High school recruiting in the era of Name, Image, and Likeness is an entirely different world than it was just a few short years ago.
While nobody is naive enough to think that the top players were not always being pulled in multiple directions with financials as a heavy influence, the game has changed with everything now out in the open. Just take the top high school quarterback and overall player in the class of 2025 in Belleville, Michigan’s Bryce Underwood . The consensus best player in high school football has been committed to play for the LSU Tigers since last January, but reports recently have emerged that his home state Michigan Wolverines have been pushing hard over the last few months.
The Wolverines have been in the NIL related headlines recently due to Barstool Sports founder and media mogul as well as noted Michigan alum Dave Portnoy pledging millions of dollars yearly in order to help his beloved school land an elite quarterback as the team has struggled at the position this year coming off last season’s national championship triumph…