So this is unprecedented. As of writing this Michigan has already brought in five transfers in the week since the portal opened. They are widely expected to be adding a sixth in Indiana TE AJ Barner. What is going on? Did something change? Did we become the new Portal U? Well, I thought we should talk about it. PORTAL? Much of what Brian went through last week is still true. Zach Shaw of 247 wrote a comprehensive assessment of Michigan's needs yesterday that isn't behind a paywall so I'll just point you to that. Updates by position, with some additional scouting thoughts: Cornerback: There are a lot of names out there and very little to suggest Michigan is making any headway with them. They're facing elite competition for Virginia's Fentrell Cypress, who's made visits to FSU and UCLA and "doesn't talk much about Ohio State" it may be he's looking to go somewhere warm. UNC's Tony Grimes, whom Michigan recruited hard out of high scho
No, this is not the 2022 WLB prospect who is transferring from Nebraska, but a bona fide 2023 WLB prospect who visited Michigan during the Night of All the Commits and promptly decommitted from Nebraska. Thank you @HuskerFBNation pic.twitter.com/8BtR90fmw1 Hayden Moore (@HMOORE3405) December 19, 2022 At that point this point seemed a foregone conclusion: Thank you!! Go Blue〽️ @GeorgeHelow @Coach Minter @CoachJim4UM @UMichFootball #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/5KUTFubsmF Hayden Moore (@HMOORE3405) December 19, 2022 We are sorry, Nebraska. If it makes him Rhule feel any better, Moore was talking to Wisconsin a lot after Frost was fired, and Michigan got the Denver linebacker/starting pitcher to cancel a visit in College Station, Texas, in favor of snowy Ann Arbor. You wouldn't know he's a linebacker with Wisconsin/Iowa/Texas A&M offers from the way Moore slipped under the raters' radars. There seem to be two reasons for that, other than his whole class's sophomo
The second 2023 Hello from the state of Ohio comes from Breeon Ishmail, a LB commit that Michigan picked up the day before The Game. He is the second of two true LB commits in the 2023 class to this point, after Pennsylvania's Semaj Bridgeman. Ishmail is from the Cincinnati area and one of two Cincy kids in Michigan's 23 class, joining CB Cameron Calhoun, who committed one day after him. GURU RATINGS RATINGS BY SITE 247: 6'4/220 On3: 6'4/216 Rivals: 6'5/204 ESPN: 6'5/200 3 , 86, NR Ovr #89 ATH, #38 OH 3 , 83, NR Ovr #113 ATH, #78 OH 3 , 5.6, NR Ovr #NR ATH, #27 OH 3 , 76, #92 MW #72 OLB, #29 OH 3.52 3.14 3.64 3.57 COMPOSITE RANKINGS 247 Composite On3 Consensus MGoBlog 3 , 0.8659, #890 Ovr #71 ATH, #27 OH 3 , 83.5, #1403 Ovr #82 ATH, #41 OH 3 , #659/762 Ovr #66/75 ILBs since 1990 3.66 3.35 3.51 Size is pretty consistent, 6'4 or 6'5 and in the 200-220 lb. range. Ishmail is a Who Dat recruit to all the services, with On3 being the lowest, ra