Michigan Football Recruiting 2025: Top Remaining Recruits, Class Predictions

The Michigan Wolverines may not have successfully defended their national title in 2024 but they did show signs of being a championship contender in 2025, including a November 30 win over rival Ohio State.

In Sherrone Moore's second full season as head coach of the maize and gold, he has one of the nation's best incoming classes, headlined by the top recruit in the country in quarterback Bryce Underwood.

Who joins the five-star recruit, which players are transferring to the Wolverines, and who is the top unsigned recruit still deciding on whether Ann Arbor is where he will play out his collegiate career?

Find out with this preview of the 2025 Michigan recruiting class.

Top recruits who have already signed and committed to the Wolverines, according to On3, are:

• Bryce Underwood, QB, Belleville High School (Belleville, MI)
• Andrew Babalola, OT, Blue Valley Northwest (Overland Park, KS)
• Nate Marshall, EDGE, Fenwick (Oak Park, IL)
• Kainoa Winston, S, Gonzaga (Montgomery Village, MD)
• Elijah Dotson, CB, Belleville High School (Belleville, MI)
• Shamari Earls, CB, Thomas Dale (Chester, VA)
• Jordan Young, S, Monroe (Monroe, NC)
• Andrew Marsh, WR, Katy Jordan (Fullshear, TX)
• Jayden Sanders, CB, Kilgore (Kilgore, TX)
• Jacob Washington, WR, Archbishop Shaw (New Orleans, LA)
• Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng, LB, IMG Academy (Manassas, VA) 
• Benny Patterson, EDGE, Castle (Newburgh, IN)
• Jasper Parker, RB, Archbishop Shaw (Marrero, LA)
• Travis Moten, DL, Fern Creek Traditional (Louisville, KY)
• Avery Gach, IOL, Wylie E. Groves (Franklin, MI)
• Julius Holly, EDGE, Alpharetta (Alpharetta, GA)
• Donovan Johnson, RB, IMG Academy (Savannah, GA)
• Bobby Kanka, DL, Howell (Howell, MI)
• Jamar Browder, WR, Santaluces Community (Lake Worth, FL)
• Kaden Strayhorn, IOL, IMG Academy (Novi, MI)
• Eli Owens, TE, Alcoa (Alcoa, TN)
• Chase Taylor, LB, Stockbridge (Stockbridge, GA)

Hard Commit

Chase Herbstreit, QB, St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH)

Players transferring to Michigan include:

• Mikey Keene, QB, from Fresno State
• Justice Haynes, RB, from Alabama
• Damon Payne, DL, from Alabama
• Troy Bowles, LB, from Georgia
• Tre Williams, DL, from Clemson
• Donaven McCulley, WR, from Indiana
• TJ Metcalf, S, from Arkansas
• Tevis Metcalf, CB, from Arkansas
• Caleb Anderson, CB, from Louisiana
• Anthony Simpson, WR, from Massachusetts
• Trent Middleton, LS, from UCLA
• Brady Norton, IOL from Cal Poly
• Lawrence Hattar, IOL from Ferris State

Ty Haywood pulled his commitment from the University of Alabama in December and a visit to Michigan late in the process has left the Wolverines the favorite to land the former five-star recruit out of Denton, Texas.

A multi-sport athlete, he also competed in shot put and discus competition. In March of 2024, he delivered his personal record of in the former with a 58-6 throw in his junior year.

The six-foot-five tackle out of Ryan High School has "huge reach" and "gradually improved quickness off the ball throughout junior year," 247 Sports scouting analyst Gabe Brooks wrote.

He continued, stating Haywood "Possesses the physical traits and athleticism -- functional and verified -- to play on the outside on either end of the O-line, but might project best to a right tackle role. Certainly could provide roster depth/value at guard as well."

There are footwork inconsistencies that his college coaching staff will have to address, and he can be driven backwards by a sudden, explosive burst by a rusher, but if they can correct those elements of his game, the tools are there for Haywood to develop into one of the college game's best and a pro prospect.

Prediction: Haywood signs with Michigan