247Sports released its updated Top247 for the 2021 class this week. The full list is littered with Michigan prospects, but here are seven of the top 150 in the country who have heavy interest in and from the Wolverines.
J.J. McCarthy (19)
Of the national top 25, Michigan might have the best chance with McCarthy, a quarterback from LaGrange (Ill.) Nazareth Academy. McCarthy was just on campus.
"I really felt the love from the coaching staff like crazy,” McCarthy told 247Sports’ Steve Wiltfong afterward. “Watching practice and seeing how (quarterbacks coach Ben) McDaniels and (head coach Jim) Harbaugh were actually teaching and going through the drills was surreal.