Michigan Football: How new commit Casey Phinney fits with Wolverines

Michigan football added yet another commitment Friday morning as three-star linebacker Casey Phinney announced he was joining the Wolverines.

While it wouldn’t have been shocking to anyone to hear that a linebacker committed to Michigan football Friday, the first one announced wasn’t necessarily what some expected.

After four-star, in-state linebacker Jamari Buddin teased an announcement Friday, which sort of put Michigan football fans on commitment watch, another Wolverines target announced his decision Friday and that was three-star Casey Phinney, an inside linebacker out of the state of Massachusetts.

Of course, Michigan has done well in that recently, thanks to Don Brown and the Wolverines…