Michigan Recruiting Insider: Live! Ty Haywood commits! Best offensive line class ever.

The Michigan Insider

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🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In this special LIVE edition of The Michigan Recruiting Insider, Sam Webb and Steve Lorenz react to Michigan landing Top247 Denton (Tex.) Ryan offensive tackle Ty Haywood on national signing day. They highlight the class's rise in ranking sixth overall thanks to its inclusion of two top-10 offensive tackles -- Andrew Babalola and Ty Haywood -- making it the highest-rated offensive line class in school history. The conversation also covered Michigan's strategic approach to NIL, emphasizing the importance of balancing portal spending with high school recruiting. Key 2026 recruits who recently visited Ann Arbor were also discussed, namely, Jermaine Kinsler, Jordan Thomas, and Travis Johnson, with a focus on early playing time and academic profiles. A signing day subscription special - Get an annual subscription to The Michigan Insider for an amazing 60% off!!! Real insider intel, from REAL insiders! - https://247sports.com/college/michigan/join/?promo=QUICKLINKS 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 this special live addition to the michigan recruitingiting Insider Signing Day.
0:38.9	I remember when the first Wednesday in February used to be Christmas in February.
0:44.6	This used to be the day that all the college programs, all the FBS programs in the land used to point to.
0:52.8	This was the day when they set their calendars for the next year because
0:57.7	they restocked they harvested the talent they had been sort of mining and planting and nurturing
1:05.9	for years right well now it's basically a footnote, but for a few programs who, you know, kind of cap their recruiting classes off.
1:18.2	Michigan was one of those fortunate few today as they capped their 2025 class off with a bang today.
1:27.2	One of the top prospects in the land. And so fitting. 2025 class off with a bang today.
1:29.8	One of the top prospects in the land.
1:36.3	And so fitting that we have a special live edition of the Michigan Recruiting Insider.
1:39.9	Today with my man, Steve Lorenz, no Bryce's marriage today.
1:45.2	We're going to do a regular episode of the Recruiting Insider, either tomorrow or Friday.
1:47.0	We'll be letting you know about that.
1:53.5	But joining me, as he does every single episode, my man Steve Lorenz from the Michigan Insider,
1:54.4	Steve, how are you?
1:56.3	Good, Sam.
1:57.9	Yeah, this is normally the big day. I actually had like a notification this morning from a past
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