Where Michigan football's 2025 recruiting class ranks entering first week of July
Michigan Wolverines football enters the first week of July at No. 14 in the 2025 On3 Industry National Team Recruiting Rankings following the verbal commitment of On300 four-star EDGE Julius Holly (Alpharetta, Ga.) over the weekend.
His pledge gave Michigan its 13th commitment of the 2025 class under head coach Sherrone Moore, who is in his first season on the job full-time. Defensive line coach Lou Esposito was his primary recruiter and helped seal the deal.
“He’s known me since he was at Memphis, so he already knew a little bit about me,” Holly said recently. “He recently started recruiting me a lot. He’s really cool. I grew up in Jersey, and he’s from there, so we have some common ground there. As a coach, he seems grounded and leveled. He knows what he’s doing.”
Michigan 2025 Recruiting Class
Following Saturday’s commitment from Holly, the overall 2025 recruiting ranking for Michigan (90.03) sits higher than the likes of USC, Texas, Miami (FL), Missouri, Rutgers, TCU, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Kentucky and Washington.
Rounding out Michigan’s 2025 recruiting class are Top 100 Oak Park (Ill.) Fenwick EDGE Nate Marshall, Top 100 Gonzaga (Md.) safety Kainoa Winston, On300 Ft. Myers (Fla.) Bishop Verot quarterback Carter Smith, four-star IMG Academy RB Donovan Johnson, four-star Birmingham (Mich.) Groves offensive lineman Avery Gach, four-star Palatine (Ill.) High EDGE Jaylen Williams, four-star Archbishop Shaw (La.) wide receiver Jacob Washington, four-star Howell (Mich.) High defensive lineman Bobby Kanka, three-star Archbishop Shaw (La.) RB Jasper Parker, three-star IMG Academy (Mich.) IOL Kaden Strayhorn, three-star Alcoa (Tenn.) High tight end Eli Owens and three-star Stockbridge (Ga.) LB Chase Taylor.
Several 2025 top targets remain on Michigan’s board, such as five-star Overland Park (Kans.) Blue offensive tackle Andrew Babalola, Top 100 Monroe (N.C.) High safety Jordan Young, Top 100 Las Vegas (Nev.) Bishop Gorman offensive tackle Douglas Utu, Top 100 Center Valley (Pa.) Southern Lehigh tight end Andrew Olesh, Top 100 Oradell (N.J.) Bergen Catholic wide receiver Quincy Porter, Top 100 Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy linebacker Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng, among others.
2025 Big Ten Recruiting Rankings
Michigan is currently No. 4 in the Big Ten Conference and trails Ohio State, USC, Oregon and Penn State. All 18 programs currently possess at least seven verbal commits this cycle.
1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Penn State
4. Michigan
5. USC
6. Rutgers
7. Wisconsin
8. Washington
9. Nebraska
10. UCLA
11. Iowa
12. Minnesota
13. Maryland
14. Illinois
15. Michigan State
16. Indiana
17. Purdue
18. Northwestern
