The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING class on National Signing Day. Only four players from within the state held U-M offers and were still on the market. Waterford Mott wide receiver Desmond Fitzpatrick had long shied away from Michigan (and the Wolver- ines weren't in position to add him by the time he committed to Louisville), but Detroit Renaissance offensive line- man Alaric Jackson, who committed to Iowa, had just picked up a U-M offer days before. The two big fish, though, ended up in Maize and Blue. Detroit King cornerback Lavert Hill got Michigan's day off to a good start at the Detroit Public School League's National Signing Day event. The 5-11, 173-pounder had previously been com- mitted to Penn State, but narrowed his realistic choices to Michigan and Mich- igan State by the time the date had arrived. The younger brother of U-M senior safety Delano Hill was the No. 5 player in the state, and the No. 14 cor- nerback and No. 176 overall prospect nationally. When he donned a Maize and Blue cap, U-M started rolling. Across the state, Rockford kicker Quinn Nordin — the nation's top spe- cialist and the state's No. 22 overall prospect — waited until the afternoon to make his commitment to Michigan public. Although he had faxed in his Rk. Prospect Pos. School Notes 1. Donovan Peoples-Jones WR Detroit Cass Tech Five-star, offered 2. Ambry Thomas CB Detroit King Offered 3. Donovan Johnson CB Detroit Cass Tech 4. Joshua Ross LB Orchard Lake St. Mary's U-M commit 5. Antjuan Simmons LB Ann Arbor Pioneer OSU commit 6. Hunter Rison WR Ann Arbor Skyline MSU commit 7. Corey Malone-Hatcher DE St. Joseph Offered 8. Phillip Paea DT Berrien Springs U-M commit 9. Kahlee Hamler WR Orchard Lake St. Mary's Offered 10. Jaylen Kelly-Powell S Detroit Cass Tech Offered 11. Allen Stritzinger S Warren De La Salle Offered 12. Cody White WR Walled Lake Western MSU commit 13. Ja'Raymond Hall OL Oak Park U-M commit 14. Jairus Grissom QB River Rouge 15. Scott Nelson ATH Detroit Jesuit Offered 16. Keegan Cossou TE Greenville CMU commit 17. Richard Bowens III CB Orchard Lake St. Mary's ISU commit 18. Charles Jones RB Ann Arbor Skyline CMU commit 19. Jordan Reid OL Detroit Cass Tech Offered 20. Dwayne Chapman LB Orchard Lake St. Mary's * U-M tight end commit Carter Dunaway is not ranked Rivals.com Michigan Spring Top 20 For 2017