Michigan football recruiting has been on something of a slow burn, which is to be expected around this time of year. But the Wolverines are still very active behind the scenes. With official visits slated to commence on Friday,

Michigan has just opened up the floodgates as it pertains to the 2026 recruiting cycle, with the first official visit weekend of the late-spring slate officially underway. As the Wolverines work to bring in the future crop of star players, that got us thinking – who have been the most heralded recruits that Michigan has brought in recently?

The Michigan Wolverines were known as one of the top schools for wide receivers throughout much of the 1990s leading up to the Jim Harbaugh era, producing superstar players and first-round picks, including Desmond Howard, Braylon Edwards, and David Terrell.