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Michigan picked up a commitment last weekend from 3 DT Deyvid Palepale. Originally a Michigan top target, Palepale picked USC in July in rather surprising fashion and the discussion of him died down until recently, when Michigan got back in contact. Within a couple weeks, and aided by the coaching change on USC's defensive staff, Mike Elston was able to flip Palepale and round out the defensive tackle group for the 2024 recruiting class. GURU RATINGS RATINGS BY SITE 247: 6'3/288 On3: 6'2/305 Rivals: 6'3/300 ESPN: 6'3/290 3 , 88, NR Ovr #75 DL, #16 PA 3 , 87, NR Ovr #79 DL, #26 PA 3 , 5.6, NR Ovr #35 DT, #17 PA 3 , 79, #50 East #27 DT, #13 PA 3.71 3.57 3.65 3.83 COMPOSITE RANKINGS 247 Composite On3 Consensus MGoBlog 3 , 0.8747, #739 Ovr #84 DL, #20 PA 3 , 86.96, #796 Ovr #78 DL, #20 PA 3 , #611/800 Ovr #55/71 DTs since 1990 3.75 3.70 3.68 Palepale's ratings are pretty ho-hum, reflecting a standard 3 star and towards the bottom of defensive tackles
We're now totally caught up on recent Hellos, which means it's time to backtrack and give a Hello to a player we missed earlier in the cycle: Hogan Hansen. The 4 TE from Bellevue, WA, committed to Michigan on December 8, 2022, which is when the recruiting focus was all trained on more pressing targets. When the spotlight shifted to 2024, we forgot we owed Hansen a Hello and it slipped through the cracks. But after combing through the content for last week's podcast, it came back to my attention, so let's give the other TE in the '24 class the welcome post he deserves: GURU RATINGS RATINGS BY SITE 247: 6'6/220 On3: 6'3/230 Rivals: 6'5/210 ESPN: 6'6/220 4 , 92, #107 Ovr #10 TE, #2 WA 4 , 91, #228 Ovr #16 TE, #3 WA 4 , 5.8, NR Ovr #27 TE, #4 WA 4 , 81, #285 Ovr #16 TE-H, #4 WA 4.29 4.05 3.87 4.04 COMPOSITE RANKINGS 247 Composite On3 Consensus MGoBlog 4 , 0.9215, #199 Ovr #12 TE, #3 WA 4 , 91.79, #171 Ovr #14 TE, #3 WA 4 , #330/798
Michigan has piled up EDGE commitments in recent weeks, today's Hello representing the fourth such post we've had to do since mid-June. The class filled up in a hurry and Connecticut 4 Jacob Smith is the final piece to that quartet. The twin brother of DT commit Jerod Smith, Jacob took his time and dabbled with other suitors before finally joining Jerod in Michigan's 2024 class. GURU RATINGS RATINGS BY SITE 247: 6'4.5/230 On3: 6'4/225 Rivals: 6'4/226 ESPN: 6'5/235 4 , 90, #234 Ovr #14 DL, #5 CT 3 , 89, NR Ovr #36 DE, #5 CT 4 , 5.8, #240 Ovr #16 WDE, #2 CT 4 , 84, #97 Ovr #14 DE, #3 CT 4.03 3.72 4.06 4.49 COMPOSITE RANKINGS 247 Composite On3 Consensus MGoBlog 4 , 0.9198, #211 Ovr #17 DL, #4 CT 4 , 90.52, #255 Ovr #16 DE, #6 CT 4 , #361/798 Ovr #43/90 Edges since 1990 4.20 4.05 4.03 Jacob Smith is a 4 prospect to three of the four outlets. 247 and Rivals are right in line with each other, having Smith just inside the top 250, while ESPN and
Michigan landed another OL recruit last Friday in picking up C prospect Jake Guarnera from Ponte Vedra, FL. Michigan had been looking to add a pure-C prospect to their vaunted OL class and zeroed in on Guarnera. The player was very interested in joining the class and put his name down quickly, bumping the Wolverines up to five OL in the 2024 recruiting class. Let's give him a Hello: GURU RATINGS RATINGS BY SITE 247: 6'3.5/290 On3: 6'4/283 Rivals: 6'4/285 ESPN: 6'4/295 3 , 89, NR Ovr #25 IOL, #54 FL 3 , 89, NR Ovr #30 IOL, #61 FL 3 , 5.7, NR Ovr #18 OG, #74 FL 3 , 79, #190 SE #16 OG, #65 FL 3.85 3.82 3.80 3.83 COMPOSITE RANKINGS 247 Composite On3 Consensus MGoBlog 3 , 0.8878, #457 Ovr #28 IOL, #68 FL 3 , 88.91, #410 Ovr #29 IOL, #59 FL 3.5 , #509/786 Ovr #60/82 C/Gs since 1990 3.88 3.89 3.83 Guarnera is a high 3 according to all the sites. When I started on this Hello, Guarnera wasn't even ranked at ESPN but the Michigan commitment made them put