With the football season about to be here, Rivals has released their first Rivals250 for the 2018 recruiting class. Their list is full of top targets for the Michigan coaching staff and names to remember for the recruiting fans out there looking to see who Jim Harbaugh and his staff could sign in the next class:
Check out where Michigan’s top targets and commits landed on the 2018 Rivals250:
- Excellent – Top Team
- Very Good – Top Three
- Good – Top Five
- Fair – Puncher’s Chance
- Poor – Likely Not Happening
2. WR Jalen Hall – Good
3. DE Xavier Thomas – Fair
7. DB Tyreke Johnson – Fair
15. DE Micah Parsons – Penn State/Good
19. OT Brey Walker – Oklahoma/Fair
23. OL Jamaree Salyer – Fair
24. WR Justyn Ross – Good
26. DL Tyler Friday – Very Good
28. RB Jaelen Gill – Fair
32. OL Marquan McCall – Very Good
33. WR L’Christian Smith – Good
35. QB Artur Sitkowski – Very Good
36. WR Brian Hightower – Fair
38. ATH Jaiden Woodbey – Fair
44. OL Penei Sewell – Good
49. LB Palaie Gaoteote – Fair
50. TE Zack Kuntz – Fair
53. QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson – Very Good
56. RB TJ Pledger – Fair
59. DT Taron Vincent – Fair
62. OT Richard Gouraige – Good
64. OT Jackson Carman – Good
71. DB Aashari Crosswell – Fair
76. DE Dorian Hardy – Very Good
77. WR Jahan Dotson – Good
82. TE Malcolm Epps – Alabama/Good
83. CB Kalon Gervin – Very Good
89. DB Brendan Radley-Hiles – Fair
90. DT PJ Mustipher – Fair
92. DT Michael Thompson – Very Good
95. WR Justin Shorter – Penn State/Fair
96. TE Trenton Gillison – Good
102. OL Marcus Jenkins – Fair
105. CB Tyson Campbell – Fair
107. LB Teradja Mitchell – Poor
109. DT Matthew Jones – Fair
115. LB Soloman Tuliaupupu – Good
118. TE Leonard Taylor – COMMITTED
126. WR Marquise Spiker – Fair
127. OG Emil Ekiyor – Good
133. TE Jeremy Ruckert – Fair
139. WR Elijah Moore – Good
141. OG Jalil Irvin – COMMITTED
151. OT Nicholas Petit-Frere – Good
168. DE Malik Vann – Fair
171. LB Salua Masina – Fair
174. RB Markese Stepp – Notre Dame/Fair
181. OL Finn Dirstine – Good
183. OT Antwan Reed – Very Good
186. S Isheem Young – Fair
188. ATH Thomas Booker – Very Good
192. WR Austin Osborne – Fair
193. ATH Kyler McMichael – Fair
215. WR Jacob Copeland – Good
219. DB Xavier Henderson – Good
222. TE Judge Culpepper – Good
223. RB Iverson Clement – Fair
225. WR Jasiah Provilion – Fair
229. LB Dallas Gant – Fair
238. OL Tyrone Simpson – Fair
240. WR Will Mallory – Excellent
242. TE Mushapha Muhammad – Very Good
248. LB Bumper Pool – Good
What do you think of the first release of the 2018 Rivals250? Are Michigan targets too high? Too low? Let us know in the comment section below!
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