Michigan Recruiting Insider: QB Recruiting Dominoes Falling, Spring Visit Intel
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s edition of The Michigan Recruiting Insider, Sam Webb, Steve Lorenz, and Brice Marich discussed the recent commitment of Salt Lake City (West) dual-threat quarterback Kamden Laopati. Lopati, a former Illinois commit, chose Michigan over Notre Dame and several other programs. The team analyzed his fit within Michigan's offensive strategy and noted the possibility of Michigan taking two quarterbacks in this class, with Las Vegas (Nev.) Arbor View’s Thaddeus Thatcher as a strong candidate. The discussion then shifted to receiver recruiting, highlighting Thatcher's Arbor View teammate, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound pass catcher, who has become a top option following a strong visit. The crew also previewed upcoming visits from several top targets, including Top 247 running back Ty Keys from Poplarville (Miss.), edge prospect Marcus Fakatou from Chatsworth (Calif.) Sierra Canyon, and cornerback Joshua Dobson from Cornelius (N.C.). Additionally, they provided an in-depth analysis of the visit implications for Buford (Ga.) linebacker Ethan Hauser, who is scheduled to visit Ann Arbor for the second time in two weeks.
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| 0:00.0 | And welcome, folks, to another edition of the Michigan Recruiting Insider. |
| 0:22.2 | It's been a minute, but obviously we've been locked into basketball and following the team around, you know, watching them on their championship run. |
| 0:33.9 | Of course, we'll have to get into some basketball recruiting on one of these coming up. |
| 0:37.9 | But today, we revisit and set the table for football recruiting with the spring game now upon us. |
| 0:46.3 | This is where it reaches a fevered pitch. |
| 0:48.1 | And it just so happens to coincide with Michigan, adding a commitment to the fold for the 2027 class so joining me to talk about that |
| 0:57.9 | preview what's coming up the remainder of the week the best crew in the land from the michigan |
| 1:03.8 | insider dot com let's start off first with bryce marriage who's in the tmi studio today bryd how you |
| 1:09.7 | doing i am i am good i'm good i actually don't have power at home um Marge, who's in the TMI studio today, Bright, how you doing? |
| 1:11.9 | I am good. |
| 1:12.5 | I'm good. |
| 1:14.4 | I actually don't have power at home. |
| 1:17.1 | So, yeah, I'm here. |
| 1:18.6 | Internet. |
| 1:20.4 | And power. |
| 1:22.8 | Of course, Steve, Lauren. |
| 1:23.8 | Steve, how are you doing? |
| 1:25.2 | Good. |
| 1:28.3 | I'm so, like, you guys are the ones that lost power up there. I thought we were, |
| 1:34.0 | my tornado sirens went off three times last night separate. I was, I was worried our power was going to go out. It was last night was insane. So I saw Yost, took some damage and stuff last |
| 1:41.4 | night. I mean, it was a crazy night last night. So, wife's building is right next door and there was like roof all over. |
| 1:48.3 | Yeah, no. |
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