There is a certain genre of recruitment in which the parents are allowing their kid to make his own decision despite being partisans for one particular school, and Trevor Keegan's was very much one of those:

4-star OL Trevor Keegan commits to Michigan.

Dad was excited, accidentally swore like 3 times on the live mic. Pretty outstanding.

Midwestern football at its finest.

— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) December 15, 2018

For her part, Mom was reportedly "in tears" after Michigan offered Keegan at their 2017 Big Man camp. Coach: also a big Michigan fan. So this one was one that Michigan was going to have to screw up. They almost did after last year's OL performance, which caused Wisconsin, Ohio State, and Georgia to take turns as Keegan's projected leader. Ed Warriner's rehab job allowed the early leader to re-emerge, much to everyone's delight. 

Now to see what Michigan's won:

GURU RANKINGS

Rivals	ESPN	24/7	Composite
4*, #208 overall #21 OT, #1 IL	4*, #168 overall #17 OT, #1 IL	4*, #173 overall #19 OT, #2 IL	4*, #163 overall #17 OT, #1 IL

A tight range that sees Keegan land higher on the composite than any single service, as tends to happen when everyone has a kid ranked about the same.

[After THE JUMP: classic Midwest lineman]

SCOUTING

24/7 has the most detailed chunk of scouting, as per usual:

A big, thick prospect in both his upper and lower body. … college-ready frame … good kick step and initial quickness…. can still work on his punch and hand quickness. … excellent drive blocker and does a good job finishing. Is athletic enough to make blocks in space and get to the second level. Solid bender. Frequently played against defenders smaller than him in high school and was able to get leverage. Can still get more flexible and explosive. Projection is most likely as a right tackle, although he has the size and run blocking skills to slide inside if needed. At either spot, his size and strength should allow him to push for time early in his career and eventually be a Power 5 starter. Should be a mid- to late-round draft pick.

Trieu revisited Keegan upon the occasion of his commitment:

…always been big, but always showed the ability to quickly get into his pass set and always had good strength as well. That was evident when we saw him play as a senior. He was a mauler in the run game. … often blocking smaller defenders, but that allowed us to see if he could bend well enough to get leverage against those shorter players, which he can … finishes his blocks and plays to the whistle … further along in run blocking than pass-pro at the moment. That is purely technical. He has the tools you like in pass pro including the aforementioned footwork and the strength to jar defenders with his initial punch.

… big, strong, physical mauler more so than an elite athlete at the position. …high floor.

Other evaluators are more skeptical about Keegan's upside as a pass blocker. ESPN's brief underclass report says he's a big tall guy with "excellent strength" who is "tough to shake" when he gets locked on but "can continue to work on agility." The only scouting-related item Rivals had was this:

"…young offensive lineman who played the game with an enviable degree of physicality combined with a solid frame for the position and the ability to move his feet … I would have a hard time seeing Keegan ever playing [left tackle]. He just does not have the length or the degree of athleticism required for that at the high Power Five level. … I like him best as a right tackle, but could easily see him kicking down to an offensive guard role as well."

I find the fine distinction between "can be a right tackle" and "can be a left tackle" to be silly, especially when you're projecting a high school OL, but I guess you can infer from that that Keegan doesn't have the attributes to project as a top-level pass protector. TTB is in the same boat:

…excellent frame for a college offensive tackle. He looks every bit of 6’6″ with long arms. He runs well in a straight line, and he shows the ability to bend. He should be an asset on down blocks and double-teams, and he likes to finish blocks. … can be a little slow with his first step, which could be a problem in both the pass and the run game, and he needs to work on his lateral quickness.

He compares Keegan to Mark Ortmann, who was a functional OT who was undrafted after a couple years as a starter.

On the other hand, coach quotes!

“I just think he’s so athletic for a big man,” Fontana said. “He’s probably the most flexible guy on our team. He moves really well, so he’s loose in his hips, and he can do a lot of things for us on the field that kind of separates him with where we can play him, what he can do, how far downfield he gets by being that flexible.”

More in that vein:

“It’s funny because I always talk about his flexibility, but when you look at a kid that’s over 6’6, 300-pounds and you watch him the way he can move, it’s special,” Fontana said. “He’s so flexible, so he can do so many things. He’s quick, agile, explosive and powerful. He has every weird adjective you can use to describe the way he can play. Really the way that he moves is unique for a lineman. You look at him and he does things he shouldn’t be able to do at that size. Someone’s going to get an elite offensive lineman and great person as well.”

The concern here is that Keegan tops out as a B+ left tackle, I guess, which is valid but this is also a position where rando 220 pound CMU walk-ons occasionally go #1 overall so it's not too hard to envision a version of Keegan that exceeds those expectations.

One last item:

This recruitment would be much easier to break down if Keegan was more open to discussing his recruitment publicly, but he is not and so we are left guessing as to what direction this is headed.

That's usually a good sign. Keegan's a guy from Illinois who had Georgia and Clemson hot on his heels; his recruitment has the shape of a top 100 player but not the ranking, and that may be a reason.

OFFERS

Georgia and PSU were his other two finalists. OSU and Clemson were the other two schools in his top five; Alabama was in his top six but got dropped. That's probably because Bama snatched up some other dudes. Other offers include USC, LSU, Iowa, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Oregon, and MSU.

All of these offers save maybe the Alabama one are legit, committable offers, at least insofar as that can be judged from afar. As of a month ago the UGA mods on 247 were still asserting Georgia as a "slight leader" and Smart went in-home with him on December 5th.

HIGH SCHOOL

Keegan is the first player Crystal Lake South has sent to a Big Ten School in the period the Rivals database covers.

STATS

OL, N/A.

FAKE 40 TIME

OL, N/A.

VIDEO

Keegan took his hudl highlights private at some point. TMI visited two of his games and came back with highlight videos, though. He's the left tackle:

There's also a grainy youtube version of his junior film:

PREDICTION BASED ON FLIMSY EVIDENCE

Is OL, redshirt and see what you've got in a couple years. Keegan is in the range where he should emerge into a starter if he's able to stay healthy, possibly as early as 2020 when he'd presumably be a redshirt freshman. He's already at about ideal size; he probably needs to reshape some of that size like most high school kids hitting college but that won't be a multi-year project like it can be for Frey-style jumbo TE recruits.

UPSHOT FOR THE REST OF THE CLASS

Keegan is Michigan's sixth and undoubtedly last OL commit in the class. Michigan cancelled Danielson Ike's weekend visit in the immediate aftermath of Keegan's commitment and has nobody else who's seriously on the board.

Anthony Solomon's flip last night brings Michigan to 25 commitments in a class that can probably get up to 29 or 30 if Michigan gets the number of NFL departures they're expected to. OH DE Zach Harrison, OK S Daxton Hill, FL LB Kalen DeLoach, NC RB Quavaris Crouch, TX WR Jaylen Ellis and CT WR Cornelius Johnson are the only names left on Michigan's board. (DeLoach reportedly re-committed to FSU recently but Sam Webb 's talking with his dad and dad says there's still a shot, so we'll see there.)

If Michigan ends up having a slot or two after the early signing period some other names might emerge.