Visitors this weekend
Michigan is getting some high-level visitors this week/weekend. The top guy is probably offensive tackle Samson Okunlola, a 5-star prospect from New England. They also got a visit earlier this week from a borderline 5-star Georgia tight end in Landen Thomas for the class of 2024.
Michigan also got a visit this week from 2023 tight end commit Andrew Rappleyea, who is rumored to be fielding renewed interest from the likes of Boston College and Penn State.
Here's the link if you're interested in the list I have put together (LINK), though I'm in the process of continuing to add to it with guys who are there today.
rumored to be fielding renewed interest from the likes of Boston College and Penn State.
What is your take on this? Do you think it's more him not wanting to leave the Northeast or more Michigan's interest waning?
I have to think the consideration of Boston College is nothing more than a "what if I want to stay close to home?" scenario.
On the other hand, in general, I feel like Michigan's recruiting situation has slowed down a little bit because of Harbaugh's dalliance with the NFL. I think that might have given some recruits pause, and perhaps other schools are using that as a negative recruiting tactic.
I thought he was leaning PSU now and this was the shot to keep him on board
Seems to be more Andrew "RappleNO" at the moment.
March 27th, 2022 at 10:40 AM ^
Sam Webb and Steve Lorenz said on the Michigan Recruiting Insider that they believe that the Penn State interest is a result of Franklin negative recruiting Michigan about the Harbaugh/NFL flirtation, which is ironic considering Franklin threatens to leave every offseason
Thanks for posting the information
Andrew Rappleyea just visited Florida and came away with an offer.
To any Georgia recruits reading this forum, do yourself a favor and spend a few years at Michigan.
^^^^^^
This exactly. F#@k Georgia 🖕
Thanks for this.
Michigan now leads for Landen Thomas according to the Michigan 24/7 site.
March 26th, 2022 at 10:03 PM ^
This will be an interesting visit for Rappleyea as it’s the first one since Newsome took over. Would like to keep him in the class.
March 26th, 2022 at 10:15 PM ^
Anyone from the south that visits this weekend hopefully brought some cold weather gear. Mother Nature didn't do us any favors. At least they got to see some snow this morning I guess (which might be a novelty to someone who grew up in the south.)
March 26th, 2022 at 10:21 PM ^
High ranked TE from Georgia? Yeah not happening
March 27th, 2022 at 10:21 AM ^
Michigan leads for Thomas after the visit
March 28th, 2022 at 12:01 AM ^
Noted above
March 27th, 2022 at 12:46 PM ^
Josh Conerly, pretty much the last man standing from the class of '22 is announcing on April 8 at 9pm ET. Finalists are UM, Miami, Oregon, Oklahoma, USC and Washington. He's taken a bunch of visits since he last visited UM but I know they had an in-home not that long ago. No idea where he's leaning.
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