Tag: Taylor Groves

Michigan loses 2022 four-star defensive commit

The four-star safety from Tennessee backed off his commitment to Michigan football on Monday.

 

As it’s gone with the 2022 recruiting class for Michigan football, it’s been two steps forward, one step back. That continues to be the case for the Wolverines.

It started early, with Alex VanSumeren and Myles Rowser both committing to the class early. Then Rowser decommitted. Michigan continued to add players, but every time it did, one of them would choose to move on, such as VanSumeren, Tyler Martin and now one of its prized four-star commits from Tennessee.

The Wolverines got a double surprise in recent months when 2022 Cross Plains (TN) East Robertson four-star safety Taylor Groves committed on the same day that fellow Volunteer State native Kody Jones pledged to the maize and blue. However, the former announced that he’s opening up his recruitment, as Groves plans to seek other options in college football.

This puts Michigan football back at six pledges in the 2022 recruiting class, with one five-star, two four-stars and three three-stars still committed.

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Reactions to Michigan’s explosive morning on the recruiting trail

With Taylor Groves and Kody Jones both committing at the same time, Twitter exploded with reactions to Michigan football’s new 4-stars.

Now we see why Michigan football brought in some fresh faces on the coaching side.

With some new looks on the defensive side of the ball, the Wolverines have been incredibly aggressive on the recruiting trail. While the 2021 finish was impressive enough — adding three defensive tackles, none of which seemed Ann Arbor-bound on early signing day, but inked on national signing day proper — that wasn’t enough to satiate Maurice Linguist, Mike Macdonald and George Helow. The trio, led by cornerbacks coach Linguist, aggressively pursued a tandem of four-star prospects in the state of Tennessee, and both committed at exactly the same time on Friday morning.

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Naturally, the Twitter reactions were out of this world, but it wasn’t just those inside Schembechler Hall reacting. Several in the media, in particular, had strong reactions to what Michigan football is currently doing on the recruiting trail. Here are some of our favorites to both commitments.

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Michigan claims 2022 4-star athlete out of SEC country

Michigan football gets a commitment from a highly-rated prospect in the heart of SEC country.

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And now Michigan football’s changing of the guard on the coaching staff is truly paying off.

Since Jim Harbaugh revamped the coaching staff nearly from top-to-bottom with young go-getters, the new Wolverines coaches have been grinding on the recruiting trail. While there was some payoff on national signing day for the 2021 class, where we’re truly seeing remarkable progress is in 2022, with coaches like Maurice Linguist having a tangible effect in luring top talent to Ann Arbor.

Such is the case of 2022 Cross Plains (TN) East Robertson four-star safety/wide receiver Taylor Groves, who Michigan made a 247Sports Crystal Ball run on starting early Thursday. Groves is rated No. 188 overall according to 247Sports’ proprietary rankings and is the 15th-best safety in the recruiting class. With offers from the likes of LSU, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Penn State and Texas A&M, Groves has opportunities from many of the top schools in the country. But he ended his process early on Friday, committing to the maize and blue.

Michigan offered Groves just weeks ago on Jan. 27, and Linguist and safeties coach George Helow have worked hard in short time to secure him. Once again, he’s the Wolverines’ fifth commitment in the 2022 class and joins defensive tackle commit Alex VanSumeren as the highest-rated commit in the class, depending on recruiting service you go by.

The pledge moves Michigan up from No. 17 in the 247Sports team rankings to No. 10 in the 2022 recruiting cycle.

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Notre Dame’s Del Alexander offers Tennessee star ‘22 wide receiver

After a call with Del Alexander, Tennessee wide receiver Taylor Groves receives a offer from Notre Dame.

It is offer season and the Irish are in full bloom. It seems to me like the staff has gotten around to reviewing multiple prospects in the 2022 class and the Notre Dame staff has been quick to offer those prospects. Today, after a conversation with wide receiver’s coach Del Alexander, Tennessee wide receiver Taylor Groves got his Irish offer.

Standing six-foot-three-inches Groves weights 190-pounds and is a rising prospect in the ‘22 class. Previously Cincinnati had offer, with Marcus Freeman potentially letting Brian Kelly know that Groves was worthy of an offer.

Groves isn’t just a big body, as the tweet above shows that he has elite speed to go along with a fantastic frame. Aside from Cincinnati, Groves also sports offers from LSU, Penn State, Texas A&M and others.

It seems as if Notre Dame is going after a large amount of bigger receivers, as the majority of the current offers are out to players who stand over six-feet-one-inch. When you pair the size and speed that Groves has, it’s not surprising that plenty of teams are in on his recruitment and now the Irish have put their hand in it as well.

Michigan State football offers 2022 4-star WR Taylor Groves

Michigan State football has made an offer to 2022 4-star WR Taylor Groves out of Tennessee

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Mel Tucker and the Michigan State football staff are making plenty of offers to talented 2022 prospects. Now, four-star wide receiver Taylor Groves announced he has received an offer from the Spartans.

Taylor Groves stands 6 feet, 2 inches and weighs 175 pounds. Groves is from Cross Plains, Tennessee, where he plays for East Robertson High School. He is the 39th-ranked receiver in the 2022 recruiting class and the ninth-ranked prospect in Tennessee according to the 247Sports composite rankings.

As of right now, Groves has offers from LSU, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Baylor, Colorado and Vanderbilt.

You can watch some of his highlights here.

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