Michigan Recruiting Insider - 2026 National Signing Day recap
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🗓️ 5 December 2025
⏱️ 81 minutes
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On this week's edition of The Michigan Recruiting Insider, Sam Webb, Steve Lorenz, and Brice Marich recap Michigan's 2026 recruiting class. They discuss the delay in Savion Hiter's signing. The crew explains how contract revisions caused chaos on signing day and slowed the overall process of getting the class signed. Steve praises the offensive line class of Marky Walbridge, Malakai Lee, and Bear McWhorter. The entire crew discusses the talent and possible early impact of the class's top overall recruit, five-star edge Carter Meadows. Sam explains the staff's successful effort to protect wideout Travis Johnson's commitment. He highlights the complementary role that Brady Marchese will play in the receiver and special teams rooms. The episode concludes with a look ahead to portal priorities, potential coaching moves, next year's lineup projections, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | And welcome folks to another edition, after a long hiatus the Michigan recruiting insider it has been a while |
| 0:27.1 | but you know gone but not forgotten we are back to talk about Michigan's 2026 recruiting class |
| 0:34.8 | which is not fully signed but but it shall be soon. |
| 0:41.1 | People are asking, what's up with, what's up with Savian? |
| 0:44.2 | What's up with Savian? |
| 0:45.0 | Well, I don't think it'll be long. |
| 0:47.5 | You know, I think folks can calm their nerves a bit. |
| 0:52.1 | It has been a trying day as people have waited for half the class to sign, right? |
| 1:01.0 | You know, a lot of nervous energy for, I don't think just Michigan fans. |
| 1:05.9 | I think Michigan coaches, too, as we'll kind of get into throughout the show joining me to break down the day and |
| 1:14.2 | break down the class the best crew in the lane together sticking together the TMI |
| 1:22.3 | family starting of course starting off of course my man Bryce marriage Bryce how you doing |
| 1:27.2 | busy busy busy busy day we got a lot Starting off, of course, my man Bryce, marriage. Bryce, how you doing? |
| 1:30.9 | Busy, busy, busy, busy day. |
| 1:33.6 | We got lots on packs, but doing good. |
| 1:34.9 | All right. |
| 1:44.4 | And signed, sealed and delivered a member of the TMI family, locked in, locked and loaded. |
| 1:47.5 | Our guy, Steve Loran, Steve, how you doing? |
| 1:49.6 | Good, Sam. |
| 1:52.6 | What a great day to come back and really get back into things. |
| 1:58.5 | You know, nothing, only, only at Michigan, you know, as we, as we've said. |
| 2:04.4 | So, but no, good, good overall. Glad to be back on and and yeah this this this this should be a conversation for sure yeah so we're going to get the get the weekly back |
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