When the last dead period for recruiting ended in mid-January, Marcel Lewis had no Big Ten scholarship offers. Now the 6-foot-1, 210-pound Clinton Township Chippewa Valley junior linebacker is one of the hottest 2019 recruits in the Midwest, earning offers at a blistering pace, including ones from Michigan and Michigan State.
“It’s a little overwhelming with new early signing period,” Chippewa Valley head coach Scott Merchant said. “It has sped up the entire process. We were just talking about how overwhelming the last two weeks have been. Marcel’s gotten 12 scholarship offers in the last two weeks. One day, we had seven colleges come in in the same day.