The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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MICHIGAN'S LOWEST-RANKED CLASS: The Maize and Blue have consistently attracted the country's best players, landing top-20 class after top-20 class (and usually top-10). However, that wasn't the case in 2011, when a split campaign between Rich Rodriguez and Brady Hoke netted the program the No. 21 class nationally. Still, this year's final ranking of No. 31, per Ri- vals.com, will go down as the worst. BEST OFFENSIVE CLASS: It would be reasonable to look to the 2004 class, specifically the efforts of Chad Henne and Mike Hart as the two rewrote the record books for career passing and career rushing, respectively. However, Hart was a three-star, and that tan- dem alone cannot match the sheer hype of the 1998 class. Not only were Henson, Fargas, Terrell and Walker five-star signees, they were all ranked among the top 13 prospects in the country according to the various recruiting publications at the time. Additionally, U-M signed four-star tight ends Bennie Joppru and Dave Petruziello (who would later start at guard), and nabbed four- Quarterback Drew Henson came to Michigan ranked as the No. 3 player in the nation in the class of 1998, the highest ranking for any individual incoming Wolverine player until it was matched by cornerback Jabrill Peppers in this year's class. PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN