Michigan Recruiting Insider - New Staff Hits the Ground Running - Re-Offers, LB Recruiting and more
The Michigan Insider
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🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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On this week's edition of The Michigan Recruiting Insider, Sam Webb, Steve Lorenz, and Brice Marich discussed 2027 targets that the Michigan coaching staff visited during the contact period, with a focus on linebackers. Blake Benton, Broncs Baker, Bryce Kish, and Brandon Lockley were profiled. Shifting to in-state prospects, the crew discussed recruiting priorities, including 2027 Michigan edge commit Recarder Kitchen, Gideon Gash, Dakota Guerrant, and Anthony Cartwright. Beyond Michigan's borders, they noted the program's active recruiting in Utah and other regions, aiming to balance its nationwide recruiting efforts. The show also featured a discussion of 2027 quarterback commit Peter Bourque's status.
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| 1:00.2 | We're going to start talking basketball here coming up with how the squad is really rolling. |
| 1:10.4 | But continuing to see this new staff, branch out, bring in connections from where they were and forge new connections where they are. |
| 1:18.2 | There's going to be a little bit of both on today's show as they have been out in force to see. |
| 1:26.8 | So I've seen a lot of players, but we're going to be focusing on some of the guys that they've been out to see with like whole staff or whole half of staff. |
| 1:35.3 | There have been some really, really strong messages sent here on the recruiting trail during the contact period by this new staff. But before we get into talking about the guys specifically want to introduce the best crew in the land when it comes to talking Michigan recruiting starting |
| 1:45.3 | off first with Mr. Bryce Meritch. How are you? |
| 1:48.8 | Are you doing good? We actually joked again before we started about the snow and Steve just shook |
| 1:54.7 | his head. So I'm not going to talk more about it. I'm satisfied with the amount of snow we have on |
| 2:00.5 | the east side of state. |
| 2:02.4 | All right. In that lake effect, Steve is. So, Steve, how are you doing? I mean, are you not, |
| 2:11.5 | you know, not buried out there right now? So, I mean, I've been able to leave my house, but I mean, I do feel like |
| 2:18.8 | Cabin fever is setting in a little bit at points. You know, it's like look outside and you just |
| 2:25.4 | either somebody come plow or you snowblown and it's almost right back where it was before you |
| 2:30.4 | when you did it last time. So no, it's been crazy, man. Like I told you guys before we got on, |
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