Michigan’s latest game day visit list may have ended with a loss to Iowa, but the Wolverines still gave a pair of 2029 recruits something to think about.
One of the visitors, Byron Nelson High School running back William Green III of Trophy Club, Texas, left Ann Arbor with a scholarship offer and a strong impression of the program.
“Just being around the atmosphere on game day, meeting the coaching staff, sitting down and having that conversation with Coach Alford, it was really great, and I just left feeling like Michigan was a really special place,” Green told On3’s Ethan McDowell ($).
Green said the visit made it easier to picture himself in Michigan Stadium someday.
“Thinking, realizing and looking back, if one day this could be me in the stadium, it was just a really special moment for me,” he said.
The running back also made clear how much Tony Alford has shaped his view of the Wolverines. Green pointed to Ezekiel Elliott as a player he has admired for years, but said Alford’s role in Elliott’s development stuck with him once Alford moved to Michigan.
“Ezekiel Elliott, that’s one of the backs that I looked up to my whole life, which was one of the reasons that Ohio State was big for me,” he said. “But as I got older, I realized who coached him and who was all behind that, and it was Coach Alford. And then, when he made the switch to Michigan, it became so much more of a top school for me, more of a priority.”
Michigan also hosted four-star offensive lineman Jordan Lewis, another 2029 prospect who came away impressed with what he saw.
“As soon as I got there, they were welcoming of course,” Lewis told On3’s McDowell ($). “The stadium was unreal.”
Lewis said the atmosphere around the Iowa game stood out immediately, and he felt the noise in a way that made an impression.
“That might have been the loudest place I’ve ever heard,” Lewis said. “I think it said it was like 111,000.
That’s unreal for a college football team. I know they lost, but I can tell the fans are truly crazy about Michigan.”
He also made it clear that his decision-making process goes well beyond financial terms.
“I’m not looking for the money,” he said. “I’m not looking for none of that.
I’m looking to build relationships and find a program that truly cares for me and that will be a home after football because football don’t last forever. …They fit it in the best way possible.”
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