Exit: Kai-Leon Herbert Comment Count

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Herbert's commitment video lives on, at least.

Scout's Corey Bender reports that four-star FL OT Kai-Leon Herbert has decommitted from Michigan:

Since committing to Michigan in July, Herbert has taken multiple visits to both Miami (YTM) and Florida; he took an official to Miami this weekend and will OV to Florida next weekend. His recruitment should come down to one of those two in-state schools. Herbert's departure probably ends any (very outside) chance M had with teammate and four-star OG TJ Slaton.

Herbert's decommitment leaves Michigan with 26 commits in the 2017 class and five on the offensive line. Four of those linemen—Chuck Filiaga, JaRaymond Hall, Joel Honigford, and Andrew Stueber—could potentially play tackle, and M may need one of them to step into the lineup as soon as this upcoming season. Michigan continues to pursue three-star VA OT Mekhi Becton, whose Crystal Ball is trending in the direction of Virginia Tech. The rest of the linemen on the board are long-shots at best, so if the coaches aren't content with five OL in the class, some new names could emerge.

Comments

MgoFunk

January 24th, 2017 at 12:56 AM ^

They're just kids. Maybe the kid loves Michigan and the coaches told him to start looking around and he's upset. Maybe he bought into the negative recruitment that everyone seems to be selling against Michigan A million people are pressuring him to make a decision that will shape the rest of his life, someone is bound to say or do the wrong thing in his eye. Or maybe he had to do it that way because if he left the door open he'd still be considering UM... most likely we'll never know

Michrider41

January 23rd, 2017 at 9:59 AM ^

Whenever I have quit a job I make a point to not burn any bridges. In your analogy he is quitting, he didn't get fired as far as we know.



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Bp6

January 24th, 2017 at 12:14 AM ^

I never understood why Kai stayed "committed" for so long. Epic recruiting video though. I really hope the offensive line starts to resemble the kind of unit Harbaugh and Drevno are known for.



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