Another one that ESPN was all over, having him as a four-star, Michigan fans actually lamented when Paye committed, calling him a ‘Don Brown special.’ Once evaluators got their eyes on him, he rose to a higher three-star ranking on 247Sports and Rivals, but still didn’t rise to what he became: a first-round talent. High school: Darien (Conn.)

Relying on modern era rankings (thus starting around 2010), we went back through 247Sports’ proprietary rankings to come up with our own all-time commit list. We used the overall rating and then the overall ranking to come up with the top 25 most recent all-time recruits who chose Michigan football – meaning,

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated Class of 2026 recruits from Michigan using data from 247Sports.