Michigan Wolverines football coach Jim Harbaugh speaks to the media on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Ann Arbor. Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press
In September 2017, Jay Harbaugh sat down at his computer and started doing research.
Harbaugh, Michigan football’s running backs coach, was looking to add another running back to the Wolverines' 2018 recruiting class, joining Christian Turner, who had committed in April.
So Harbaugh pulled up a recruiting website and began watching film. As he went down the list of players, he realized he “didn’t love” what he saw from most of the highly-ranked backs.