In a huge development for 2024 Michigan Football recruiting, the Wolverines have landed 4* RB Jordan Marshall: 

BREAKING: Four-Star RB Jordan Marshall tells me he has Committed to Michigan!

The 6’0 195 RB from Cincinnati, OH chose Michigan over Ohio State.

“Some of my friends are big O-State fans &so is my Papa. But he’s going to start rooting for Michigan.” https://t.co/zSlmTMFDzf pic.twitter.com/mrDS9fGite

— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) March 21, 2023

Marshall was near the top of Michigan's board in terms of 2024 running backs and getting his commitment is a major win in more ways than one. First of all, Marshall is by all accounts a very good football player. He's ranked 91st nationally in the 24/7 composite for the 2024 class, 7th among RBs. On3's Consensus has Marshall 90th nationally, 6th among RBs. This is a big boy get in terms of recruiting rankings, and it's doubly as big for Mike Hart, who has gotten flack as a recruiter in football recruiting circles for his decision to take 3* Benjamin Hall in the 2023 class. In getting Marshall on board, Hart shows he means business when it comes to elite recruits in 2024. 

Of course the bigger story here is Marshall being from Ohio. Playing at Archbishop Moeller in Cincinnati, Marshall was a direct head-to-head recruiting battle with Ohio State in the Buckeyes' backyard that Hart and Harbaugh appear to have won. That's a massive development and it suggests good things for Michigan's planned invasion of Ohio in 2024. After laying the groundwork in 2023 with a number of lower-rated kids, Michigan now has Marshall, 4* IOL Luke Hamilton (Avon, OH), and 3* DL Ted Hammond (Cincinnati) on board. The next targets up appear to be 3* OT Ben Roebuck (Lakewood), 4* EDGE Brian Robinson (Austintown), the 4* OT Armstrong brothers (Elyria), and the crown jewels of Ohio, borderline 5* CBs Bryce West (Cleveland) and Aaron Scott (Springfield). How many of those are gettable, it is not entirely clear, but having Hamilton, an active recruiter of his peers, in the class was a good starting piece and now landing Marshall is a massive development on that quest. 

Michigan is still looking for a second back in this class and is in a decent spot for a number of prospects, the most notable of which being top 100 4* Taylor Tatum from Texas. But Marshall being in the class ensures the floor for Michigan's RB recruiting in 2024 begins very high. 

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