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Recruiting: 2016’s No. 1, U-M target a study in excellence
Gary, right, dominated in the Under Armour All-American game Jan. 2. Fellow New Jersey recruit Kareem Walker, left, has decided to sign with Michigan. Rashan Gary, a 6-foot-5, 300-pound defensive...
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Seidel: How to fix recruiting? Put commitments in writing
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has drawn criticism for pulling scholarship offers from recruits. Recruits often entertain multiple offers and rescind verbal commitments. At least part of the problem is...
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Recruiting: Why colleges, prospects play musical chairs
Curtis Blackwell, left, coordinates recruiting for MSU coach Mark Dantonio. The process has changed since Blackwell went through it. When Curtis Blackwell was a promising defensive back at Detroit...
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Recruiting: For Harbaugh, wooing is over, waiting begins
U-M coach Jim Harbaugh is hoping for a number of top signings. Today may be tough for Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. After 21/2 weeks of freedom, crisscrossing the country with sleepovers and...
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McCabe: Norman sparks Godwin Heights; Gondrezick scores
Wyoming Godwin Heights’ Richard Major, left, yells with his teammate Leon Redd after Redd scores and was fouled late in their 70-64 win over Milan in the Class B semifinal on March 27, 2015 in East...
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Mott 4-star Dez Fitzpatrick re-commits to Louisville
Dez Fitzpatrick of Waterford Mott attends the 2015 Detroit Free Press Football Awards Banquet on Dec. 13, 2015, in Dearborn. Waterford Mott wide receiver Dez Fitzpatrick was right the first time. More...
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Canton’s Jalen Cochran gets MSU offer
Canton’s Jalen Cochran EAST LANSING – Add Jalen Cochran to the list of names to watch this week as Michigan State football looks to close strong on National Signing Day. Cochran, a defensive...
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U-M offers Renaissance OT Jackson, coach says
Detroit Renaissance tackle Alaric Jackson. With all the offensive line shuffling going on recently — Erik Swenson being dropped, Devery Hamilton flipping to Stanford, Michael Onwenu’s status uncertain...
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Lavert Hill sets decision time, throws folks off scent
Detroit Martin Luther King’s Lavert Hill makes the game-saving interception in front of Warren De La Salle’s Myles Charlie during the Prep Kickoff Classic on Aug. 29, 2015 at Wayne State’s Tom Adams...
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Cass Tech OL Michael Onwenu stays with Michigan
Michigan’s offensive line class took a few blows in recent weeks. Detroit Cass Tech’s Michael Onwenu But Detroit Cass Tech guard Michael Onwenu is staying put. On the “Cityballers” podcast tonight,...
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Onwenu just wants to 'get on the field' with U-M
Detroit Cass Tech’s Michael Onwenu at Michigan’s 2014 summer camp. When it came down to his decision, it was better for Michael Onwenu to stay put. He verbally committed to the University of Michigan...
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King CB Lavert Hill sings fight song, then picks U-M
Detroit King cornerback Lavert Hill puts on a Michigan hat after selecting the Wolverines alongside Cass Tech head coach Thomas Wilcher on February 3, 2016, at the Horatio Williams Foundation...
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Iowa lands 3 Detroit PSL players, one is Alaric Jackson
East English Village High’s Cedrick Lattimore his mom, Carla Spivey, and Chauncey Golston signed a letter of intent to play football at Iowa on Wednesday. The University of Iowa has done a great job...
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Western Michigan recruiting class ranks first in MAC
Southfield’s Matt Falcon signed with Western Michigan after Michigan pulled his scholarship offer because of injuries. P.J. Fleck keeps “Rowing the Boat” in a big way as the head man of the Western...
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Mick McCabe's top 50 football recruits in Michigan
Jalen Cochran of Canton, Mick McCabe’s No.10 player in the state, signed with Arizona. Free Press sports writer Mick McCabe picks Michigan’s top 50 high school prospects: PLAYER POS HT WGT HIGH SCHOOL...
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U-M lands nation's top kicker, Quinn Nordin
Rockford kicker Quinn Nordin Quinn Nordin and his family in Belmont on National Signing Day. BELMONT — For Quinn Nordin, there were no crazy stunts this time. No private airplane ride. No Super Bowl...
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West Bloomfield’s Jackson picked MSU for coaches, winning
As Trishton Jackson signed his name to a letter of intent for Michigan State in West Bloomfield High’s media center Wednesday, football coach Ron Bellamy pledged to root for Jackson “every weekend but...
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McCabe: Ithaca QB has brightest future at ... Harvard
Ithaca quarterback Jake Smith Some 200 Michigan high school football players signed national letters of intent with schools from all levels of college football Wednesday, but Jake Smith was not one of...
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Ohio State is aware of, unfazed by U-M’s recruiting
Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer looks on during the Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame on Jan. 1, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz....
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Recruiting: Top 10 prospects in Michigan for 2017
With the ink not even dry on the class of 2016, here is a look at our very early top 10 players in Michigan for the class of 2017. Next year’s class looks to be exceptionally strong, especially at wide...
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