***UPDATE Friday 2:30pm*** Crawford is headed to Notre Dame for a weekend visit and has informed Michigan head coach Brady Hoke that he is no longer a committed prospect, but wants Michigan to keep recruiting him, which Hoke is interested in doing. Our sources say that head to head results on the field between Michigan and OSU/Notre Dame are likely to be the deciding factors in Crawford's decision.
2015 CB Shaun Crawford, ranked the #106 player in the 2015 class by Rivals, is planning on de-committing from the Michigan football program tonight. The 4-star recruit from Cleveland, OH originally committed to Michigan in August 2013.
Crawford and his parents have been overwhelmed with negative response to Michigan from his coaches, friends and family members in Cleveland since his commitment and have decided that staying committed to Michigan is not in his best interest.
Crawford will visit Notre Dame this weekend and Ohio State in 2 weeks. A source close to the program told me that although Michigan is his favorite school and where he really wants to go there, he has serious doubts in the stability of the coaching staff and keeps hearing from those close to him that Brady Hoke will potentially be fired after this season.
Crawford may still end up at Michigan, but don't expect him to re-commit before the end of the regular season. If Michigan loses 3 or more games, Crawford will likely end up at one of the Wolverines rivals, a source tells me.
This is the latest massive recruiting blow to hit Brady Hoke's Wolverines in the last year. Since the start of Michigan's 2013 season, they have only had 2 players commit to the program (between both 2014 & 2015 classes), while losing 3 committed players to de-commitments; all 3 being top-150 players in the 2015 class (including #1 RB Damien Harris and #1 WR George Campbell, in addition to Crawford.)
The disappointing 2014 recruiting class for Hoke was unable to gain any commitments once the season started, badly missing out on 5 star DE's Malik McDowell and Da'Shawn Hand, both seen as near-locks for the Wolverines before the disastrous 2013 season.
The one saving grace Brady Hoke has held onto as coach of Michigan is that regardless of poor performance on the field, he was able to recruit top classes. With a poor 2014 class behind him, and 2015 getting off to a brutal start, the Wolverine coach will likely be coaching for his job in 2014 and must win big before any highly touted prospect will commit to the program.
Coach Hoke, welcome to the HOT SEAT.
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