Western Michigan landed its 17th verbal commitment for their 2017 recruiting class last week from OL John Schmitz. They seem to be recruiting the state of Illinois harder, or at least mo re successfully than in previous years. This is now their ninth recruit from Illinois to commit to the Broncos.
Schmitz announced his decision last week via his Twitter account.
I talked with my family and I am exited to say that I decided to commit to Wester https://t.co/niuhVNr4wx pic.twitter.com/ELmeHYOFXT
— John Michael Schmitz (@jmschmitz1999) May 7, 2016
Schmitz chose the Broncos over reported offers from Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, CMU, Colorado State, Cincinnati, Louisville, Miami, and Wyoming.