Michigan's top-10 2021 recruiting targets
The Michigan Insider
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🗓️ 25 February 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In this recruiting focused episode, we break down the stories behind Michigan’s top 10 targets of the 2021 football recruiting class.
We begin by looking at two three-star in-state prospects in East Lansing wide receiver Andrel Anthony and Detroit Country Day’s Caleb Tiernan. We explain why both of their frames make them intriguing prospects for the Wolverines, establish top competitors for both prospects and handicap Michigan’s standing in the two races.
We then break down outside linebacker Jamari Buddin, another in-state recruit Michigan will have to battle for. We look at Sherrone Moore’s recruiting impact in-state and in big matchups. We also begin to look at top-200 prospects, breaking down the surprisingly national recruiting race for Californian defensive tackle Victory Vaka, and the less surprisingly national recruiting race for Virginia wide receiver Malcom Johnson Jr.
Returning to the state of Michigan, we next break down offensive and defensive lineman Rayshaun Benny, who hails from a local power where Michigan has had difficulty recruiting in recent years. On the other side, we break down Clarkston native and fellow four-star lineman Rocco Spindler, and outline why Michigan is the strong favorite.
Our episode concludes with a look at three top-50 prospects. The uphill battle for Iowa tight end Thomas Fidone, in-state running back Donovan Edwards and Virginia running back TreVeyon Henderson. We discuss Michigan’s competitors for each player, and outline how the Wolverines can make an impression this spring and summer.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things Michigan |
| 0:05.3 | football, basketball, and recruiting. I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz here with me, and this is |
| 0:09.5 | going to be a recruiting episode. And how we're going to slice it, because we want to do some 20-21 coverage, |
| 0:16.6 | but it's still kind of in the phase where they are sending out offers. |
| 0:21.1 | They're evaluating everybody. |
| 0:23.1 | But one thing we're going to do is we're going to look at the top 10 targets for Michigan in this 2021 class. |
| 0:29.9 | And so, Steve, before we get started, I know we have some listeners who are diehard recruiting fans. |
| 0:34.7 | We have some who aren't. |
| 0:35.7 | So could you quickly define or clarify how you define a target? Obviously, they're looking for somebody, but this |
| 0:43.5 | isn't just every five-star. These are players that they've deemed fits, that they have some |
| 0:48.7 | sort of communication with. I guess what is the level of connection they have to have with Michigan for them to make this cut? |
| 0:57.1 | So, I mean, the easy answer is I try to label the top targets as the guys that Michigan is recruiting the hardest. |
| 1:04.8 | But there's also positional need. |
| 1:07.7 | I think that kind of goes into it as far as the way I put together our list on the |
| 1:11.3 | site. Positional need, I mean, geography matters a little bit, right? I mean, because if you have |
| 1:16.7 | a four-star defensive tackle in your backyard, probably going to have an easier time in that |
| 1:22.9 | regard than you will with a four-star out of California, which will ironically not be the case |
| 1:28.1 | when we talk about it in about 20 minutes. But normally, you know, that kind of stuff goes into it. |
| 1:33.9 | But really it is. It's about positional need and the guys that they're recruiting the hardest |
| 1:38.4 | are really probably the two biggest factors I can kind of think of. So for Michigan, I mean |
| 1:43.0 | defensive tackle, like running back is a big need, even |
| 1:47.5 | though they've gotten their top two guys, the last two cycles. |
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