The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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JUNE/JULY 2026 ❱ THE WOLVERINE 51 ❱ COMMIT PROFILE PLAYER EVALUATION STRENGTHS: Productive high school player who has also played a little bit of offense as a tight end. Has a frame that can support more weight. Shows agility and quickness off the snap. Shades inside at times and is effective there. Can play wide, as a five-tech or even a 4i. Plays with good pad level and can anchor against the run because of that. AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT: Still has room to get stronger. We lack testing numbers or athletic context from other sports, but he's a good mover on the football field. Tight end clips suggest he can do some dropping into coverage in some situations and be effective doing that. Size-wise, he currently looks like more of a weakside pass rusher but his game style suggests he can add weight and be effective moving around the line of scrimmage. PLAYER COMPARISON: South Carolina and New York Jets linebacker Kingsley Enagbare. They have similar size, build and play style. Looking at Enagbare's NFL Combine measure- ments, Brewer could be on track for similar results in a few years. — Rivals national recruiting analyst Allen Trieu Brewer was selected to the Indiana Preps Top 22 Underclassman All-State team after recording 31 tackles with 9 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks last season. PHOTO BY ETHAN MCDOWELL BY ETHAN MCDOWELL R ivals300 edge rusher Jayce Brewer sat in front of family, friends and teammates while he prepared to wrap up his recruiting process. Four schools — Michigan, Indiana, Purdue and Tennes- see — projected on a screen behind him as he joined the Rivals YouTube channel livestream. He listed off thank-yous to everyone who helped him get to this point and then reached for the Block M hat, the cap far- thest to his left. There was no fake out or drama leading up to the announcement. Brewer was just ready to share what he told the staff earlier — Michigan is the school for him. "It feels great, knowing that I'm at home now," Brewer told The Wolverine immediately after his May 9 commitment. Indiana looked like the team to beat for Rivals' No. 214 recruit and No. 18 edge in the nation going into this spring. Michigan changed that with relentless communica- tion and a couple of visits that impressed him and his family. "They said that I fit them well," Brewer said. "I was at the top of their board. They wanted me, so I wanted to be there." He previously scheduled an official visit for Victors Weekend on June 19-21 and planned to make a decision after that trip. Indiana, Tennessee and Purdue made up the rest of his top group. The Wolverines reached out to him every day and left an extremely strong impression. Brewer decided he didn't have to take the rest of his official visits after spending a weekend with the Hoosiers this spring. He hopped on a group FaceTime with de- fensive ends coach Lewis Powell, assis- tant defensive line coach David Denham, defensive coordinator Jay Hill and head coach Kyle Whittingham. "They're all just great people," Brewer said. "First, they're going to develop you. They have a history of development, but they're good people at the same time. It's not like I'm getting one or the other. I'm getting both." Michigan was fired up to hear the good news. Brewer said they see him playing a similar role to Dominic Nichols on the defensive line. The Wolverines like his explosiveness and violence at the point of attack. Michigan really impressed him during the spring game. "The defense was lights out," Brewer said. "It was amazing. The defense looks so good. I can see myself playing in this." That was his second trip to Ann Arbor this spring. His first trip on March 21 set the tone for the spring surge by the Wol- verines. "The two visits I went on this spring with the new staff, I loved it so much," Brewer said. Brewer spent time with five-star edge rusher signee Carter Meadows on the first visit. Then, he connected with fel- low Rivals300 edge commit Recarder Kitchen at the spring game. They had a great conversation that helped the India- napolis Franklin Central standout make his decision. "He explained to me everything, why he committed," Brewer said. "He felt like it was just right for him, and then I started to look. Those same things, I felt the same way about the place!" Michigan's hospitality was "top of the line," and the visit impressed his family as well. "My mom loves it," Brewer said. "She loved the visit. When she came up, she fell in love with the campus and everything." Brewer plans on playing an active role as a recruiter moving forward for Michi- gan's 2027 class. He will be back on cam- pus for Victors Weekend and wants to get back on campus as soon as possible. The blue-chip edge rusher said his recruit- ment is shut down, and he will enroll at U-M in January. ❑ Jayce Brewer Finds A Perfect Fit At Michigan