And we're back, folks, another edition of the Michigan Recruiting Insider.

We're back and ready to talk about a commitment.

We were openly discussing here on the podcast, who's going to be next in the fold for the University of Michigan?

And lo and behold, no sooner than we said it, they added another to the 2023 class, joining me to talk about that like they do every single week.

The best crew around when it comes to Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting.

The team over at TMI of Michigan Insider starting off first with Bryce Marriage.

Bryce, how are you?

Doing good. How are you guys doing?

Doing great. And Steve Lauren, Steve, how are you, my man. How are you guys doing? Doing great. And Steve Lauren, Steve,

how are you, my man? Good. We're in shorts. It's nice outside. Springs getting here, so good, good.

All right. And so, like I said, last time we were together, one of the questions was,

who's going to be next in the fold? I mean, didn't really,

I can't say that there was a consensus of who was going to be. We knew they were in really good

shape with a few guys. But it was very, very clear, Bryson, I know you had a discussion here recently that sort of led you down the path that would make you believe that Michigan was among the favorites at the very least for one of the, you know, one of the top prospects, you know, or one of the rising prospects, I should say, in the 2023 class in the Midwest, Brooks Barr, the latest commitment to the University of Michigan.

And this is a carryover for Mike Elston from Notre Dame, right?

Yeah, exactly. So one of the reasons I had such a strong position, you know, with bars because of that prior relationship he

had dating back to Notre Dame with Mike Elston.

And like I said, I mentioned him on the last podcast as a defense alignment to watch because

people are wondering kind of how that board was.

I knew he was kind of higher up on Michigan's board, one, because of his length,

versatility and his fit and the defense, you know, when he committed, we talked to him afterwards,

and he said, you know, they like me in their base defense as a five tech, but I have the

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