Michigan football's 2019 commit Quintel Kent turns heads with speed

Quintel Kent says he didn’t focus on any one aspect of his game this offseason, choosing instead to work on everything from route-running to timing.

But it’s clear that the Lakewood (Ohio) St. Edward receiver and Michigan commit is much improved when it comes to one particular trait: speed.

“Top-line speed is something that, as Harbaugh would call, is an ascending trait for him,” said 247Sports recruiting analyst Steve Lorenz.

Kent, a prospect in the class of 2019, committed to Michigan on Aug. 4 as a mostly-unknown prospect. Despite playing for a traditional powerhouse — St. Edward opened the season No. 2 on cleveland.com’s prep preseason top-25 list — Kent didn’t garner much attention from…