This series will break down each position in the 2024 Michigan football recruiting class. This installment will look at the quarterback room which has just one commit in Jadyn Davis.
Jadyn Davis is a 6-foot-tall quarterback from Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has a grade of .9555 on the 247Sports Consensus and ranks as the 93rd player nationally and seventh quarterback.
Davis is probably the most typical Michigan quarterback the staff could have landed. He’s not a freak athlete who wows you with his legs or a deep ball threat who can throw it to the moon and back. Instead, Davis makes his money in the short and intermediate game… just how Michigan likes it. He controls the offense, sets the tone, and marches down the field with rhythm. He is a calm and calculated passer whose best traits are accuracy and poise.
So how can Davis get on the field? Well, it could be pretty early. If McCarthy declares for the draft the expectation is that Michigan will bring in a veteran and hold an open competition for the starting job. Davis would compete with the transfer, Denegal, Orji, and Davis Warren for the keys to the kingdom, so to speak. Of course, counting on any of those players to start is not ideal. The dream situation has McCarthy returning so Davis can spend a year under his wing before taking over the reins as a sophomore. The situation gets more complicated if Dante Moore commits. In that case, Davis likely wouldn’t be seeing serious reps until his junior year which could push him to the portal… but now we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
He likely won’t light up the Heisman race or fight for a top draft position, but he fits the need for a consistent passer who does not turn the ball over. Predicting his career at Michigan is tough. He has the traits to be somewhere between J.J. McCarthy and Cade McNamara and that’s really all Michigan needs when you look at the scheme and offensive makeup around him. It’s also worth noting that Davis has a 4.0 GPA, so adjust to college playbooks and defense should be no problem.