Recruiting updates
The good news: five-star cornerback Donovan Warren, widely regarded as the best uncommitted high school football player left on the West Coast, verbally committed to Michigan on Thursday. Warren was widely expected to commit to USC, so his announcement came as a pleasant surprise.
The bad news: five-star cornerback/wide receiver Ronald Johnson (aka RoJo), the state of Michigan’s top prospect and the nation’s top cornerback, canceled an in-home visit from coach Lloyd Carr on Wednesday. This is significant because in-home visits from coaches from each of the other schools RoJo is considering–Florida, Michigan State, Ohio State, and USC–took place this week as scheduled. Losing out on RoJo would be a tremendous disappointment, since Michigan needs a lot of help in the secondary and was widely thought to be the frontrunner in the RoJo sweepstakes.
More (potentially) bad news: four-star wide receiver Martell Webb, who verbally committed to Michigan months ago, will visit the University of Miami during a Super Bowl trip this weekend.
Needless to say, national signing day is on Wednesday, but a lot can happen between now and then.