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Trieu: Michigan gets No. 1 safety in Daxton Hill and impact is far-reaching

Michigan received a commitment from five-star safety Daxton Hill on Tuesday night. The Tulsa (Okla.) Booker T. Washington senior announced his decision after taking an official visit to Ann Arbor over the weekend.

The Wolverines had long been rumored to be moving out front in the race, but Michigan fans have also become accustomed to those rumors not coming to fruition in other recruitments. Not in this case though, as Michigan’s staff closed it out in what feels like one of the best gets in the Jim Harbaugh era.

Here is the impact of Hill's pledge to the Wolverines:

u25ba For all the five-stars and other All-Americans Michigan has gotten in recruiting in the last 10 years, elite safeties have seemed to largely elude them, save former fellow No.