The Wolverine’s EJ Holland breaks down five recruits Michigan is working to flip before the end of the 2025 recruiting cycle, including Top 100 South Carolina cornerback commit Shamari Earls.
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Earls Recruitment
Earls committed to South Carolina last month and is set to make his official visit there on June 21. However, Earls is leaving the door open for a handful of other programs.
Earls is also taking a summer official visit to Virginia and is working on scheduling trips to Michigan, Georgia and Texas A&M.
New Michigan secondary coach LaMar Morgan offered Earls soon after arriving in Ann Arbor and made his way to Chester (Va.) Thomas Dale to visit with Earls and his father earlier this month. The meeting really moved the needle and solidified Michigan as a team to watch in this recruitment.
Here is what Holland had to say about U-M’s pursuit of Earls.
“LaMar Morgan went out to see him at the end of the spring evaluation period and had a meeting with him and his father,” Holland said. “Michigan is now in the picture for Shamari Earls. He just committed to South Carolina last month, but that meeting with Morgan definitely changed things. Earls is now looking to get to Michigan at some point this summer if not for an official visit in the fall. I think Michigan has worked its way back in here. South Carolina is a pretty heavy NIL school, so it will be interesting to see if that plays a role.”
Earls plans to enroll early at the school of his choice.
At 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, Earls is ranked as the No. 8 cornerback and No. 69 overall recruit nationally, per On3. He is also ranked as the No. 3 overall recruit in the state of Virginia this cycle.
Michigan has five commits in its 2025 recruiting class — Top 100 Oak Park (Ill.) Fenwick defensive lineman Nate Marshall, On300 Fort Myers (Fla.) Bishop Verot quarterback Carter Smith, four-star Birmingham (Mich.) Groves offensive lineman Avery Gach, four-star Howell (Mich.) High defensive lineman Bobby Kanka and three-star Alcoa (Tenn.) High tight end Eli Owens.
The class is ranked No. 15 nationally, per the On3 Industry national team recruiting rankings, and No. 4 in the Big Ten behind Ohio State, USC and Oregon. Michigan is tied for the fewest number of commits in the conference. The Wolverines have an average recruit rating of 90.75.
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