College football recruiting is a game within a game, so to speak. While results on the field can be indicative of the recruiting ranking that prospects have, it doesn’t tell the whole story.
You can win the recruiting game without playing a down against another team, as you often see prospects releasing lists of their top schools.
A recruit can commit to one school before flipping and signing with another. That recruit may never see the field for his team of choice, while unranked players have gone on to fruitful NFL careers.
Along with all of the other College Wire sites, WolverinesWire is looking at Michigan football’s version of Mount Rushmore when it comes to recruits who chose to sign and play football in Ann Arbor.
For our selection of four, we had one caveat: They had to play for more than one year with the maize and blue. This isn’t a list of the best players who have ever worn the winged helmet. It’s the four who made the most waves in the recruiting world when they chose to be a Wolverine.
More Mount Rushmore’s from the College Wire Network:
Bama / Aub / Fla / LSU / Tenn. / UGA // Mich. / Mich St. / Ohio St. / Wisc. // Okla. / Texas // ND // USC