Jordan Marshall Has Committed to Michigan
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!
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) March 21, 2023
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
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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Holy shit let’s go.
Commitapalooza is on!!!
If anyone is looking for Jordan Marshall’s VERY impressive and versatile highlights, TTB has you covered: http://touchthebanner.blogspot.com/2023/01/visitors-january-13-15-2022.html?m=1#comment-form
It sure took a minute, but it looks like back-2-back Ohio State wins & B1G titles & CFP appearances are starting to bear fruit on the recruiting trail.
Let's fucking go baby!
HUGE get. LFG!
Commit SZN is on!! Go Blue!!
Mike Hart but Ohioan?
Love it! Let's Go Blue!!
Been a minute since Michigan beat out Ohio State head-to-head for a top-100 kid from Ohio. This is massive. Welcome, Jordan!
2013
THIS is why it’s important to keep beating Ohio St. Michigan could sink them for awhile with another win this year.
Gotta say, I was undecided on the merits and cost-benefits of continuing to beat Ohio State, but now I'm on board with more wins over them. ;)
If we hadn’t had the staff turnover and Harbaugh flirting with the NFL, we would’ve already seen it. Sky is the limit now, especially if we beat them for the 3rd time in a row
Simply amazing!!! We deserve this.
Kate Upton’s 🍼🍼
He's ranked 91st nationally in the 24/7 composite for the 2024 class, not 176th.
grrrr mixing up the 247 ranking with the composite. Thanks, edited
Oh boy! Here we go!
Helllllllsss Yeeeeaaaa!!
Someone PLEASE post the buckeyes 247 board screenshots ASAP
March 21st, 2023 at 11:17 PM ^
Purely unhinged.
Beat Ohio-yes! Mike Harts wins this recruiting battle. There is very good high school competition in SW Ohio so Marshall is legit. Mike Hart will take him to the next level.
Go Blue!
He's like Mike Hart only before the sibling rivalry. His retorts are much faster.
-FJ-
Welcome Jordan 👍🏈
Good luck with your career at Meeeechigan!!!
Meeech Meeeech!
This is the happiest I’ve been seeing a commitment in a long time. This is a big time get. Also appears to be a Corum clone so assume part of the successful pitch was “Look what we did with him, come get you some.”
Fantastic and extremely unexpected good news. Go Blue!
Absolutely not unexpected. All the signs were pointing in this direction.
Still have recruiting in Ohio PTSD, skepticism reigns for me.
My issue only, but I was the one not expecting this.
March 21st, 2023 at 10:35 PM ^
unexpected in terms of timing but not result
Maybe Ryan Day should flirt more with the NFL?
Noooo... I like Day right where he's at. ;)
March 22nd, 2023 at 10:53 AM ^
Circling the bag?
Or a rabbit enamored with a balloon, perhaps?
That could be the red cedar cesspool right there. They are in the early stages, denial.
Surprisingly, I saw a handful of reasonable posts in that thread.
March 21st, 2023 at 10:36 PM ^
Agreed. Really makes you wonder what is in the water over at RCMB.
I love the: Michigan isn’t good, we’re just really bad take. Ahhh yes…sweet sweet Buckeye denial tastes so good.
Stunning analysis from objectively impartial observer:
Fuck Michigan. That said, I can see a RB being lured there due to Harbaugh being hilariously incapable of developing a QB or implementing any type of passing game whatsoever. Lmao
JJ developed all over the Buckeyes on 11/26/22.
“… due to Harbaugh being hilariously incapable of developing a QB or implementing any type of passing game whatsoever. Lmao.”
ahem.
Only the good ones from Ohio go to Michigan
A huge pickup for Hart and the team; hopefully we'll see a couple more guys commit in the coming days.
I know a decent amount has been made of Hart's recruiting and the Hall addition does seem weird. But it's overlooked that he did land our second highest '23 recruit, Cabana. It may get overlooked bc he played right near AA, but it's been reported that Cabana grew up a huge MSU fan and Hart was the primary recruiter on that one.
I'm happy that Hall is coming to UM and the Cabana pickup last year was definitely a good sign (though I do think MSU being largely shit for a half-decade while UM has been ascendent helped on that front). UM beating OSU twice also helped, especially to a running back who's basically watched a parade of UM backs run through the Buckeyes now.
Hart should be a crack recruiter - he was a college legend and seems like a decent guy and a good coach. But I was critical of Hart as a recruiter because he wasn't pulling in the types of players his predecessor, Jaybaugh, pulled in at UM and on a staff that had a couple of lesser recruiters in Hellow and Weiss you needed other guys to step up. And when you looked at his recruiting at IU he was usually the 4th/5th rated guy on the IU staff, so there was some concern that perhaps he didn't quite have the juice to close some of these tight recruitments. Hopefully this is a sign that Hart is taking that next step up.
I don't think he will ever start at RB for Michigan. I see him at another position.
Mike Weber paybacks.
FANTASTIC!!!!! He is a remarkable young man and perfect fit for this program. After listening to a recent interview I am not surprised at all.
I was beyond pleased to hear of this news via an 11 Warriors link in my Google news feed. That said, I would highly recommend reading the comments at said link. Made my "Day"!
Wow. I may need to get my blood pressure checked after reading those comments because that was a lot of salt.
Fuck Michigan. That said, I can see a RB being lured there due to Harbaugh being hilariously incapable of developing a QB or implementing any type of passing game whatsoever
This comment is great. JJ McCarthy is a famously undeveloped QB and bad passer apparently. This commenter’s memory apparently is also very short given what our passing offense just did to them. Ope, and Cornelius Johnson just scored another TD
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