All this Bryce Underwood talk has me thinking and wanted to look back at how often the #1 player in Michigan ended up at Michigan. I went back to 2010 for the data
2010 - William Gholston MSU
2011 - Lawrence Thomas MSU
2012 - Aaron Burbridge MSU
2013 - Steve Elmer Notre Dame
2014 - Malik McDowell MSU
2015 - Mike Weber Ohio St
2016 - Daelin Hayes Notre Dame
2017 - DPJ Michigan
2018 - Kalon Gervin MSU
2019 - Logan Brown Wisconsin
2020 - Justin Rogers Kentucky
2021 - Damon Payne Alabama
2022 - Will Johnson Michigan
2023 - Dante Moore - UCLA
2024 - CJ Carr - Notre Dame
2025 - Bryce Underwood LSU
so for 15 recruiting classes, Michigan has only landed the top player in the state twice
2010 - William Gholston MSU
2011 - Lawrence Thomas MSU
2012 - Aaron Burbridge MSU
2013 - Steve Elmer Notre Dame
2014 - Malik McDowell MSU
2015 - Mike Weber Ohio St
2016 - Daelin Hayes Notre Dame
2017 - DPJ Michigan
2018 - Kalon Gervin MSU
2019 - Logan Brown Wisconsin
2020 - Justin Rogers Kentucky
2021 - Damon Payne Alabama
2022 - Will Johnson Michigan
2023 - Dante Moore - UCLA
2024 - CJ Carr - Notre Dame
2025 - Bryce Underwood LSU
so for 15 recruiting classes, Michigan has only landed the top player in the state twice