All eyes are on the 2017 recruiting class as the summer hits the grind time but that hasn’t stopped Scout from dropping their first full 2018 player rankings. The list includes several names to remember for Michigan fans as the staff has got in early with a lot of big names.
Check out where Michigan’s recruiting targets landed on the list:
2. DE Micah Parsons – Penn State/Fair
3. CB Patrick Surtain – Fair
6. WR Jalen Hall – Good
8. DB Tyreke Johnson – Fair
9. OG Jamaree Salyer – Fair
10. OT Brey Walker – Oklahoma/Fair
11. OLB Palaie Gaoteote – Good
12. LB Teradja Mitchell – Fair to Good
14. S Jaiden Woodbey – Good
15. RB Ricky Slade – Fair
16. OT Cade Mays – Tennessee/Fair
18. RB TJ Pledger – Good
19. DT Taron Vincent – Good
21. WR Jalen Preston – Good
28. TE Brevin Jordan – Fair to Good
30. S Isheem Young – Good
32. CB Olaijah Griffin – Fair
36. LB Solomon Tuliaupupu – Good
37. WR Jahan Dotson – Good
38. OT Jackson Carman – Good
41. TE Mustapha Muhammad – Very Good
44. S Derrik Allen – Good
47. OT Nicholas Petit-Frere – Good to Very Good
48. QB Cameron Rising – Good
51. OT Penei Sewell – Good
54. DT Michael Thompson – Fair
57. WR Brian Hightower – Fair
60. DT Tyler Friday – Very Good
65. S Aashari Crosswell – Good
67. TE Zack Kuntz – Good to Very Good
69. RB Jaelen Gill – Poor
70. OT Richard Gouraige – Good to Very Good
72. WR Justyn Ross – Fair
73. LB Bumper Pool – Good
74. QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson – Very Good to Excellent
76. DT Austin Fontaine – Fair
77. OG Marquan McCall – Excellent
79. DT Keondre Coburn – Poor
80. WR Jacob Copeland – Fair
85. WR Justin Shorter – Good
87. WR Marquis Spiker – Fair
90. DT Tuli Letuligasenoa – Fair
93. DT PJ Mustipher – Good
104. CB Jalen Green – Fair
107. QB Artur Sitkowski – Very Good
112. WR Jermaine Eskridge – Fair
114. LB Dallas Gant – Very Good, if offered
116. RB Brian Snead – Fair to Good
124. OG Emil Ekiyor – Good to Very Good
126. TE Thomas Booker – Good
132. OT Matt Jones – Fair
139. CB Xavier Henderson – Good
143. TE Malcolm Epps – Alabama/Good
144. OLB Salua Masina – Fair to Good
146. OG Marcus Jenkins – Fair
149. OG Barton Clement – Fair to Good
155. DE Elijah Wade – Fair
158. CB Tyson Campbell – Fair
161. S Isaiah Humphries – Fair
167. OT Colten Blanton – Fair
169. CB Kyler McMichael – Good
171. OLB Matthew Bauer – Good
182. WR L’Christian Smith – Good
192. DT Shabazz Dotson – Good
195. DE Dorian Hardy – Very Good to Excellent
200. LB Quin Williams – Fair
203. DE Aidan Hutchinson – Excellent
213. QB Jack West – Fair
229. S Otis Reese – COMMITTED
235. QB Allan Walters – Good
236. DT Stephon Wynn – Fair
238. OLB Ovie Oghoufo – Very Good
247. TE Trenton Gillison – Good
248. WR Will Mallory – Excellent
258. RB Iverson Clement – Good, if offered
270. WR Elijah Moore – Fair to Good
286. RB Toa Taua – Good, if offered
298. CB Kalon Gervin – Very Good
300. DE Malik Vann – Good
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