Names to Know in 247Sports First 2021 Player Rankings

Though the 2021 class seems like it’s a ways a way, the soon-to-be junior class is one to watch. Michigan already has one top 100 recruit in the class and, looking at 247Sports first 2021 player rankings, the staff has set itself up to land several top 100 recruits in this class.

Check out the names to know in the 247Sports 2021 player rankings:

6. DL Payton Page – Fair

18. SDE Quintin Somerville – Good

19. QB JJ McCarthy – Very Good

28. OT Landon Tangwell – Good

29. OT Garrett Dellinger – Very Good

30. OT Nolan Rucci – Good

32. DT Rocco Spindler – Very Good

58. OG Damon Payne – Very Good

59. TE Cane Berrong – Fair

60. RB Donovan Edwards – Very Good to Excellent

67. OLB Yanni Karlaftis – Very Good to Excellent

74. SDE JC Latham – Excellent

76. OT Giovanni El-HadiCOMMITTED

87. OT Blake Fisher – Very Good to Excellent

94. DT Tywone Malone – Fair

102. RB Corey Kliner – Excellent

110. WR Lorenzo Styles Jr – Good

114. QB Kyle McCord – Good

128. QB Miller Moss – Very Good to Excellent

133. QB Jake Rubley – Good

142. WR Jaquez Smith – Fair

160. ATH Rodney Hammond – Fair

162. LB Aaron Willis – Virginia Tech (Good)

171. S AJ Kirk – Fair

171. OC Ryan Linthicum – Good

173. RB Jaylen Anderson – Fair

182. DT Donovan Bass – Very Good

183. OT Hayden Conner – Good

193. ATH Reid Carrico – Fair

205. WR Jalil Farooq – Fair

215. DE Kelvin Gilliam – Good

217. S Tysheem Jackson – Good

221. LB James Wilborn Jr – Good

223. RB Phil Mufah – Good to Very Good

230. S Jaylen Reed – Fair

The first rankings are never final but the top players normally stick around the same ballpark by the time National Signing Day eventually comes along. So, Michigan looks to be setting itself up for another nice recruiting class in 2021.

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Garrett Fishaw