Sounds like 4* LB commit Jaydon Hood on the verge of flipping to Miami and 4* LB commit Branden Jennings on verge of flipping to Maryland.
4* WR commit Xavier Worthy on verge of flipping to Bama.
In-state 4* DL Rayshaun Benny was a long time heavy M lean only to commit to MSU after Mel Tucker punked Harbaugh in his own house.
NJ 4* DT George Rooks who was a heavy M lean- all his CRYSTAL BALLZ flipping off Michigan to Boston College.
Also not looking good for high-4* in-state RB Donovan Edwards.
This recruiting cycle is on verge of disaster and about to turn into a garbage dumpster fire- and this was after Harbaugh really screwed the pooch on in-state recruiting with 5* DT Damon Payne and 4* OL teammates Rocco Spindler and Garrett Dellinger.
They have to either extend him now or get rid of him. Getting rid of him and getting someone in place quickly might actually help them have a Hail Mary desperation shot with Payne and Spindler in-state if they both don’t sign early. Payne’s head coach and family love Michigan but can’t stand Harbaugh- and biggest reason Spindler picked ND was because Harbaugh couldn’t give his family a straight answer on if Jim would be back beyond 2021. They didn’t want to play for a coach that wasn’t going to be there.
I would expect that Texas is having similar issues after their not-too-secret courting of Urban Meyer.
This is the thing that could force the hand of the AD at Michigan and/or the AD at Texas. Also, of course, opposing coaches are going to use this against M/TX in recruiting battles. There can be no doubt that when Lincoln Riley and Ryan Day talk to a recruit who is on the fence between their program and TX/M, Riley and Day are asking (maybe not this directly) "Do you really want to play for that lame duck Harbaugh/Herman? If you go to M/TX you don't even know who your coach will be next year." You can't hold that a against Riley/Day because if the situation were reversed we all know that Harbaugh/Herman (or whomever was coaching at M/TX) would be using the same thing against Riley/Day (or whomever was coaching at OU/tOSU). That is just part of the business.
It is brutal though.
Current recruiting information from 247 sports for the 2021 class:
- #2 nationally, tOSU: 3x5*, 14x4*, 2x3*, 1x>3* NOTE: Ohio State's one sub 3* recruit is a kicker from Australia who 247 rates as the 4th best Punter available and second best Australian behind another Punter headed to Texas. Per 247 the best Punters available are a kid from LA going to LSU, a kid from MI going to M, then three kids from Australia going to TX, tOSU, and GaTech.
- #13, UW: 11x4*, 10x3*
- #15, M: 8x4*, 13x3*
- #20, IA: 8x4*, 8x3*
- #21, PSU: 9x4*, 6x 3*
- #22, MN: 7x4* 9x3*
- #24, UNL: 2x4*, 17x3*
- #27, UMD: 3x4*, 17x3*
- #30, RU: 2x4*, 18x3*, 1x>3*
- #44, MSU: 2x4*, 16x3*, 1x>3*
- #57, NU: 1x4*, 13x3*
- #58, IU: 2x4*, 10x3*, 1x>3*
- #73, IL: 15x3*
- #76, PU: 13x3*
Michigan's ranking listed above includes Hood, Jennings, and Worthy but do not include Benny, Rooks, and Edwards. If you added back Benny, Rooks, and Edwards that would put Michigan ahead of Wisconsin as the #2 in the league behind Ohio State. If you take away Hood, Jennings, and Worthy that puts Michigan down somewhere near mid-conference with MN, UNL, and UMD.
