Michigan Recruiting Insider – Elite prospects headline 2026 linebacker board

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🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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On this week's edition of The Michigan Recruiting Insider Sam Webb, Steve Lorenz, and Brice Marich discussed 2026 linebacker recruiting on the heels of the Wolverines strong performance in the 2025 recruiting cycle. Emboldened by their flips of Bryce Underwood, Ty Haywood, Shamari Earls, and Nate Marshall from SEC heavyweights, and landing of Andrew Babalola, Michigan is aggressively pursuing some of the no. 1 and no. 2 linebackers on 2026, in Gainesville (Ga.) and USC commit Xavier Griffin and Loganville (Ga.) Tyler Atkinson. The crew also highlights other targets the Maize & Blue is hot on the trail of like Top247 Auburn commit Shadarius Toodle and Top247 Owings Mills (Md.) Nick Abrams. The conversation then turns to stock-on-the rise targets like Nokesville (Va.) Mathieu Kanu and Richmond (Va.) standout Markel Dabney. Longtime target Kenneth Goodwin out of Harbor City, Harbor City, California is also discussed. The Recruiting Insider has a new official sponsor, Passes, the official NIL partner of Michigan athletics. Passes joined forces with U-M to help recruit and retain top student athletes and create an ecosystem for unprecedented fan access. If you want to begin supporting Michigan student athletes via direct interaction and engagement with their content via Passes, click here: https://www.passes.com/michigan The Recruiting Insider is presented by Wolverine Boots & Apparel. As America’s Original Work Boot Brand, Wolverine is a champion of blue-collar work ethic whenever and wherever it shows up, whether that’s on a job site or a football field. That’s why Wolverine has proudly partnered with The Recruiting Insider in presenting the Recruit of the Week, as Wolverine student-athletes embody this blue-collar grit and resilience through and through. Shop Wolverine Boots' Michigan collection here: https://www.wolverine.com/US/en/maize-and-blue-collar/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.8	and welcome folks to another edition of the michigan recruiting insider and we are back, and we are talking Michigan recruiting,
0:41.1	turning the page, looking ahead to spring practice, spring football.
0:47.5	The visit docket is being set.
0:52.7	Guys are about to start hitting campus in droves.
0:57.0	And I tell you what, the official visit schedules are being set seemingly earlier than ever.
1:05.4	We're here to start laying it out for you, the people, with the best crew in the land.
1:12.0	Glad to be back with you with the crew from the Michigan Insider, joining me as they do every single episode starting with Bryce Marriage.
1:22.1	Bryce, how are you this episode, my friend?
1:24.8	It's solid.
1:25.4	I missed the memo.
1:27.0	I forgot, like I sent my Vipers to my specs to wear, like you guys.
1:32.1	So I guess you guys can see, see me next time on this.
1:37.0	So, you know, my eyes are starting to, you know, they're starting to bother me a little bit.
1:44.0	So I got to, you know, start deflect starting to bother me a little bit. So I got to, you know,
1:45.2	start deflecting some of this blue light so I can preserve my vision, you know, so I'm starting
1:51.2	to take better self-care. I think it's what they call it. I'm starting to do more self-care in
1:56.7	my, my older age. Bryce, you see your dad now, you're starting to get these things.
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