cameron calhoun

Previously: Last year’s profiles, K Adam Samaha, S Brandyn Hillman, CB DJ Waller

#22 – Cincinnati (Winton Woods), Ohio – 6'0"/170
[Patrick Barron]		247: 6'0/170                 4.00*	4*, 90, NR overall #33 CB, #9 OH
		Rivals: 6'2/180                 4.06*	4*, 5.8, NR overall #33 CB, #8 OH
		ESPN: 6'0/170                 3.77*	3*, 78, #53 MW #59 CB, #16 OH
		On3: 5'11.5/167                 3.86*	3*, 89, NR overall #44 CB, #15 OH
		Composites:      3.94* / 3.88*	4*/3*, #395/#421 ovr #41/#46 CB, #12 OH
		MGo Avg:                 3.94*	3.5*, #427/782 Ovr, #39/74 CBs since 1990
		YMRMFSPA	Andre Weathers
Other suitors:	UK, Cincy, WVU, MSU
Previously On MGoBlog	Hello. Committed after 45-23.
Notes	WVU, Cincy decommit. Early enrollee (#22)
Film:
Senior Highlights: Hudl. Last year's semifinal (full game—he's #1 in green). Rivals camp. OMG Shirtless 11W camp interview. OMG Shirtless Tristatefootball interview.

With two starters moving on and Will Johnson likely NFL-bound after 2024, Michigan needed a high floor guy to complement the incredible ceiling of Jyaire Hill and could-be-anything DJ Waller. So it's nice to read the question with Cam Calhoun all along wasn't whether he'll be a decent FBS-caliber cornerback—he may be there already—but whom he'd be doing it for.

Calhoun's sudden changes of direction were alternately appreciated and not by several recruiting staffs along the Ohio River basin. He was expected to commit to Kentucky right up until a feint-out commitment video to West Virginia that prompted UK's Vince Marrow to another of his public temper tantrums.

Calhoun flipped Cincinnati after his visit there, then two days later announced he planned to visit LSU, Michigan, and others. He decommitted from Cincy while visiting Kentucky, and was close to pulling that trigger until Clinkscale convinced Calhoun and his family to take an unofficial for the Illinois game.

He didn't have an Ohio State offer, but they had him up for The Game, which is how everyone saw the kid celebrating on the field with Wolverines with his OSU visitor badge on. He committed to Michigan within the hour. That only sped up the announcement, not the decision, he told On3's Zach Libby:

”I was going to announce the Sunday after the win, but after they beat OSU, everything was built inside of me and I just wanted to let everyone know that Michigan is the best. I was jumping up-and-down with my boy, Will Johnson (laughs). It felt great because I talked to Will a lot even before the game happened. I’ll admit, I did sneak over to the Michigan sideline during pregame (laughs). I told Will before the game to stay locked in and then afterwards, we were going to play ‘Walk In Yo Trap, Take Over Yo Trap.’” … I FaceTimed the coaches and they were having a hell of a time when I told them. It surprised them because I told them I was going to commit that Sunday.

It earned Calhoun a spot on Sportscenter and probably one on OSU's bulletin board next year. Let's see what we get.

[After THE JUMP: Whams: trap. Yams? Trap. Flans: trap! Petametric iams: definitely a trap.]

The next of the four Ohio-based Hellos to get to is Cameron Calhoun, a corner out of the Cincinnati area. Calhoun is currently Michigan's only true corner in the 2023 class as of this writing, though that could change very soon. He committed to Michigan on the day of The Game, and was a nice prize for finally slaying the Buckeyes in Columbus. 

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There's a pretty broad consensus between the four sites here, with Rivals on the high end and ESPN on the low end, while On3 and 247 are in lockstep. Calhoun is in the 40s among corners nationally, and straddling the top 15 or so prospects in Ohio. The height numbers are interesting, with everything from slightly under 6 feet to 6'2 showing, though the sites have a good feel on his weight. As the MGoBlog box above shows, Calhoun is close to the middle among all corner recruit Michigan has gotten since 1990. Not a blue chipper, but not a Who Dat either, just a solid 3.5*. 

[AFTER THE JUMP: Solid. Polished.]

Within 24 hours of beating Ohio State in Columbus, Michigan has cemented their recruiting foray into Ohio by scooping up two more commits from that state, one in the 2023 class and one in the 2024 class. The first was CB Cameron Calhoun for the '23 class, a native of Cincinnati: 

HO〽️E @Hayesfawcett3 @UMichFootball pic.twitter.com/oiageI14hd

— Cameron Calhoun (@Camcalhoun01) November 27, 2022

Calhoun was a commit to his hometown team, the Cincinnati Bearcats, but reopened his recruitment once P5 teams started paying more attention. Now inside the top 500 of the On3 consensus rankings, Calhoun got an offer from Kentucky and visited the Wildcats last month. Michigan got involved sometime after and closed the gap in a hurry. Calhoun was actually in attendance at The Game yesterday while visiting Ohio State (he did not yet have a proper offer from the Buckeyes), but decided to commit to the Wolverines immediately afterwards. He was later seen celebrating with the Michigan team in Will Johnson's Instagram story. Calhoun is now the first DB in Michigan's 2023 class, a DB group they're trying to cobble together in the final weeks of the recruiting period. 

As for 2024, Michigan landed a pledge from Avon, Ohio's Luke Hamilton, an IOL: 

1000% Committed #GoBlue @Coach_SMoore @CoachJim4UM @coachclink @BriceMarich @AllenTrieu @RivalsLibby @SWiltfong247 @EJHollandOn3 @coach_elderm @recruitgfx pic.twitter.com/QWEGYY2G8p

— Luke Hamilton (@Hammy07422) November 27, 2022

Hamilton is a 4* prospect, inside the top 250 of both the On3 consensus ranking and the 247 composite. He is the 8th-ranked player in Ohio and the 15th-ranked IOL nationally in the 2024 recruiting class. Hamilton visited Michigan for the MSU game in October and the recruitment heated up quickly afterwards. The Wolverines landed his pledge today, their first offensive prospect for the 2024 class, with Manuel Beigel and Mason Curtis both being on defense. Landing a player of Hamilton's caliber is a good early sign that the 2024 class can be an excellent recruiting class that keeps the program rolling. 

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