UM Football Recruiting - by WM Wolverine

[THE_WIZARD_]

you are learning my son...

[WingsFan]

Yes! Damn I had my eye on this kid. Michigan got another commitment from a transfer offensive lineman, this time from former Stanford tackle Myles Hinton.

41 overall player in the portal by 247Sports, giving Michigan its third top-50 pledge

[Cody_Russell]

https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Fo...sferPortalTop/

Yeah Hinton looks like a giant at OT… after watching a few Stanford snaps.

The one thing I like about these three transfer portal pickups is the potential. Hausmann, Henderson, and Hinton all have the body frame and look of potential future NFL players. Let Sherrone Moore coach them up. Ben Herbert help add muscle to their body frames. Polish these guys up through M’s development program… the ceiling is high. We shall see.

[lineygoblue]

What's also good about these three portal commitments is that all are coming in to an area of need. We're going to lose at least 2 people on the OL, and we're losing at least 1 LB. All are going to fill a spot of need, with an experienced player.

Michigan may not be signing top 5 recruiting classes, but they're starting to utilize the portal very effectively.

[WM Wolverine]

With M's recruiting and lack of focus on NIL, they are going to need to supplement it through the portal.

[WingsFan]

Food for thought...


Making up for a lackluster recruiting class via the transfer portal.


HARBAUGH!!! Is building the OL trenches (via Bo) Playing chess? Some are saying yes... Back-to-back Joe Moore Awards for best OL


I'll take a proven 4* player over any recruit every time.


I want NIL --- Jim Harbaugh - wait a year or two


247 has a Team TRANSFER RANKINGS now. Oklahoma is #1 and Michigan is #2 - but they have not added Myles Hinton yet. Michigan will go to #1


Tuck Coming

[lineygoblue]

I think these OL guys are seeing what Sherone Moore has done, and realizing they can come to Michigan and work for a coach that can get them boosted in the NFL draft.

Oluwatimi left Virginia as a decent OL, but has now likely played himself into the first round.

Harbaugh/M has to do everything possible to keep Moore. We're going to eventually lose him, but dang, .. do everything possible to keep the guy as long as possible.

[lineygoblue]

Michigan gets another one from the portal today.

Josaiah Stewart, an Edge rusher from Coastal Carolina committed to the Wolverines today, after visiting Ann Arbor yesterday. He turned down offers from LSU and USC, among others.

Stewart will have 2 years of eligibility remaining. As a freshman, Stewart led all FBS Edge rushers with 12 1/2 sacks. In 2022, he had 36 tackles, including 10 for a loss, and 3 1/2 sacks.

Stewart is 6' 2' 230, and is Michigan's fourth pickup from the transfer portal so far this season.

https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/202...kpRhytaYS9n1bg

[Hannibal]

We're the favorites for a center transferring out of Stanford too..

[WingsFan]

Josaiah Stewart, an Edge rusher from Coastal Carolina committed to the Wolverines today

I just was watching videos of him last week and he looked great!

Didn't think we would land him, thought he would go to USC. WOW lol !! Edge rusher is considered to be a four-star.

Harbaugh currently hitting the portal in a legendary fashion!! I cannot believe what’s happening to be honest.

[WingsFan]

Trevor McCue
@trevormccue
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What Michigan is doing in the portal is maximizing the Olu formula. The foundation for their culture and roster is solid, but now they are using the portal to find proven starters to fill gaps that come from their current players heading to the NFL.

[iam416]

The portal is saving HARBAUGH!!! from not great recruiting

[Hannibal]

You can't survive forever that way though.

[lineygoblue]

The portal is saving HARBAUGH!!! from not great recruiting

Well, yeah. Whatever it takes.

If he can't compete with OSU, Bama and JawJa in recruiting, (Michigan and Harbaugh are having trouble cracking the Top Ten) then use the portal to get some good experienced people who can fill a spot right away. Grabbing Oluwatimi last year from Virginia gave Michigan a much needed boost on the OL in a desperate area of need. The guy "only" turned out to be an Outland trophy winner, and the Rimington winner.

Not bad.

I doubt we'll see any of these new OL guys become Rimington or Outland winners, but if they fill a spot while some of the younger guys develop, then that's all the better.

And before "Tuck" gets thrown in our face, Harbaugh doesn't recruit thugs. That is Tuck's area of expertise.

[iam416]

You can't survive forever that way though.

I don’t know. Filling holes through the portal is probably going to be essential to winning. As long as you don’t have too many to fill. Ohio State isn’t making much use of it and it’s an issue.