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Analysts: McCaffrey 'checks off every box'

Dylan McCaffrey was a different type of recruit -- not necessarily because of his talent but because he knew where he wanted to go and saw no need to drag it out.

That’s why Michigan has the No. 2-ranked quarterback in the country locked up nearly a year before National Signing Day 2017.

“Michigan led for awhile,” 247Sports national recruiting analyst Steve Wiltfong said of the four-star QB from Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colo., who picked U-M on Monday night. “Dylan had dialogue with all of his other top schools, and then they came in and saw him throw.