Where Michigan stands in On3 Industry Team Rankings after early National Signing Day

Michigan fell to No. 17 overall on the 2024 On3 Industry National Team Recruiting Rankings following the conclusion of early National Signing Day, which saw the signing of 27 commits, including On300 Bowie (Md.) Bishop McNamara EDGE Lugard Edokpayi.

Edokpayi officially visited Ann Arbor last week and began trending toward the Wolverines on the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine (RPM) on Saturday. Before the visit, he and his family had an in-home visit with Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, defensive line coach Mike Elston, and staffer Dylan Roney. He announced the commitment Wednesday.

“It was good,” Edokpayi told The Wolverine. “It was great to meet them in person, and my parents got to ask all the questions they needed to ask. They talked about their academic program, how they are the top public school in the country and how they are basically an Ivy League when it comes to academics. With the football piece, it was more about the culture and how they are a blue blood program. They talked about the defense and how their defense works.”

At 6-foot-6.5, 215 pounds, Edokpayi is ranked as the No. 182 overall prospect and No. 19 EDGE in the country, according to On3. He’sHe’s also the No. 3 player in Maryland.

Team rankings are determined based on each program’s 17 highest-rated pledges.

Michigan 2024 Recruiting Class

Michigan is now tied for second with the most verbal commitments (27) across the Power 5 level. Edokpayi is the 15th senior prospect listed in the On300 to commit to the Wolverines, whose total score (91.104) sits higher than the likes of Clemson, USC, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Nebraska, Texas Tech, Wisconsin, Missouri and Kentucky.

Among the notable commits in Michigan’s 2024 recruiting class are Top 100 Charlotte (N.C.) Providence Day quarterback Jadyn Davis, Top 100 Kansas City (Mo.) Rockhurst offensive tackle Andrew Sprague, On300 Rochester (Mich.) Adams tight end Brady Prieskorn, On300 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Central Catholic linebacker Cole Sullivan, On300 Brandywine (Md.) Gwynn Park EDGE Devon Baxter, On300 Austin (Tex.) Vandegrift offensive tackle Blake Frazier, On300 West Charlotte (N.C.) High linebacker Jaden Smith, four-star Harper Woods (Mich.) High defensive back Jacob Oden and four-star Nashville (Tenn.) Ensworth linebacker Mason Curtis.

Top 100 Burley (Idaho) Senior wide receiver Gatlin Bair, who returned to Ann Arbor in late November for the Ohio State game and decommitted from Boise State shortly afterward, is Michigan’s top remaining 2024 target. 

2024 Big Ten Recruiting Rankings

The Wolverines currently sit No. 4 in the Big Ten Conference and trail only Ohio State, Oregon and Penn State. Every program in the conference has at least 10 commits in the 2024 class. 

1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Penn State
4. Michigan 
5. USC
6. Wisconsin
7. Nebraska 
8. Iowa
9. Washington
10. Purdue
11. Minnesota
12. Rutgers
13. Illinois
14. Maryland
15. UCLA
16. Indiana
17. Michigan State
18. Northwestern