Wolverine TV: Breaking down new Michigan LB commit Breeon Ishmail

Michigan picked up a verbal commitment from three-star linebacker Breeon Ishmail on Friday afternoon.

The Cincinnati (Ohio) Princeton product sided with U-M over offers from Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kentucky, Louisville, Pitt, Tennessee, West Virginia and others.

The Wolverine’s EJ Holland shares his thoughts onI Ishmail and explains how the Wolverines were able to seal the deal with the late riser.

Watch the full video below.

Michigan became the team to beat for Ishmail after extending an offer last month. The Wolverines made a push on his official visit last weekend and earned a pledge soon after.

It was there where Ishmail really got an in-depth look at the program and fell in love.

“The visit (to Michigan) was wonderful,” Ishmail told The Wolverine. “It was so great and there were so many great people up there who wanted me to be great. Meeting all of the coaches and players was great. But it was also the area around the college and the entire community. Michigan is the number one public university in the country. I love the academics there.”

At 6-foot-4, 216 pounds, Ishmail is ranked as the No. 82 athlete and No. 1,403 overall prospect nationally, per the On3 Consensus.

Ishmail has an On3 NIL Valuation of $5.9K with 808 followers across all platforms. 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 now has 17 commits in its 2023 recruiting class — On300 offensive lineman Nathan Efobi, On300 offensive tackle Evan Link, On300 EDGE Enow Etta, consensus four-star offensive lineman Amir Herring, four-star EDGE Collins Acheampong, four-star running back Cole Cabana, four-star linebacker Semaj Bridgeman, four-star tight end Deakon Tonielli, three-star wide receivers Semaj Morgan and Fredrick Moore, three-star defensive lineman Brooks Bahr, three-star running back Benjamin Hall, three-star EDGE Aymeric Koumba, three-star tight end Zack Marshall, three-star athlete Breeon Ishmail, three-star athlete Kendrick Bell and three-star kicker Adam Samaha.