Four-star Michigan Wolverines 2016 quarterback commit Brandon Peters has been a fast riser up recruiting experts' big boards over the past week, jumping as high as 100 sports on some well-respected sites. The first of 13 pledges for first-year Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh before spring's end, Peters was blown away by the sheer number of recruits who followed after him to Ann Arbor.
"It was crazy," he told Bleacher Report. "It felt like really good players were joining our class almost every day for a while there." Peters had a simple rhetorical question when asked why he thinks so many recruits jumped to Ann Arbor during that period: "Why would you not want to play for Harbaugh? You’re learning from the best with that entire staff."
An Elite 11 finalist, Peters was blown away by the team's success during its 9-3 campaign. Michigan had gone just 12-13 over the previous two years under Brady Hoke.
“They definitely exceeded expectations. They surprised me," Peters said. "I didn’t really know how much talent Michigan had, but it just shows how good of a coach Harbaugh is. He can develop players, he can change their mindset and the way guys think about the game.”
Prior to Peters' commitment in April, Harbaugh compared him publicly to his former charge at Stanford, Andrew Luck. Luck signed with Stanford back in 2008, and fine-tuned his game under Harbaugh en route to becoming a #1 overall NFL Draft pick.
"It's a similar situation to what he had at Stanford, with Luck being the first quarterback recruit he brought in [with a full cycle]. He thinks I'm a really good fit for him at Michigan like Luck was for him there," Peters said after his commitment.
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