Tag: Tay’shawn Trent

Michigan football loses 2022 wide receiver commitment

Best of luck to him.

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As this class tends to go, one step forward, one step back.

The Michigan football 2022 class has tended to add recruitments about as fast as it’s lost them, and the trend continues. The Wolverines have added and lost players such as DT Alex VanSumeren, S Myles Rowser, and DT Davonte  Miles — all three are in-state players.

The maize and blue lost yet another in-state player on Tuesday, as 2022 Harper Woods (Mich.) three-star wide receiver Tay’shawn Trent, who stands at 6-foot-4, 210-pounds, announced that he is reopening his recruitment. With Trent out of the picture, Michigan has but two in-state pledges at the moment in five-star cornerback Will Johnson and three-star linebacker Aaron Alexander.

With Trent out of the fold, Michigan is back down to 17 commitments in 2022.

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Michigan football secures commitment from in-state 4-star

The 6-foot-4, 205-pound receiver chose Michigan football over MSU, Penn State and others.

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If you’re Michigan football and you’re running dangerously low on tall, possession-type receivers, and there’s one in your backyard rated a four-star, you go after him.

As of spring 2021, the Wolverines have but four wideouts standing at 6-foot-2 or taller, with two being early-enrollee freshmen, another being a walk-on and the other being veteran Cornelius Johnson, who stands at 6-foot-3. But the maize and blue had long been known for the tall receivers who could break the game open. Most recently, Nico Collins held that role, but as Michigan recruits more speedy types nowadays, not as many have ended up in Ann Arbor.

Look no further now to Eastpointe (MI) East Detroit four-star wide receiver Tay’shawn Trent, the 6-foot-4, 205-pound wideout with offers from Michigan State, Indiana, Kentucky, Penn State, Louisville, Pitt and West Virginia. Trent ended his process on Wednesday, having given his verbal commitment to the Wolverines.

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Trent is rated the No. 281 prospect in 2022 according to the 247Sports Composite. Rivals.com sees him as the nation’s No. 33 receiver and the fifth-best player in the state of Michigan.

With Trent in the fold, the Wolverines now have seven pledges in the 2022 class, and he’s the first wideout after the maize and blue took three in 2021. His commitment moves Michigan football up from No. 11 in the 247Sports team rankings to No. 9, leapfrogging over Oklahoma State and Florida State.

Watch his junior film below:

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