James Franklin and Virginia Tech now pushing to flip Michigan's 4-star QB commit

Josh Souza/Special to The Standard-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesWhen James Franklin was at Penn State, he had a lot of success recruiting and was able to land a lot of four-star recruits. After being hired at Virginia Tech in mid-November, he hit the ground running in terms of recruiting and flipped a lot of the Class of 2026 committed to State College to Blacksburg.

He also flipped some recruits from other conferences and had already built a Top 25 class. As far as the Class of 2027 goes, he is once again returning to his Penn State roots to begin building a class. Last week, he reportedly hired Danny O'Brien, his quarterback coach with the Nittany Lions at Virginia Tech, and…