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Collins Antiopong four star edge out of California gave Michigan a verbal commitment. Huge land, literally.

Collins is a massive human being at 6'8, 250 pounds.

I mean, the dude is just so impressive on the hook.

I actually had a chance to go out to Los Angeles in the spring.

And the reason I had a lot of Collins information is because I saw him so early.

So I went out there as very early spring. I want to say it was early March, again, for the Under Armour Camp in Los Angeles. And at the time, he didn't even have a Michigan offer.

And I saw him. I was like, is this gigantic kid and then he went through drills

and I was like okay this kid could actually move around and do stuff and you know it was obviously

ended up being Collins and I wrote that he should be a guy that Michigan should target and offer

he actually picked up a Michigan

offer not too long after that, came in for an unofficial visit at late spring while Michigan

was going through Springball, returned for an official visit in the summer, and Michigan was able

to get a silent commitment. But that wasn't the end of the recruitment. There were a lot of

twists and turns, which I'll get to in a second, but just to continue to add on Collins as the

player, Michigan absolutely loves him as an edge guy. He originally came over to the United States

from Ghana to pursue a basketball dream, ended up switching over to football,

had a really standout year in his first year playing the sport. Then his high school shut down the

football program during the COVID pandemic. It hasn't played in a couple of years. So it was still

really raw from a technical standpoint, but he's been training at a private facility in Anaheim, where he works with trainers, actually work with NFL players in the area. So he's really come along from a body development standpoint. I think since I saw him in the early spring, he's added about 25 pounds. So I think he was about 225, 230 there, and now he's about 250, 25.

255.

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