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Extremely understandably, a Don Brown linebacker from Don Brown country who has known Don Brown forever has decommitted from Michigan, which recently let go of Don Brown.

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— Tyler Martin (@tylermartin5bbn) January 29, 2021

Martin (hello) was the (second) second commit in Michigan’s 2022 class, and probably its first offer, since he was barely out of middle school when it became clear he’d be among the best players in Massachusetts his year. He’s a four-star, but likely capped there as a thunker with a lot of fullbackian qualities.

Michigan’s new staff spoke to Martin after the shakeup, but it’s understandable that the Don Browniest recruit of the previous regime might need to reconsider some things. No content after the jump.

Michigan's commitment list for 2022 is back up to two, as—stop me if you've heard this before—the top prospect of Don Brown country chose the Wolverines.

While it's at least another couple of years before he could see the field in Ann Arbor, we've known the name Tyler Martin a long time—like long enough that we thought he'd be a factor in pushing Zak Zinter to Michigan. Michigan offered him back in spring 2018 as an 8th grader, albeit a 15-year-old 8th grader who was already 6'3"/227. Even then people were talking like there's deep history between the parties:

The Wolverines were a major topic of conversation for a lot of underclassmen as well. Linebacker Tyler Martin is only a freshman right now but he talked about Michigan like he has been close with that program for years.

That's appropriate considering Martin as a football prospect is right out central casting for The Teams podcast.

GURU RATINGS

Bottom row is my conversion of the above to a 5-star scale

Clearly there's some discrepancy; 247 has him deep in Desmond Morgan meh 3* territory while Rivals places Martin just outside the top-100, on par with a Joe Bolden. It's 2022 so rankings are pretty young; the Rivals jump happened in late March, at which point Martin made their early Top-100. 24/7 hasn't moved him since he got the middling 3* score in late March. ESPN's is newly minted from late August, bumping the composite score out of 3.7-star territory. He remains the only player from Massachusetts that ESPN has in its 2022 database. FWIW the account that follows Massachusetts high school football for 480 Michigan fans has Martin the #1 player in state this year as well.

The sites also disagree on size. ESPN says 6'3"/230, 24/7 says 6'3"/238, and Rivals has him an inch shorter but up to 249.

[Hit THE JUMP for scouting, video, and the rest.]

Reminder that you have through today to get the Good Time Charley's shirt before we put in the big order, then we'll play for the next one tomorrow, and so on.

I think we're back to where I can just post updates. Leave questions in the comments.

Four and Out

No sooner was OH WR Markus Allen minted a 4* on Rivals than he left Michigan's class citing Fat Tay, and following some ominous tweets about going where you know you're a priority. That's a done deal($) according to everybody($), and a surprise to the sites, but apparently not one to the team. There doesn't seem to be anything to the theory that it had anything to do with Allen playing on a torn labrum that will need surgery this year. It could also be that he saw three other receivers committed in his class and Michigan was still talking to more. Sam said on the WTKA recruiting roundup that it's been trending this way since Michigan got Andrel Anthony and Michigan didn't make Allen as much of a priority after.

A decommitment means everyone wants to know who they're after next, but honestly the only response available at the moment is to walk you through the board. So we'll do that, after the JUMP.