Michigan remains in Top 5 in updated 2024 On3 Industry national team recruiting rankings

Michigan stayed put at No. 5 overall in the 2024 On3 Industry National Team Recruiting Rankings following the verbal commitment of three-star Ponte Vedra (Fla.) High interior offensive lineman Jake Guarnera on Friday. 

At 6-foot-4 and 283 pounds, Guarnera is ranked as the No. 30 interior offensive lineman in the country and No. 61 prospect in the state of Florida, according to On3.

Guarnera has an On3 NIL Valuation of $24K with 3,300 combined followers on Instagram and Twitter. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.

Michigan 2024 Recruiting Class

Before Friday, the Wolverines were still ranked No. 5 in the country but are now in first place with the most verbal commitments (15). Guarnera is the fourth three-star junior prospect to commit to Michigan, whose total score sits higher than South Carolina, Florida State, Notre Dame, LSU, Tennessee, Penn State and Oregon. 

Rounding out Michigan’s 2024 recruiting class are Top 100 Charlotte (N.C.) Providence Day quarterback Jadyn Davis, Top 100 Rochester (Mich.) Adams tight end Brady Prieskorn, Top 100 Cincinnati (Ohio) Archbishop Moeller running back Jordan Marshall, On300 Austin (Tex.) Vandegrift offensive tackle Blake Frazier, On300 Kansas City (Mo.) Rockhurst offensive tackle Andrew Sprague, offensive tackle On300 Harper Woods (Mich.) High defensive back Jacob Oden, On300 Nashville (Tenn.) Ensworth linebacker Mason Curtis, On300 Bellevue (Wash.) High tight end Hogan Hansen, industry four-star Cheshire (Conn.) Academy defensive lineman Jerod Smith, industry four-star Avon (Ohio) High interior offensive lineman Luke Hamilton, three-star Lakewood (Ohio) St. Edward offensive tackle Ben Roebuck, three-star Cincinnati (Ohio) St. Xavier defensive lineman Ted Hammond, three-star Wallingford (Conn.) Choate Rosemary Hall defensive lineman Manuel Beigel and three-star South Park (Pa.) High linebacker Zach Ludwig.

Multiple 2024 top targets remain on Michigan’s board, including five-star Washington (D.C.) Friendship Collegiate EDGE Dylan Stewart, Top 100 Springfield (Ohio) High cornerback Aaron Scott, On300 Frisco (Tex.) Reedy interior offensive lineman Max Anderson, five-star Chicago (Ill.) St. Ignatius defensive lineman Justin Scott, On300 Onley (Md.) Good Counsel linebacker Aaron Chiles and Top 100 Longview (Tex.) High running back Taylor Tatum. 

2024 Big Ten Recruiting Rankings

The Wolverines currently sit No. 2 in the Big Ten and trail only Ohio State. Indiana is the only school in the conference that doesn’t have a commit in 2024. 

1. Ohio State (2)

2. Michigan (5)

3. Penn State (10)

4. Wisconsin (18)

5. Iowa (21)

7. Michigan State (22)

7. Nebraska (23)

8. Purdue (29)

9. Minnesota (33)

10. Rutgers (45)

11. Maryland (52)

12. Illinois (74)

13. Northwestern (82)