2015 RECRUITING ISSUE
That is a disproportionately high
number of five-stars considering the
Maize and Blue signed only 14 from
2001-11. U-M saw 64.3 percent of the
five-stars it signed go on to the NFL
— including quarterback Ryan Mal-
lett, who was drafted after transfer-
ring to Arkansas in 2008.
Michigan doesn't land five-stars
frequently — 10 over a 10-year pe-
riod from 2002-11 — but it does fare
well with four-star talents, signing
an average of 10.0 per year (100 to-
tal) while nabbing 75 three-stars over
that decade of classes.
The Wolverines' four-star recruits
generally make up about 54 percent
of their classes while three-stars rep-
resent 41 percent of Michigan's av-
erage yearly haul. The number of
four-stars drafted falls in line with
how many are arriving (58 percent
drafted and 54 percent arriving), but
the three-stars are falling way short,
Cornerback Marlin Jackson was a five-star recruit when he came to Michigan and a first-
round draft pick by the Indianapolis Colts when he left.
PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN
