If you pay attention at all to Michigan football recruiting, you’ve probably noticed that the Wolverines have been aggressively recruiting talent from Ohio in recent weeks.
Michigan currently has commitments from five recruits from the Buckeye State for the class of 2019 – more than it has from any other state – and has landed three players from Ohio, including one for the class of 2020, in the past two weeks alone.
Those six commitments haven’t had much impact on Ohio State’s own recruiting efforts, as only one of those recruits – four-star Archbishop Hoban (Akron) guard Nolan Rumler, who committed to Michigan last July – was actually offered by the Buckeyes (though three-star safety Joey Velazquez was committed to play baseball for Ohio State before committing to Michigan last month).