One such prospect is four-star Chicago (Ill.) Morgan Park athlete Nasir Rankin, who included the Wolverines in his 'Top 11' list last week. Other programs to make the cut included Oregon, USC, Ole Miss, North Carolina, Illinois, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Nebraska, Duke and Kansas State.

Michigan State football kept its recruiting momentum going for the 2026 class on Saturday, landing four-star tight end Edward Whiting.

Michigan football recruiting goes through many ebbs and flows, and sometimes the ebbs exceed the flows. Look no further than the 2024 recruiting class, which had a more torrid start than other classes only to be weakened by late decommitments and multiple prospects who appeared likely to wear maize and blue end up elsewhere.