to the 247 Sports composite rankings (15th among QBs). He’s also been projected to Michigan football by lead experts at 247 Sports (Steve Wiltfong) and Chad Simmons (On3.com).

This is notable because Michigan football has been pushing for Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 ranked quarterback in the 2025 class. The Michigan Wolverines are believed to be among his top two along with LSU.

Yet, Wiltfong reports that Michigan football wants to take two quarterbacks in the 2025 class, so if they do take the commitment of Carter, it doesn’t mean they are bowing out of the Underwood commitment.

Smith is a solid prospect in his own right and is ranked as a top-10 quarterback by three of the four scouting services. Just something for Michigan football fans to keep in mind.

Obviously, the Michigan Wolverines are still going to do everything they can do to land Underwood.